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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 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 readingApr19Fri201919:45 Ayton Meeting – Speaker: Jurgen... @ Ayton Village HallAyton Meeting – Speaker: Jurgen... @ Ayton Village HallApr 19 @ 19:45 – 21:30Friday 19 April 2019 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Guest Speaker Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University will be presenting “Basics of Astrophotography” This talk will cover every aspect of astrophotography from a simple camera on a tripod to a … Continue readingNov11Mon201912:35 Mercury Transit 11/11/2019Mercury Transit 11/11/2019Nov 11 @ 12:35 – 18:04Mercury Transit 11/11/2019 12:35:00 – 18:05:00 GMT Ephemeris
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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Plenty of Dark Energy at Ayton Village Hall
The society held their monthly meeting for November at Ayton Village Hall on Friday the 15th and the visiting guest speaker in front of a well attended meeting was Prof. Shaun Cole, deputy director of the Institute of Computational Cosmology … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged 2dF, Ayton Village Hall, Big Bang, BOSS, Dark Energy, Durham University, ESA, Euclid, Guest Speaker, Pan-STARRS, Prof. Shaun Cole, SDSS, Standard Candles, Supernovae, Universe
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Dalby Forest Visitor Centre Undergoing Building Work
The Forestry Commission Visitor Centre in Dalby Forest is currently undergoing a major piece of building work that will last for a number of months. During this period, access to our observatories will be restricted for a period of time … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Member events, News, Public Observing
Tagged Dalby Forest, Events (Members), Facebook, Forestry Commission, observatories, Public Observing, Twitter, Website
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Cloud and Fog Still Pulls in Large Group of Stargazers
Friday 1st November saw the 2nd of the public stargazing events for the season in Dalby Forest. Despite cloudy skies and fog in the valley a good sized group still attended the Dalby Forest Visitor Centre. With no chance to … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Public Observing
Tagged Andromeda, Andy Exton FRAS, Aquarius, Asteroids, capricornus, constellations, Dalby Forest, Filey, Galaxies, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Moon, Nebulae, Pegasus, Pisces, Planets, Solar System, Star Clusters, Sun, triangulum, U3A, West Yorkshire Astronomical Society
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