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Jan18Fri201919:45 Ayton Meeting – Speaker: John H... @ Ayton Village HallAyton Meeting – Speaker: John H... @ Ayton Village HallJan 18 @ 19:45 – 21:30Friday 18 January 2019 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall SARAS President John Harper will be giving the talk “Around the Zodiac”Feb1Fri201920:00 Public Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentrePublic Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentreFeb 1 @ 20:00 – 21:30
Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue readingFeb15Fri201919:45 Ayton Meeting – Speaker: John Ha... @ Ayton Village HallAyton Meeting – Speaker: John Ha... @ Ayton Village HallFeb 15 @ 19:45 – 21:30Friday 15 February 2019 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall SARAS President John Harper will be giving a talk on the Moon, this event coincides with the Dark Skies FestivalMar1Fri201920:00 Public Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentrePublic Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentreMar 1 @ 20:00 – 21:30Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue readingMar15Fri201919:45 Ayton Meeting – Speaker: Brad G... @ Ayton Village HallAyton Meeting – Speaker: Brad G... @ Ayton Village HallMar 15 @ 19:45 – 21:30
Friday 15 March 2019 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Guest Speaker Professor Brad Gibson, Professor of Astrophysics & Director of the E.A Milne Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Hull will be presenting “Wonders of the Universe: A TripAdvisor … Continue reading Ephemeris
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Monthly Archives: Jul 2013
Talk: “Space Chemistry” by Dr Chris Arridge
The society was visited on Friday 19th July by Dr Chris Arridge of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at University College London (UCL). Chris delivered a talk entitled “Space Chemistry”; a talk he originally developed for the International Year … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Cassini, Dr Chris Arridge, Enceladus, Europa, Galileo, Ganymede, Guest Speaker, Io, JUICE, Jupiter, Neptune, New Horizons, Satellites, Saturn, Solar System, Titan, Uranus, Voyager
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Cassini to photograph the Earth from around 1 Billion miles
Today sees an event that is sure to produce an iconic image. The Cassini spacecraft will capture the full rings of Saturn as well as the Earth during an eclipse of the Sun. The photograph follows in the footsteps of … Continue reading
Dalby Forest solar observing – 7th July 2013
The afternoon of Sunday 7th July 2013, for once, saw mainly sunny skies for one of our solar observing events in Dalby Forest. The forest was busy with visitors and many stopped by for a look at the Sun – … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Member events, News, Public Outreach
Tagged Bishop Auckland Astronomical Society, Coronado, Dalby Forest, Maksutov, membership, North Devon Astronomical Society, observatories, PST, Refractor, solar observing, Solarmax, Sun, Venus
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Terrington WI Talk … Astronomy and the local night sky.
From society treasurer Mell Jeffery FRAS…. “The evening didn’t start too well! The car boot wouldn’t unlock and the observatory key had gone AWOL! I ended up going in the defender and I did manage to get the Dobsonian out … Continue reading
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Tagged Dobsonian, ISS, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Solar, telescope, Terrington, WI, Women's Institute
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