The front cover of BASIL shows an image of NGC 2070, the centre of the Tarantula Nebula, taken by BAS member Malcolm Worster when visiting New Zealand. See p14-15 for images of the ‘Wolf Moon’ and the planet Jupiter by Andrew Grasemann and p24 for studies on the spiral structure of Messier 81 by Jane […]
The front cover of BASIL shows the BAS Chair, Fiona Lambert, cutting the BAS 80th anniversary cake at our anniversary celebration on 8th December 2022. Predicted solar activity, solar cycle progression, lunar phases and events, solar system finder charts and rise / set times are reported for January. Also included is the monthly observing calendar, […]
The front cover of BASIL shows the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on 25 December 2021 (see page 27 for JWST information). Solar activity continues to be slightly higher than predicted values for this stage of the solar cycle – see pages 4 to 5. January is still a good month to observe […]
