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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: September 2013
Autumnal Equinox – 22nd September 2013
Today at 20:44 UT (21:44 BST) sees the Southward equinox. For ourselves in the Northern Hemisphere, it is known as the Autumnal equinox and the Vernal or Spring equinox for residents in the Southern Hemisphere. The Sun falls on the … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Aquarius, Autumn, autumnal equinox, celestial equator, celestial sphere, ecliptic, first point of Aries, northward, Pisces, precession, solstice, southward, Vernal equinox
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2013/14 Year Underway with Votes and Cake
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the society took place on Friday 20th August at Ayton Village Hall. It was nice to see members returning for the new society year. The AGM reflects on the past year, votes in the … Continue reading
Posted in Committee Meetings / AGM, Meetings, News
Tagged AGM, Andi Jeffery, Andy Exton FRAS, Annual General Meeting, Ayton Village Hall, Howard Watson, John Harper FRAS, Laura Exton, Malcolm Hewitt, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Neil Graham, Simon Christian
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SARAS Features in North York Moors Tourism Video
In February of this year, the society were visited at our Public Observing event in Dalby Forest by Classlane Media who were putting together some tourism videos on behalf of North York Moors National Park. Classlane Media also returned a … Continue reading
Posted in Media, News
Tagged Classlane Media, Dalby Forest, Howardian Hills, North York Moors National Park, observatories, Public Observing
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Website Event Calendar Updated
The calendar of society events on the SARAS website has been updated to a new plugin. The new calendar is much easier to use, allowing further information on events, sharing of individual events via social media and integration with calendars … Continue reading
John on the Paul Hudson Show 8th September 2013
Honorary President John Harper FRAS was interviewed recently on the Paul Hudson show on BBC local radio and aired on the morning of 8th September 2013. The Paul Hudson show is broadcast on a number of BBC radio stations throughout … Continue reading
Posted in Media, News
Tagged Andromeda, autumnal equinox, BBC Radio York, Dalby Forest, Galaxy, Harvest Moon, John Harper FRAS, Milky Way, Paul Hudson, Square of Pegasus, Starfest
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