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[cover image by Jonathan Elliott - The Flying Dragon in Cygnus ]
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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March 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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March 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This weeks BAA Picture of the week is Lynd's Dark Nebula 673 and friends., by Manolo Rodriguez.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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.
#astronomy #nebulae
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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...
February 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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...
January 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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)
January 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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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December 22, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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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December 12, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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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December 10, 2024 at 1:03 PM