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128-5 M33

The ‘Local Group’ and the ‘Seven Dwarves’

The Local Group of galaxies is a modest collection of some 54 galaxies of assorted size and activity occupying a

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128-4 Moore1

The globular clusters of Ophiuchus

Globular clusters are fascinating objects and summer and early autumn, when our southerly view is towards the galactic centre and

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haymes

A stellar occultation by asteroid (521) Brixia

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hewitt

The dark nebulae of summer

Although summer nights are short, there can still be great astronomical sights, especially if a dark and more southerly location

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arbour

A 48th supernova for Ron Arbour

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The Monoceros supernova remnant

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radio

The Radio Astronomy Group in 2017

Figure 1 shows the number of Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances (SIDs) recorded by the Radio Astronomy Group (RAG) each month since

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128-2 moore1

Exploring the galaxies of Virgo

Perhaps this article should be called Getting Lost in Virgo, because that is often what happens when you start exploring

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comet

Outburst of comet 174P/Echeclus

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remote

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

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