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Archives

hewitt

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

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The Geminid meteor shower in 2017

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variable nebulae

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

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Absolute Beginners No 12. The motion of the planets

Paul guides us through the way the planets move

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127-6 triton1

The occultation of UCAC4-410-I43659 by Triton, 2017 October 5

Amateur and professional observers succeeded in recording this rare occultation predicted by the Lucky Star Project Team. The path crossed

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plan neb

Planetary nebulae for autumn

There are not so many bright planetary nebulae available in the winter months so autumn is a good time to

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arbour

A 45th supernova for Ron Arbour

Congratulations to Ron Arbour on the discovery of his 45th supernova, SN 2017ein, in NGC 3938 on 2017 May 25

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science centre

Astronomy at the ‘Observatory Science Centre’

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cosmos

Enjoying Ireland’s COSMOS Star Party

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astrofarm

Dark skies at France’s ‘Astrofarm’

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