Event Calendar

May
15
Fri
2020
CANCELLED – Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: David Benoit “Chemistry on a comet” 15 May 2020 @ Ayton Village Hall
May 15 @ 19:45 – 21:30

MEETING CANCELLED

Friday 15 May 2020 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall

Guest Speaker – David Benoit will be presenting “Chemistry on a comet”

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

Doors open 7:15pm

Free refreshments.

Jun
19
Fri
2020
CANCELLED – Ayton Meeting – TBC – 19 June 2020 @ Ayton Village Hall
Jun 19 @ 19:45 – 21:30

MEETING 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 or an activity, pleas let me know at saras.secretary@gmail.com

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

Doors open 7:15pm

Free refreshments.

 

Jul
5
Sun
2020
CANCELLED – Dalby Explorer Day 2020 @ Dalby Forest Visitors Centre
Jul 5 @ 10:30 – 16:00

CANCELLED by organisers due to COVID-19 – we will be back next year

S&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 the observatories to have a look at our night sky telescopes.

Dalby Forest Explorer Day Event Webpage

The event is free, however the Dalby entry fee still applies: Details HERE

 

Aug
20
Thu
2020
StarFest 2020 – CANCELLED @ Adderstone Field, Dalby Forest
Aug 20 – Aug 24 all-day

CANCELLED

19th Annual StarFest

Thursday 20th August – Mon 24th August 2020

Adderstone Field, Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire

After assessing the logistics, likely low attendance levels and of course potential safety issues in running StarFest this year, the S&RAS Committee has made the decision to cancel StarFest 2020 at Dalby.
 
With all the current external factors, we can’t see any feasible way to run a safe, fun event to the standard we want, as well as the potential for a second wave of COVID-19 which could trigger a second lock-down and automatic cancellation of the event anyway.
Social distancing would make marquee events impossible (You know how crowded they are normally) and even the staples of wandering around the site and chatting/using other’s equipment would turn into a military operation of cleaning eyepieces and distance checking. (I also for one don’t fancy disinfecting/wiping down a porta-loo after use!)
 
I know this will be a disappointment to everyone, especially as it may have been a break from lock-down or a sign of a partial return to normality but safety will always come first.
 
Anyone who has already paid will be refunded via cheque (our Charity account does not allow outgoing BACS) and I will contact everyone who has paid individually to confirm the postal address.
We have discussed and decided not to hold funds for next year’s event, as some have offered already instead of refunds.
 
Hopefully, the pandemic situation will be more under control soon and you will all receive your StarFest 2021 “registrations open” emails in January and we can hold an event next year as normal.
Aug
21
Fri
2020
VIRTUAL Annual General Meeting (AGM) via ZOOM – Friday 21 August 2020 @ via ZOOM
Aug 21 @ 20:00 – 21:30

ONLINE AGM – THIS AGM WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom.us/)

Review of the 2019/20 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.
The meeting takes place virtually via the free app ZOOM.

There will be no guest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.

If anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election, please let the Secretary know before the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com

Membership fees for 2020/2021 season for existing members are not due until July 2021

Sep
18
Fri
2020
VIRTUAL Meeting via ZOOM – Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath “How Big Is Space” 18 September 2020 @ via ZOOM
Sep 18 @ 19:30

ONLINE MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom.us/)

Friday 18th September 2020 7.30pm, via Zoom

Guest Speaker –  Neil Haggath will be presenting “How Big Is Space”

The meeting can be joined by following this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88518151877
Zoom can be used on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.
The link can be used prior to the 18th in order to download the Zoom software.

The talk is free and is open to members and non-members

Oct
16
Fri
2020
ZOOM Meeting – Member Speaker: Jim Cornmell “Parallax” 16 October 2020 @ via ZOOM
Oct 16 @ 19:30

ONLINE MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom.us/)

Friday 16th October 2020 7.30pm, via Zoom

Member Speaker –  Jim Cornmell will be presenting “Parallax”

The meeting can be joined by following this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89384021210
Meeting ID: 893 8402 1210

Zoom can be used on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.
The link can be used prior to the 16th in order to download the Zoom software.

The talk is free and is open to members and non-members

Nov
20
Fri
2020
ZOOM Meeting – Guest Speaker: Paul Money “Why are there no Green Stars?” 20 November 2020 @ via ZOOM
Nov 20 @ 19:30

ONLINE MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom.us/)

Friday 20th November 2020 7.30pm, via Zoom

Guest Speaker –  Paul Money will be presenting “Why are there no Green Stars?”

Paul Money, reviews editor for the BBC Sky at Night magazine, has spoken to the society on a number of occasions and joins us once again, this time via Zoom.

The meeting can be joined by following this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85277434456
Meeting ID: 852 7743 4456

Zoom can be used on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.
The link can be used prior to the 20th in order to download the Zoom software.

The talk is free and is open to members and non-members

Dec
18
Fri
2020
CANCELLED: ZOOM Meeting – 18 December 2020 @ via ZOOM
Dec 18 @ 19:30

CANCELLED

Friday 18th December 2020 7.30pm,

 

Dec
21
Mon
2020
Rare Conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn – 15:40 onwards – 21st December 2020
Dec 21 @ 15:40 – 18:20

A rare conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn is visible from 15:40 until approx 18:30 on Monday 21st December 2020.
The planets will be very low in the South-West when dusk falls so an observing site with a low SW horizon is a must.