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Archives

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A compostable wrapper for your BAA Journal

All being well, members who receive their Journal through the post should have noticed something rather different about this issue.

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The early life of V. Axel Firsoff, Venus observer

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‘New Views of Jupiter’: Pro-Am collaborations during and beyond the NASA Juno mission

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The BAA at New Scientist Live 2018

The BAA again took a stand this September at the increasingly popular New Scientist Live event. Over four days in

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Comet 46P/Wirtanen makes a close approach this December

Comet 46P was discovered in 1948 January by Carl Wirtanen using the 0.5m Carnegie Double Astrograph at Lick Observatory, California.

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From the President

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Notes and News

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Ordinary Meeting & George Alcock Memorial Lecture, 2018 May 30

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Sky Notes: 2018 October & November

Brian says there is plenty for ‘Open Cluster’ Enthusiasts in these Sky Notes

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Maurice V. Gavin, 1934–2018

Maurice Victor Gavin was born in Parsons Green, Fulham, London on 1934 October 18, the youngest of six children of

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