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Nominations invited for the eighth Sir Patrick Moore Prize
The annual Sir Patrick Moore Prize of £500 plus a year’s membership of the BAA may be awarded to any
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From the President
Astronomical scene As I write this piece, we have now passed the summer solstice and nights will be drawing in
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Sky Notes 2021 August & September
Nick reminds us the Milky Way and its riches are at their best for UK observers in the longer nights of the Summer
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Unusual Asteroid appears with a comet-like tail
On July 9, Professor Alan Fitzsimmons of the ATLAS survey telescope team in Hawaii reported observations of an unusual “active”
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Observer’s Challenge – Five outer planets in one night
Over the next few weeks it should be possible to view five of the outer planets on the same night.
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