Intermediate – British Astronomical Association

12P/Pons-Brooks observing campaign

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes to perihelion this April. It has an orbital period of 71 years and a large nucleus which

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

With the August Full Sturgeon Moon behind us, the Moon is now rising slightly later each night providing observers with

Introduction Jupiter is now embarking on its most favourable apparition for many years for northern-hemisphere observers, reaching a declination of

103P/Hartley is a Jupiter family periodic comet which was discovered on 1986 March 15.59 by Malcolm Hartley using the 1.2-m

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This Month is the ideal Month to try a Mini Messier Marathon

22 February 2023 Cosmic Rays are high-energy subatomic particles which fly through the Universe at speeds approaching the speed of

Mercury was at Inferior Conjunction on 2nd April but has been moving eastward since then and possibly became visible after

Life is full of compromises and for astronomers in spring, we have warmer but shorter nights. British Summer Time began