Dalby StarFest 2024 – Registrations Now Open

Registrations for Dalby StarFest 2024 are now open

Friday 9th – 12th August 2024, Adderstone Field, Dalby Forest

REGISTRATIONS CLOSE SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST 2024.

Event details and online booking form available HERE

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Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath “You Couldn’t Make it Up!” – 15th March 2024

Friday 15th March 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough

Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath will be presenting “You Couldn’t Make it Up!”

“A collection of stories of the unfortunate and bizarre from the history of astronomy, including:
The Catalogue of the Unwanted ( Messier )
The Planet That Wasn’t ( le Verrier and Lescarbault )
The Heavens and Mrs. Hodges Ungentlemanly Conduct ( South and Sheepshanks )
and of course… The Unluckiest Astronomer Who Ever Lived.”

Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.

Doors open 7:15pm

Free refreshments.

http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-guest-speaker-neil-haggath-you-couldnt-make-it-up-15th-march-2024

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Ayton Meeting – Member Speaker: Ewan Vellacott – “Solar system on a toilet roll” & “In and around Orion” – 16th February 2024

Friday 16th February 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall

Member Speaker Ewan Vellacott will be presenting 2 shorter talks for us: “Solar system on a toilet roll” & “In and around Orion”

Free entry for members of the Society
£3 on the door for non-members.

Doors open 7:15pm

Free refreshments.

http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/member-speaker-ewan-vellacott-solar-system-on-a-toilet-roll-in-and-around-orion/

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1st March 2024 – Public Stargazing Night at Dalby Forest

Reminder: Ticket booking is required via Eventbrite, details in event link below

Public Stargazing in Dalby Forest – March 2024






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19th January 2024 – Ayton Meeting – Workshop – Observational Astronomy Basics

Friday 19th January 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall

Ayton Meeting – Workshop – Observational Astronomy Basics

SARAS members will be doing an input on Observational Astronomy Basics for our workshop session this month, including how to set up a telescope mount, information on eyepieces, etc.
If the weather is clear, there may be the opportunity to do some observing outside the hall.

Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.

Doors open 7:15pm

Free refreshments.

Ayton Meeting – Workshop – Observational Astronomy Basics – 19th January 2024

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2nd February 2024 – Public Stargazing Night at Dalby Forest

Reminder: Ticket booking is required via Eventbrite, details in event link below

Public Stargazing in Dalby Forest – February 2024






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17th November 2023 – Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof Brad Gibson “Bad Astronomy at the Movies”

Friday 17th November 2023 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall

Ayton meeting  – Guest Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of  the University of Hull will be presenting “Bad Astronomy at the Movies”









Free entry for members of the Society.
£3 on the door for non-members.

Doors open 7:15pm

Free refreshments.

http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-guest-speaker-prof-brad-gibson-subject-tbc-17th-november-2023/

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3rd November 2023 – Public Stargazing Night at Dalby Forest

CANCELLED

Reminder: Ticket booking is required via Eventbrite, details in event link below

Public Stargazing in Dalby Forest – November 2023






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