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Using the Alnitak Remote Observatory in Spain

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

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Dark Skies for the Geminid Meteor Shower this December

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

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Deep Sky Section Annual Meeting

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

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Deep Sky Update – November 2023

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

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Report no.2: The Galilean Moons

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

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The Return of a ‘Lost’ Meteor Shower?

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

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks outbursts continue

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

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Report no.1

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

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JUPITER IN 2023-24

This page links to our reports on amateur observations of Jupiter in the 2023/24 apparition (with opposition on 2023 Nov.3).

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Juno at PJ55

Here is our report on the JunoCam images at PJ55.  The highlight was Juno’s closest-yet flyby of Io, showing plenty

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