The front cover of BASIL shows photos from an excellent talk recently given to the BAS by Dr Samuel Cabot from Cambridge University, on the subject of ‘Uncommunicative Worlds in Our Solar System’. Topics covered included planetary forensics, origins of interstellar objects, and exoplanet atmospheres. Members’ images included in this month’s BASIL include Mare Frigoris […]
The front cover of BASIL shows an image of a tropical Moon with halo, taken by BAS member Mel Rigby. Other members’ images include the Full Moon, by Andrew Grasemann and the Aurora by Richard Mansfield. Observing highlights of the month include: 1 November: Callisto lies south of Jupiter’s southern pole (am) 4 November: Venus near the […]
The front cover of BASIL shows an image of the 16 day Moon taken by BAS member Chris Lee. Observing highlights of the month include: 5 October: Venus lies near the waxing crescent Moon (pm) 14 October: Saturn very near the waxing gibbous Moon (pm) 17 October: Perigee full Moon (supermoon) 19 October: Lunar occultation of the southern part […]
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 front cover of BASIL shows an image of the Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27), taken by BAS member Simon Smith, using a SeeStar S50. Observing highlights of the month include: 1 August: Waning crescent Moon lies near M35 after rising (am) 5 August: Jupiter, Mars and Aldebaran form a right-angled triangle (am) 9 August: Double shadow transit of Jupiter (am) […]
The front cover of BASIL shows the BAS team at the Festival of Nature held on 1-2 June 2024, along with ‘live’ solar images shared with visitors during the festival. The last page of BASIL shows more photos of the event and a link to the Festival of Nature report written by BAS Committee member […]
The front cover of BASIL shows an image taken by Jane Clark (BAS) of NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy. The galaxy is a member of the Leo Triplet. Observing highlights of the month include: All month: Possibility of noctilucent displays 3 June: Waning crescent Moon lies near Mars (am) 4 June: Jupiter and Mercury lie half-a-degree […]
The front cover of BASIL shows a solar image taken by David Bennett using the Society’s new SeeStar S50 telescope, showing sunspots on the solar surface. We intend to use the S50 for public outreach, both solar and DSO observing, so this was a very good demonstration of the telescope’s capabilities. Observing highlights of the […]
The front cover of BASIL shows the path of the partial solar eclipse on 8 April 2024, which will be visible from western parts of the UK. Observing highlights of the month include: 8 April: Small partial solar eclipse visible from western UK at sunset 11 April: Mars and Saturn in conjunction (am) 20 April: Jupiter and Uranus […]
The front cover of BASIL shows images taken using the new BAS SeeStar S50 Smart APO telescope, by Darren Brown (BAS). Observing highlights of the month include: 2 March: Minor planet 3 Juno reaches opposition 13 March: Jupiter lies near a waxing crescent Moon (pm) 14 March: Waxing crescent Moon lies near the Pleiades (pm) 25 March: Penumbral lunar eclipse […]
