Observers’ Forum – Page 16 – British Astronomical Association

Observations of (241) Germania occultation on 2014 April 18

This 184 km diameter asteroid was predicted to occult an 11.8 magnitude star in Gemini, 2UCAC 38779497, on Friday 2014

The summer months are not the best for challenging deep sky observing, so it’s a good time to return to

The ‘Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics’ or Gaia spacecraft was launched on 2013 December 19 and is now at its

Although maybe not well known as the season for observing globular clusters, this is a good time of year to

Brian Mills takes a look at the winter sky

BAA member Peter Birtwhistle has made follow-up observations of an NEO discovered by NASA

At 07:58 UT on 2013 Dec 19, a fireball was observed across the UK from Yorkshire to the Irish Sea, and BAA observers recorded it on video

A ‘Messier Marathon’ challenge suitable for observers at 51 deg. north!