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From the President: Edinburgh Exhibition and Chester Meeting

I hope many members will have had the opportunity to observe Jupiter in recent weeks. I have enjoyed some fine

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The total solar eclipse of 2017 August 21

The track of the total solar eclipse of 2017 Aug 21 begins at sunrise at 16:49UT in the Pacific Ocean

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Absolute Beginners No. 9: Using filters for visual planetary observation

Introduction Almost all telescopes today come with a set of optical filters. These are small brightly coloured disks of material

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The Radio Astronomy Group in 2016

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From the Journal archive

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Venus at eastern elongation, 2017

Venus was well placed by the start of 2017, and is being enthusiastically followed. This brief summary goes up to

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Solar Section update

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Auroral activity, 2016 Dec 26 – 2017 Feb 26

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From the President: A penumbral lunar eclipse, and BAA ‘Observer’s Challenges’

The recent evening elongation of Venus has attracted much public attention. I lost count of the number of times that

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Launch of the BAA spectroscopy database

To cater for the recent increase in spectroscopic capability and interest within the amateur community, on 2016 November 15 the

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