BAA Tutorials

Starting Out

A brief guide to the apparent motions of the planets

David Basey, 2020 Apr 09

Intermediate

John Cook, the Radio Astronomy section director, writes about how to detect the effect of the sun on the Earth's ionosphere

John Cook, 2020 Mar 15

Starting Out

A guide to the BAA tutorials for beginning astronomers

David Basey, 2020 Feb 13

Advanced

How to observe an exoplanet transit in support of the ARIEL Space Mission

Roger Dymock, 2020 Jan 18

Starting Out

An introductory guide to what's in the sky for the absolute beginner.

David Basey, 2019 Dec 08

Starting Out

How to observe the November 2019 Mercury transit

Peter Meadows, Chris Hooker, Paul Abel and Steve Harvey, 2019 Oct 16

Starting Out

A brief history of comet imaging and some of the fundamentals of current imaging technology

Nick James, Jonathan Shanklin, Peter Carson and others, 2019 Sep 15

Intermediate

Roger Pickard writes about why and how you should observe variable stars

Roger Pickard, 2019 Aug 11

Intermediate

Richard Miles explains how to measure the brightness of the unusual comet 29P

Richard Miles, 2019 Jun 16

Intermediate

Owen describes the development of deep sky filters, how they work and how to use them

Owen Brazell, 2019 Apr 06

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