This weeks BAA Picture of the Week is of NGC 2175, the Monkey Head nebula. Taken from Cambridge by David Davies
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This week's BAA Picture of the Week is of the Northern Lights as seen from a boat of the coast of Norway at 68deg N near Harstad by Pauline Phillips at the end of January. A great picture of a really nice display. Click on the link for all the details.
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This weeks BAA Picture of the week is Lynd's Dark Nebula 673 and friends., by Manolo Rodriguez.
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This week's BAA Picture of the Week is of "Thor's Helmet" NGC 2359 by Callum Wingrove.
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which is the Deep Sky Section Object of Interest for February.
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National Astronomy Week Live will be Live in 35 minutes - at 19:00 GMT - #NAW2025 look for the livestream on the YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@NationalAst...

This week's BAA Picture of the Week is of Messier 1 (M1) the Crab Nebula by Callum Wingrove.
M1 is a supernova remnant - the remains of a star that exploded in 1054 CE. britastro.org/observations...

If you missed our meeting on Saturday or just want to watch it again - you can view it now on our website or on our YouTube channel. Topics: #Outreach #Lunar impact flashes, #TCrB, SkyNotes
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At Saturday's BAA meeting, Michael Woodman, a discoverer of the 1946 outburst of the recurrent nova #TCrB was presented the BAA Variable Star Section Charles Butterworth Award. Michael hopes to witness the next outburst (a unique achievement) which could be anytime soon.
(Photos Steve Knight)

This week's picture of the week is NGC 1931, the Fly Nebula, by Manolo Rodriguez from near Seville in Spain. NGC 1931 is also this month's BAA Deep Sky Section Object of Interest.
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If you were not able to attend our Christmas Meeting last Saturday (Dec 7) or just want to view again you can watch it on our YouTube channel.
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Printed copies of the BAA Handbook 2025 are now available to purchase on the BAA Shop for only £16 P&P included. But you will need to order soon to receive before Christmas
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This weeks BAA Picture of the Week is the amazing starry field of the globular cluster Messier 46 (in Puppis) by Manolo Rodriguez
You can also see the planetary nebula NGC 2438 above and left of the centre. It is not believed to be part of the cluster, though.
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