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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

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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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A Great Year for the Perseid Meteor Shower!

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

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Visual observation of Jupiter

28 July 202315 August 2023 John Rogers 0 Comments

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

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Comet 103P/Hartley Observing Campaign

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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Estimating the Coma Size and Brightness of Comets (Part 2: Imaging)

9 April 20239 April 2023 David Swan 0 Comments

David Swan takes responsibility for any errors in this article, which is an adaptation of content originally developed by Nick

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Observer’s Challenge – Mini Messier Marathon – Open Clusters

18 March 202327 March 2023 John Chuter 0 Comments

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

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Capturing Cosmic Rays with a Digital Camera

26 February 202327 February 2023 David Swan 0 Comments BAA, cosmic ray, imaging

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

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Observer’s Challenge – Mercury at Maximum Elongation

17 April 202216 May 2022 John Chuter 0 Comments mercury

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

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Sky notes for 2022 April & May

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

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