Most of the UK population live either in a city or town, or near enough to one, that light pollution is a problem for both observers and imagers. Robin Scagell, Vice President of the SPA, has seen the problem escalate over the years. But whether you are a visual observer with a small telescope, or […]

I am the ninth director of the British Astronomical Association's Historical Section. The first director was a solar astronomer called Mary Evershed (nee Orr). She was the editor of the historical section's first memoir, Who's Who in the Moon - a series of potted biographies of everyone who had a lunar crater named after them. […]