Event Calendar

Prof. Brian Cox and Dara O Briain return to our TV screens this winter in BBC Stargazing LIVE (7^th to 9^th January) and Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society are holding a special evening in Dalby Forest to coincide with the series.

Expect to see the planet Jupiter and its Galilean satellites, the Moon, the deep sky delights of the constellations of Orion, Taurus, Gemini and Andromeda and maybe even a comet through a range of quality telescopes.

Learn about the planets and the Solar System with hands on activities that are suitable for all the family.

The event takes place between 8pm and 10pm in the Courtyard and the Community Resource Centre.  The event is free (charitable donations welcomed on the evening) and no booking is required.

Jupiter. IMage Credit: Mark Tissington

The term gas giant was coined in 1952 by the science fiction writer James Blish and was originally used to refer to the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. But is it as simple as that? Are these four mammoths of the solar system really just huge gas canisters?

Dr Chris Arridge, a Royal Society Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Space Plasma Environment and Radio Science Group at Lancaster’s Department of Physics, will be our well qualified guide.