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Transit of Venus 2012

Image of the 2004 transit by Maurice Gavin

Visit our Transit 2012 page for all the information you will need about observing the Transit of Venus on June 6th.

Saturn at Opposition

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Saturn is at opposition and well placed for observing.

Deep Sky Section Meeting Video

BAA Deep Sky Section Meeting Attendees March 2012

A video of Stewart Moore's review of the Deep Sky year is now available.

Brace of bright supernovae

sn2012aw_20120318_ndj_tn Two bright supernovae recently discovered are within range of amateur telescopes.

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Re:Transit of Venus
Callum Potter 15.5.2012 15:23

Transit of Venus
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Re:Do We Really Need The Moon? (BBC2)
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Re:Do We Really Need The Moon? (BBC2)
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Huge radio event at 10:36:50 UTC on 8th May
Nick James 9.5.2012 19:47

Re:Transit Day 6th June
Len Entwisle 6.5.2012 15:14

Transit Day 6th June
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Venus, Plunging Towards Transit

Observing Highlights

For more information and general observing notes for the coming months, check out our Sky Notes page.

20.05.2012
Annular Solar eclipse - not visible from UK

21.05.2012
New Moon

28.05.2012
First quarter Moon

04.06.2012
Partial Lunar Eclipse - not visible from the UK

06.06.2012
Transit of Venus

BAA Meetings

30.05.2012 17:30 - 20:00
Ordinary Meeting and George Alcock Memorial Lecture

07.07.2012
Summer Garden Meeting

07.09.2012 - 09.09.2012
Weekend Meeting - Aberdeen

22.09.2012 10:30 - 17:30
Observers Workshop - London

06.10.2012
Asteroid & Comet Sections Joint Meeting

Other Meetings and Events

Non-BAA astronomy meetings and events that may be of interest to members.

11.06.2012 - 13.06.2012
Third International Starlight Conference

16.06.2012
Webb Society Annual Meeting - Cambridge

14.09.2012 - 16.09.2012
The Autumn Equinox Sky Camp 2012

06.10.2012
Federation of Astronomical Societies Annual Convention

19.10.2012 - 22.10.2012
Peak Star Party

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BAA Journal

2012 April

View the content and download selected items HERE.

And you can download the Sky Notes HERE (pdf).

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