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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

Outburst of comet 174P/Echeclus

BAA 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

The 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

The Geminid meteor shower in 2017

A feast of variable nebulae

Winter is the season to observe change in a rare group of deep sky objects, the variable nebulae. Suspected variability

Absolute Beginners No 12. The motion of the planets

Paul guides us through the way the planets move

The 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.

The first recorded aurora australis?

This paper presents evidence for a probable aurora australis report and persistent recurrent solar activity in the year 1580.

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