The front cover of BASIL shows a superb image of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805), taken by Ryan Parle of the BAS. On our Facebook page, Ryan gives details of equipment used, data acquisition and processing of the image – see the following link for more details: (18) Bristol Astronomical Society – Members Only | […]
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 plans for a 3D printed model of the Society’s Cyril Swindin telescope, which is being prepared by BAS member Trevor Taylor. The Cyril Swindin telescope was a 12-inch Newtonian reflector telescope which was in the dome at our Failand Observatory for many years, prior to the installation of the […]
Face-to-face meetings at Unit 13 resume in March! – see page 28 for further details. Many of our members have been busy with astrophotography over the last month – see the front cover and page 27 for outstanding images taken by Jane Clark, Chris Lee, David Bennett, Andres Atkinson, Andrew Grasemann and Ryan Parle. Solar […]
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 […]
