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Deep Sky Update – December 2023

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

November has not seen great observing weather in Orkney. No deep-sky sessions sadly. We did have some aurorae early in

Jupiter in 2023/24: Report no.2: The Galilean moons John Rogers (BAA) (2023 Nov.20) Here we present some of

Each year we see a weak shower of meteors from a broad dust stream associated with disintegrated comet 3D/Biela. This

This is a preliminary report on the latest outburst and a comparison with previous outbursts. It is subject to updates.

Jupiter in 2023/24: Report no.1 (Updated version, 2023 Nov.28) John Rogers (BAA), Gianluigi Adamoli, Rob Bullen, Michel Jacquesson, Hans-Joerg Mettig