The front cover shows our Outreach Coordinator, Allan McCarthy, who has won the Federation of Astronomical Societies’ Graham Bryant Memorial Award, which is a national award recognising significant contributions to the advancement of amateur astronomy by an individual. Many congratulations to Allan for winning this prestigious national astronomy award! See pages 32-33 for more information […]
The front cover of BASIL shows the ‘COME STARGAZING with the Bristol Astronomical Society’ invitation for public observing sessions, with the scheduled dates in November. Observing highlights of the month include: 3 Nov – Jupiter reaches opposition. 9 Nov – a rare daylight lunar occultation of Venus (see p18). 10 Nov – excellent transit of […]
The front cover of BASIL illustrates the dark skies encountered in the mid-Atlantic (see page 28). Solar activity continues to be slightly higher than predicted values for this stage of the solar cycle – see pages 4 to 5. December provides good opportunities for observing Jupiter, Uranus and the Ursid meteor shower (see page 13). […]
