2026 February 15
Education and Outreach Section Newsletter Edition 5 – February 2026
I’m pleased to say that our latest Education and Outreach newsletter is now available. Thank you to all the contributors to another varied edition.
Content includes:
From the Editor
Welcome from the Section Director
Section get together
E&O News including volunteer opportunities
Comet Chasers: Keeping watch on bizarre comet 29P
Comet Chasers: Interstellar Comet 3I and the BBC (but no aliens)
BAA Back to Basics, Pontefract
RAW Sky
Astronomy for Refugees and Autistic Students
Northern Lights Cruise Astronomer
Towpath Tales
Museum of the Moon in Cardiff
Amazing Free Resources
Obituary – Peter Drew
Joining the Search for Hidden Black Holes
We hope you enjoying reading it!
We welcome your feedback and ideas for new content.
If you have any education or outreach activity you’d like to share, or great resources you’ve found, then the deadline for the next edition is 30 April 2026. Please email your content to the editor Alexandra Hart at eando@britastro.org.
Our next Section informal online get together is 19:30 GMT Thursday 19th March (join the mailing list to recieve the zoom details which will be shared a few days before the meeting.
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