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Eight outbursts of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann in 3 weeks: a new record

Updated on 2022 December 7 Comet 29P/SW1 has been passing through the constellation of Gemini in recent weeks passing through

It is while since we have had a naked-eye comet but C/2022 E3 (ZTF) might just cross that threshold from

Jupiter in 2022-23: Report no.4 –John Rogers & Shinji Mizumoto Soon after Report no.3 was posted, it became evident that

JunoCam at PJ46 John Rogers (BAA) (2022 Nov.23) Here is our report on Juno’s Perijove-46, which occurred on 2022

Originally published as Equatorial Platforms Pt. 3, BAA Journal Vol. 132, No. 3, June 2022, E&T section, p151. By Martin

Three-part article about the different types of Equatorial Platforms, how they work and how to build them by Martin Lewis.

We are now just a short time before opposition. First I want to draw your attention to the occultation of

The 2023 Deep Sky Section meeting will be held at Bedford School, Bedford. You can book your place here on

Originally published as ‘Atmospheric dispersion, Part II: Orientation & adjustment’, BAA Journal Vol 131, No. 6, Dec 2021, E&T section,