The front cover of BASIL shows an image of 61 Cygni taken by BAS member Jane Clark. Jane and BAS member David Bennett are working on a technically challenging project to accurately measure stellar parallax and calculate stellar distances for relatively nearby stars. Pages 30-1 of BASIL shows some of the key images and data […]
The Society received the very sad news in the last few weeks that two of our Vice-Presidents have passed away, Professor Mark Birkinshaw and our longest serving member Maurice Brain. The front cover of September’s BASIL contains a message from the BAS Chair, Fiona Lambert, and tributes to Mark and Maurice are given on pages […]
The front cover of BASIL shows last month’s solar observing at Troopers Hill. Predicted solar activity, solar cycle progression, planetary observing notes, finder charts and rise / set times are reported for September. Constellation of the month is Pegasus, which is well placed for observing Messier 15 – a magnificent globular cluster. Visible transits of […]
