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Dec18Fri202019:30 ZOOM Meeting – Speaker/Subject: ... @ via ZOOMZOOM Meeting – Speaker/Subject: ... @ via ZOOMDec 18 @ 19:30ONLINE MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom.us/) Friday 18th December 2020 7.30pm, via Zoom Speaker/Subject – TBC The meeting can be joined by following this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88235270228 Meeting ID: 882 3527 0228 Zoom can be used on … Continue readingDec21Mon202015:40 Rare Conjunction of Jupiter & Sa...Rare Conjunction of Jupiter & Sa...Dec 21 @ 15:40 – 18:20A 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 … Continue readingAug12Thu2021all-day StarFest 2021 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestStarFest 2021 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestAug 12 – Aug 16 all-day
Dalby StarFest 2021 Thursday 12th August – Monday 16th August 2021 Adderstone Field, Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire Details of the 2019 event are available at: http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/starfest/starfest-2021/ Ephemeris
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Tag Archives: Mell Jeffery FRAS
February Ayton Village Hall Meeting
Unfortunately due to illness, society founder and honorary president John Harper was unable to give the second installment of his talk on the Moon at the February meeting at Ayton Village Hall. Don’t worry though, we will reschedule John for … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Ayton Village Hall, Guest Speaker, Howard Watson, John Harper FRAS, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Moon
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Pickering Brownies and Guides Enjoy Clear Dalby Skies
Over 40 girls from the Brownies and Guides in Pickering along with several parents and leaders visited Dalby Forest on the evening of Monday 9th February. Society members Andy Exton FRAS and Mell Jeffery FRAS assisted the girls with work … Continue reading
Posted in Public Outreach, Scouts / Guides
Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, constellations, Dalby Forest, International Space Station, Jupiter, Mell Jeffery FRAS, meteor, Polaris
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Society Meeting for June Goes With a Bang
The June meeting of the society saw a talk on supernovae by guest speaker Prof. Sam Falle, Professor of Fluid Dynamics at the School of Mathematics at Leeds University. Society treasurer Mell Jeffery FRAS writes: “Prof. Sam Falle started the … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Guest Speaker, Leeds University, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Prof Sam Falle, Supernova, Supernovae
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SARAS Visit Malton Montessori School
From society treasurer Mell Jeffery FRAS following her visit to the Malton Montessori School on Wednesday 15th January 2014…… An early evening of stargazing was arranged, but unfortunately the weather didn’t play ball. Although the Moon and Jupiter could be … Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Outreach, Schools
Tagged constellations, Dobsonian, Jupiter, Malton Montessori School, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Moon, Planets
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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
Posted in Events, News, Public Observing
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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