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Lunar Section Circular – May 2026

Please find enclosed the BAA Lunar Section Circular for May and congratulations to the Artemis crew for a successful round the Moon

Welcome to the 2026-27 BAA Mars blog. We shall be covering the observational work of our members right up to

A blog of all posts for the 2026 – 2027 Opposition

Well April has been a strange month. Although we had some decent dark skies, it was also quite windy, so

As the 2025/26 apparition of Jupiter nears its end, here is a video by Damian Peach (BAA Jupiter Section), describing

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] The Transient Array Radio Telescope:

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] Edward Mol Enthusiastic and Competent

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] Diane Swan Post graduate student

After the recent disappointment with C/2026 A1 (MAPS) we have another interesting comet to get excited about. C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)

I was lucky to get a couple of hours observing with the Seestar S50 in March, and a couple of