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Howard Miles’ British Empire Medal
Following submission of his Obituary for publication in the December Journal [J. Brit. Astron. Assoc.,127(6), 371 (2017)], the author became
Read moreBAA members use remote telescopes to probe binary stars for exoplanets
It is well known that two orbiting objects do so around a common centre of gravity, or barycentre. What is
Read moreThe Hewitt Camera Archive revisited
Older BAA members will recall that in 1990 the Association took ownership of an archive of approximately 11,000 Schmidt Camera
Read moreA feast of variable nebulae
Winter is the season to observe change in a rare group of deep sky objects, the variable nebulae. Suspected variability
Read moreAbsolute Beginners No 12. The motion of the planets
Paul guides us through the way the planets move
Read moreThe BAA Memoirs: an introduction
With the publication of a DVD set of the BAA Memoirs during 2017, a short historical review of these publications seems timely. Most of the Memoirs presented the longer reports of the Observing Sections of the Association, and until just after World War II they were issued fairly frequently, with several numbers appearing every session. From the 1950s they became one-off publications, produced on increasingly rare occasions, with Section reports mostly appearing in the Journal. This article explains how these changes came about, and attempts to give an idea of the diverse nature of this series of lesser-known BAA publications.
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