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Articles from the BAA

The Perseids reach maximum activity this Wednesday

John Mason, 2015 Aug 11

Amateur confirmation of SWAN comet.

Denis Buczynski, 2015 Aug 11

Some speculative thoughts about what we are seeing on Pluto.

John Rogers, 2015 Jul 29

The hi-res Pluto images have been assembled into a mosaic by Damian Peach.

John Rogers, 2015 Jul 29

Targets of the three current space missions, and similar objects, to scale.

John Rogers, 2015 Jul 14

Spacecraft are closing in on two dwarf planets

John Rogers, 2015 Jul 14

Ron takes his tally to 34 supernova discoveries

Callum Potter, 2015 Jul 06

The Moon points the way to Uranus

Stewart Moore, 2015 Jul 05

A fine conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

Nick Hewitt, 2015 Jun 21

The Moon points the way to Neptune

Stewart Moore, 2015 Jun 05

How deep this time?

Roger Pickard, 2015 Jun 05

The instrument maker John Brashear, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was among the first Members of the Association when it was founded in 1890.

Bob Marriott, 2015 Jun 01