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Jun19Fri202019:45 CANCELLED – Ayton Meeting – TBC ... @ Ayton Village HallCANCELLED – Ayton Meeting – TBC ... @ Ayton Village HallJun 19 @ 19:45 – 21:30MEETING CANCELLED Friday 19 June 2020 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Topic TBC: It is traditional that the last meeting of the year before the AGM is member focused, if anyone has any suggestions for a theme for the meeting … Continue readingJul5Sun202010:30 Dalby Explorer Day 2020 @ Dalby Forest Visitors CentreDalby Explorer Day 2020 @ Dalby Forest Visitors CentreJul 5 @ 10:30 – 16:00S&RAS members will be at the Dalby Explorer Day on Sunday 5th July 2020, 10:30 – 16:00. The theme this year is “Communication”. Weather permitting we will have Solar scopes set up for safe solar viewing as well as opening … Continue readingJul17Fri202019:45 Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 1... @ Ayton Village HallAnnual General Meeting (AGM) – 1... @ Ayton Village HallJul 17 @ 19:45 – 21:45Review of the 2019/20 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business. The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton. There will be no guest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting. If anyone would … Continue readingAug20Thu2020all-day StarFest 2020 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestStarFest 2020 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestAug 20 – Aug 24 all-day
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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Stargazing evening with 1st Scarborough (Trent) Beavers
Wednesday 28th November 2012 saw SARAS Secretary Andy Exton attend a stargazing evening with 1st Scarborough (Trent) Beavers at their scout hall on Maple Drive, Scarborough. As seems to be the case at the moment, any public outreach event seems … Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Outreach, Scouts / Guides
Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Beavers, Jupiter, Moon, Planets, Solar System, Sun, Talk
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Talk for Filey Junior School
Following an invite by Mr Drewell, it was a pleasure to visit the Year 6 pupils at Filey Junior School on the evening of Monday, November 26th. Originally, the intention was for the pupils to visit us at the Low … Continue reading
Posted in Public Outreach, Schools
Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Filey Junior School, Moon, Planets, Solar System, Sun, Talk
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Satellite Tracking: Half a Century
On Friday 16th November, SARAS member Bob Christy, FBIS, came to talk to fellow members and the visiting public about his 50 year long passion tracking satellites. From the origins in Kettering Grammar School in the 1960’s to the present … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Speakers, Meetings
Tagged Ayton Village Hall, Bob Christy, Guest Speaker, Satellites, Society News, Zarya
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SARAS Website now integrates with Twitter and Facebook
Following the release of the Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Facebook page a couple of months ago and the redesign of the website, a Twitter account has also been created for SARAS. Any post created on the website is now tweeted … Continue reading
Leonid Meteor Shower – Morning of Saturday 17th November
The peak of the Leonid meteor shower occurs between midnight and dawn this coming Saturday morning. Around 20 meteors an hour are visible at the peak of the shower, originating from the constellation of Leo, from the head of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Leo, Leonids, meteor shower
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