BAA Meeting Reports

Here you can view preprints of reports of recent meetings of the British Astronomical Association. These will appear in future issues of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association (JBAA). As these are preprints, any errors are the sole responsibility of the author, and their content should not be taken to represent the views of the BAA. The British Astronomical Association website is here.

2011 March 12th Deep Sky Section Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2011

• Introduction
• Then and Now: Thirty Years of Section Images
• Using the f/2 HyperStar System for Deep Sky Imaging
• Galaxy Clusters for the Amateur
• Things that Fade in the Night: Variable Nebulae
• Astrophotography in the 1980s: Why I didn't blow myself up
• Active Galactic Nuclei, and why amateurs should observe them
• The Herschel Space Telescope and Star Formation
• References

2009 December 12th Ordinary Meeting

• Introduction
• George Alcock in Antarctica
• Meteors, Showers and Streams: George Alcock's Legacy
• The Winter Sky
• References

2009 May 27th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2010

• Introduction
• Pro/Am Collaboration with Schools using Robotic Telescopes
• The European Extremely Large Telescope – Fabricating the Mirror Segments
• The Sky in May
• References

2009 March 25th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2010

• Introduction
• Comet 17P/Holmes
• Cosmology and the Expanding Universe
• The March Sky
• References

2009 March 25th Special General Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2010

• Introduction

2009 January 28th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2010

• Introduction
• Rotation, Magnetism and Mass Loss at Saturn
• Jupiter in 2007 and 2008
• The January Sky
• References

2008 November 22nd Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2009

• Introduction
• Cosmic Lensing: Shedding Light on the Dark Universe
• The November Sky
• References

2008 October 29th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2009

• Introduction
• The Sky in October
• References

2008 October 29th Annual General Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2009

• Introduction
• Annual Report 2007-8
• References

2008 May 28th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2009

• Introduction
• The New Generation of Gravitational Lens Surveys
• An Introduction to X-ray Astronomy
• The May Sky
• References

2007 November 24th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2008

• Introduction
• The STEREO Mission
• The History of the Sunspot Index
• Solar Section Update
• Update on Comet 17P/Holmes
• References

2007 October 31st Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2008

• Introduction
• Where To Go for the 2008 Solar Eclipse
• The Appearance of Comet 17P/Holmes
• References

2007 October 31st Annual General Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2008

• Introduction
• Annual Report 2006-7

2007 March 28th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2008

• Introduction
• BAA Studies of the Venusian Atmosphere
• The March Sky
• References

2007 March 28th Special General Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2008

• Introduction

2007 March 3rd Deep Sky Section Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2008

• Introduction
• High-Definition Imaging of Planetary Nebulae
• A Pinch of SALT
• Two-Colour Imaging of the Deep Sky
• Going Deep
• The Northern Sky Hα Survey
• OJ287 – An Update
• Planetary Nebula Howell-Crisp I
• References

2007 January 31st Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2007

• Introduction
• The January Sky
• The Wide-Angle Search for Planets
• References

2006 December 16th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2007

• Introduction
• Farce and Fortuity in the Exploration of Space
• Abra Cad Astra
• The December Sky
• The Winter Deep Sky

2006 October 25th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2007

• Introduction
• Reclassification of Pluto
• The October Sky
• References

2006 October 25th Annual General Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2007

• Introduction
• References

2006 May 31st Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2006

• Introduction
• Let's Collaborate! A Professional's Perspective
• Bright Lights on Giant Planets

2006 March 22nd Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2006

• Introduction
• The March Sky
• Seven Nights on a Bare Mountain
• Low Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Hot Jupiters
• References

2006 March 22nd Special General Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2006

• Introduction

2006 January 25th Ordinary Meeting

• Introduction
• The January Sky
• Cosmology: Into the Unknown

2005 December 17th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2006

• Introduction
• It's About Time
• The Star of Bethlehem
• The December Sky
• References

2005 October 26th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2006

• Introduction
• Eclipse Observations
• The Autumn Deep Sky

2005 October 26th Annual General Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2006

• Introduction

2005 September 3rd Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2006

• Introduction
• References

2005 June 25th Ordinary Meeting and Exhibition Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2006

• Introduction
• The Steavenson Medal and Award
• The Merlin Medal and Gift
• The Lydia Brown Medal and Gift
• The June Sky
• Spinning Asteroids
• References

2005 May 25th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2006

• Introduction
• Outbursts, Orbits and Oscillations
• The May Sky
• CCD Observations from the Bunbury Observatory
• References

2005 April 23rd Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2006

• Introduction
• Quasars, Black Holes and Galaxy Formation
• CfDS Update
• The April Sky
• Bonneville and Beyond: A Year on Mars with the Spirit Rover
• References

2005 March 30th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2006

• Introduction
• Titan Revealed – First Results from Huygens
• The March Sky
• BAA Instrument Number 1
• References

2005 March 30th Special General Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2006

• Introduction

2005 January 26th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2005

• Introduction
• Clocking a Spinning White Dwarf
• New Movements in Imaging Technologies: Telescopic Imaging with Digital SLR
• Wide-Field Astrophotography
• The Sydney Observatory
• References

2004 December 18th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2005

• Introduction
• Comets and their Exploration by Spacecraft
• The December Sky
• Kepler's Supernova of 1604
• The Bury St Edmunds Athenaeum

2004 November 27th Ordinary Meeting (in association with RMetS) | Published in JBAA 08/2005

• Introduction
• Meteors
• Noctilucent Clouds
• The Aurorae
• Tropospheric Clouds
• Rainbows
• The November Sky
• The George Alcock Memorial Lecture
• References

2004 October 27th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2005

• Introduction

2004 October 27th Annual General Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2005

• Introduction

2004 June 26th Ordinary Meeting and Exhibition Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2005

• Introduction
• Observing Saturn in the Age of the Cassini Mission
• The Summer Sky
• Members' Observations of the Transit of Venus, 2004 June 8

2004 May 26th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2005

• Introduction
• Historical Transits of Venus
• The May Sky
• Henry McEwan of Glasgow
• References

2004 March 31st Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2004

• Introduction
• Illuminating the Invisible: Uncovering Dark Matter with Gravitational Lensing
• The Spring Sky
• The Winds Within Jupiter's Storms as Tracked by Amateurs around the World
• References

2004 March 31st Special General Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2004

• Introduction

2004 January 10th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2004

• Introduction
• The January Sky
• What's in a Name?

2003 November 29th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2004

• Introduction
• Mars, the Inside Story
• The November Sky
• Deep Sky Observation from Australia, July 2002
• References

2003 October 29th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2004

• Introduction
• The Great Perihelic Opposition of Mars 2003

2003 October 29th Annual General Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2004

• Introduction

2003 June 28th Ordinary Meeting and Exhibition Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2004

• Introduction
• The Steavenson Award
• The Lydia Brown Medal and Gift
• The June Sky
• The 2003 Martian Apparition
• Meteor Review 2002-3
• Variable Stars: Why Professionals Need Our Help
• Observing Comets
• CfDS, CPRE and Parliamentary initiatives 2002-2003

2003 March 19th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2003

• Introduction
• The March Sky
• The Total Solar Eclipse of 2002 December 4
• The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)

2003 March 19th Special General Meeting | Published in JBAA 12/2003

• Introduction

2003 January 4th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2003

• Introduction
• The Big Bang
• The January Sky
• Astronomers and Oddities

2002 November 30th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2003

• Introduction
• What do Chondrite meteorites tell us about the origin of Solar System planets?
• The December Sky
• Leonid Feedback
• The Cassini Mission
• The Age of Precision Cosmology?

2002 October 30th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2003

• Introduction
• The Leonid Years

2002 October 30th Annual General Meeting | Published in JBAA 06/2003

• Introduction

2002 September 21st Ordinary Meeting and Exhibition Meeting | Published in JBAA 04/2003

• Introduction
• The Lydia Brown Award
• The Merlin Award
• The Walter Goodacre Award
• The September Sky
• Mars in 2001
• References

2002 April 27th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 02/2003

• Introduction
• Astronomy in the next ten years
• Sky Notes
• RoCCoTo Telescope and lifelong learning in astronomy
• The value of historical records in astronomy
• The deep sky scene of late spring

2002 March 16th Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2002

• Introduction
• Supernova Secrets; Infrared Insights
• Sky Notes
• The British Deep Sky Scene: A Review
• The Visual Archive of the Deep Sky Section

2002 March 16th Special General Meeting | Published in JBAA 10/2002

• Introduction

2002 February 23rd Ordinary Meeting | Published in JBAA 08/2002

• Introduction
• A Biography of the Moon
• Sky Notes
• Occultation Videos
• Observing Variable Stars with Binoculars