Notes and News – British Astronomical Association

The telescope array - appearing as six white telescope tubes on a single mount - are poised towards the sky in twilight

Condor reveals a second eruption shell of the dwarf nova

Z Cam is a cataclysmic variable star whose visual magnitude varies between 10 and 14. This system is the prototype

A new outreach discussion forum

Just launched, AstroMailbox is a new astronomy communicators’ e-mail discussion list which brings together anyone interested in astronomy outreach. It

The 2023–2024 western elongation of Venus: interim report

On 2023 Aug 13, Venus passed through inferior conjunction and returned to the morning skies, embarking on the 2023–’24 western

Rippling clouds of electric blue set against a dark northern sky, tinged with light as if twilight.

Auroral & noctilucent cloud activity, 2023 June 19 – August 18

With coronal mass ejections and sunspot numbers regularly in triple figures, the odd X-class flare and several coronal holes, the

A large black truss-tube telescope in a white room.

Observers team up to study the enigmatic dwarf nova CG Draconis

It has been said that variable-star observing is a team sport. Even though observations are made by individuals, it is

The waxing crescent Moon, oriented with Mare Crisium roughly central.

A word from the Lunar Section Director

Marking one year since formally assuming the role of Director of the Lunar Section, Dr Tony Cook discusses his enthusiasm

The sixe speakers, standing and smiling in front of a wooden wall in an interior room

2023 Historical Section Meeting

Twenty-seven BAA members and guests attended the 2023 Historical Section Meeting, held in the Lyttelton Theatre at the Birmingham

Mazin and ten schoolchildren pose by his telescope in the sun, with rugged mountains in the background

Searching for sky

My story began with a photo. I was reminiscing over an old photo album and found a picture of

The primary mirror is face-up, with the secondary mirror unit at its centre. Both are exposed; the front corrector plate has been removed

Maintaining a Schmidt–Cassegrain

Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopes (SCTs) are versatile, compact and effective instruments for visual observing of all kinds, and for imaging of smaller

The star RW Cephei is central and distinctly reddish in colour

Mass ejection causes RW Cephei to dim

The cool hypergiant RW Cep has been keeping observers busy this year due to its unusual fade, which some have

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