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BASIL January 2026

The front cover shows an image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS taken by BAS member Chris Lee

Key topics for the month include:

• Imaging opportunity: Comet 24P/Schaumasse passes south of Arcturus on 20 January.
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all visible this month.
• Observe the 'Wolf Moon' in January and the Hadley Rille - best observed when the Moon is 8 or 21 days old.
• 24 DSO observing targets are listed for the month.
• Constellation of the month is Auriga, which is well placed to observe.

See pages 22-28 for members' images of:

• IC 434, M81, M42 and M33 by Andrew Grasemann
• Processed image from Telescope Live of the Large Magellanic Cloud by Jane Clark.
• NGC 488 (and satellite!) by Chris Lee.

Society News reports on the BAS Christmas Party held on 12 Dec 2025.

The BAS programme of meetings to June 2026 can be found on p30.

Happy New Year to all members!