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Who’s who

  Director: Callum Potter The Deep Sky has always been my main passion in astronomy. Whilst I have always enjoyed

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Visibility of the Veil Nebula

One of the most beautiful emission nebula in the summer sky must be the Veil in Cygnus. Always a target

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Supernova Remnants

Dave Green, an astronomer at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, in Cambridge, lists 235 galactic supernova remnants on his web

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Planetary Nebulae

Nick Hewitt started a programme to observe Abell planetaries a few years ago and I would like to continue this,

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The Messier Objects

The Deep Sky Section Handbook No.2 – A Messier Catalogue – is now almost sold out. Although the data it

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Local Group Galaxies

We would like to collect images of as many local group galaxies as possible. There are over 40 in the

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Introduction

The Deep Sky Section of the British Astronomical Association was formed in 1981 by its first director, Ron Arbour, to

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Deep Sky Section Meeting 2014

This year’s Deep Sky Section meeting will be held at the Deco, Northampton.

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Gyulbudaghian’s Nebula Brightens

Gyulbudaghian’s Nebula Brightens

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The transit of Venus, 2012 June 5–6

Paper by Peter Macdonald (JBAA 121, 3, 2011) describing the circumstances of this year’s transit and its visibility from the

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