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Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath “You Couldn’t Make it Up!” – 15th March 2024

Friday 15th March 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath will be presenting “You Couldn’t Make it Up!” “A collection of stories of the unfortunate and bizarre from the history of astronomy, including:The Catalogue of the … Continue reading






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Ayton Meeting – Member Speaker: Ewan Vellacott – “Solar system on a toilet roll” & “In and around Orion” – 16th February 2024

Friday 16th February 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Member Speaker Ewan Vellacott will be presenting 2 shorter talks for us: “Solar system on a toilet roll” & “In and around Orion” Free entry for members of the Society£3 on … Continue reading






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19th January 2024 – Ayton Meeting – Workshop – Observational Astronomy Basics

Friday 19th January 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Ayton Meeting – Workshop – Observational Astronomy Basics SARAS members will be doing an input on Observational Astronomy Basics for our workshop session this month, including how to set up a … Continue reading






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17th November 2023 – Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof Brad Gibson “Bad Astronomy at the Movies”

Friday 17th November 2023 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Ayton meeting  – Guest Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of  the University of Hull will be presenting “Bad Astronomy at the Movies” Free entry for members of the Society.£3 on the door … Continue reading






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Introduction to Astronomy evening – Friday 15th September 2023 7:45pm

Friday 15th September 2023 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Introduction to Astronomy evening This event is for those who have or want to develop an interest in Astronomy but don’t know where to start or have a telescope and don’t … Continue reading






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Annual General Meeting – 19th May 2023

Review of the 2022/23 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 like … Continue reading






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Introduction to Astronomy evening – 16th September 2022

Friday 16h September 2022 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Introduction to Astronomy evening This event is for those who have or want to develop an interest in Astronomy but don’t know where to start or have a telescope and don’t … Continue reading






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Rescheduled Annual General Meeting – 17th June 2022

Rescheduled AGM meeting Review of the 2021/22 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton. As per the proposed change at the 2021 AGM, the AGM has now … Continue reading






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