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Deep Sky Update – January 2024

January has been a poor month for observing in Orkney – I’ve not managed any deep sky observing sessions, and

There are four main way of double star observing; using a reticle, a bifilar micrometer, the ‘stopwatch’ method, and direct

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes to perihelion this April. It has an orbital period of 71 years and a large nucleus which

JunoCam at PJ57: Part I: Io John Rogers (BAA) (2024 Jan.30) Juno’s 57th perijove was on 2023 Dec.30, shortly

Jupiter in 2023/24, Report no.3: The major jets John Rogers, Gianluigi Adamoli, Rob Bullen, Michel Jacquesson, Hans-Joerg Mettig (BAA &

December has been a poor month for observing here in Orkney. We did have three nights where aurorae were visible,

JunoCam at PJ56: preliminary report John Rogers (2023 Dec.27) Juno’s PJ56 was on 2023 Nov.22, with equator crossing (on

BAA member Maxim Usatov has developed a remote observatory, called Alnitak, in southern Spain and he has generously offered the

The Geminid meteor shower is expected to reach maximum activity sometime in the afternoon (UK time) of Thursday, December 14

The BAA Deep Sky Section annual meeting will be held on March 16th 2024 at the Humfrey Rooms, Northampton. Doors