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Tag Archives: Gemini
Public Stargazing – 7th February 2014
The penultimate public stargazing event of the 2013/14 season took place in Dalby Forest on Friday 7th February. Despite mixed weather forecasts a large crowd came along on the night but unfortunately no observing was possible. Society founder and honorary … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Public Observing
Tagged Andromeda, BBC Stargazing Live, Dalby Forest, Galaxy, Gemini, John Harper FRAS, Jupiter, Moon, Nebula, Orion, Pegasus, Pleiades, Public Observing, stargazing, Taurus
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SARAS Welcomes New Year in Drizzly Dalby
Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society welcomed a group of around 50 people to the first public stargazing event of the year in Dalby Forest. Despite promising conditions prior to the start of the evening, the clouds and drizzle rolled in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, BBC Stargazing Live, cosmology, Dalby Forest, Deep sky objects, Gemini, Howard Watson, Joshua Edwards, Orion, Public Observing, Taurus, winter sky
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Cloudy skies for 6th December public stargazing
Friday 6th December saw the monthly stargazing evening in Dalby Forest. The skies looked hopeful despite a mixed forecast whilst society members were setting up their equipment in the Low Dalby courtyard but before the evening started, the skies completely … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Community Resource Centre, Dalby Forest, Gemini, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Millthorpe School, Neil Graham, Orion, Public Observing, Scouts, Taurus, telescopes, York Ebor Explorer Scouts
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Geminids Meteor Shower – Peaks late 13th / early 14th December
Late on the evening of Thursday 13th December through to dawn of Friday 14th December the peak of the Geminids meteor shower occurs. The radiant of the shower is close to the bright star of Castor (α Gem) in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Castor, Gemini, Geminids, Mell Jeffery FRAS, meteor shower
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