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Apr19Fri202419:45 Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: D... @ Ayton Village HallAyton Meeting – Guest Speaker: D... @ Ayton Village HallApr 19 @ 19:45 – 21:30
Friday 19th April 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough Guest Speaker – Dr James McKee of Hull University, presenting “Fast Radio Bursts: Signals from Across the Universe” Free entry for members of the society. £3 on the door … Continue readingApr26Fri202420:30 Member Meetup – Dalby Forest @ Dalby Forest Visitor CentreMember Meetup – Dalby Forest @ Dalby Forest Visitor CentreApr 26 @ 20:30 – Apr 27 @ 01:00SARAS Members-Only Observing Session at Dalby Forest.May10Fri202420:00 Member Meetup – Dalby Forest @ Dalby Forest Visitor CentreMember Meetup – Dalby Forest @ Dalby Forest Visitor CentreMay 10 @ 20:00 – May 11 @ 00:30SARAS Members-Only Observing Session at Dalby Forest.May17Fri202419:45 Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 1... @ Ayton Village HallAnnual General Meeting (AGM) – 1... @ Ayton Village HallMay 17 @ 19:45 – 21:45Review of the 2023/24 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 … Continue readingMay24Fri202420:30 Member Meetup – Dalby Forest @ Dalby Forest Visitor CentreMember Meetup – Dalby Forest @ Dalby Forest Visitor CentreMay 24 @ 20:30 – May 25 @ 01:00SARAS Members-Only Observing Session at Dalby Forest. Ephemeris
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Tag Archives: Public Observing
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
Posted in Events, News, Public Observing
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
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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Dalby Forest Visitor Centre Undergoing Building Work
The Forestry Commission Visitor Centre in Dalby Forest is currently undergoing a major piece of building work that will last for a number of months. During this period, access to our observatories will be restricted for a period of time … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Member events, News, Public Observing
Tagged Dalby Forest, Events (Members), Facebook, Forestry Commission, observatories, Public Observing, Twitter, Website
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SARAS Features in North York Moors Tourism Video
In February of this year, the society were visited at our Public Observing event in Dalby Forest by Classlane Media who were putting together some tourism videos on behalf of North York Moors National Park. Classlane Media also returned a … Continue reading
Posted in Media, News
Tagged Classlane Media, Dalby Forest, Howardian Hills, North York Moors National Park, observatories, Public Observing
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Observing season finale at Dalby Forest
Friday 1st March was the 2012/13 observing season finale at Dalby Forest, as the dark winter nights give way for the lighter nights of British Summer Time (BST) later in the month. Despite a promising forecast earlier in the day, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Public Observing, Public Outreach
Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Bempton, Coronado, Dalby Forest, Dark Sky Discovery, Facebook, Forestry Commission, Moon, PST, Public Observing, RSPB, solar observing, Solar System, Solarmax, Starfest 2013, Twitter
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February’s public observing night captured on film as over 50 brave the rain
Despite a mixed weather forecast, a crowd of over 50 ventured to the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest for the February public observing event. The evening started out with cloud and drizzle so attendees were given a talk … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Observing, Public Observing
Tagged Andi Jeffery, Andy Exton FRAS, astronomy, Ayton Village Hall, BBC Stargazing Live, binoculars, Classlane Media, Dalby Forest, Dark Sky Discovery, Dobsonian, Events (Public), Jupiter, Low Dalby Astronomy Centre, Malcolm Hewitt, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Messier Marathon, Moon, Neil Graham, North York Moors National Park, North York Moors Tourism, observatories, Occultations, Paul Money FRAS FBIS, Pleiades, Prof. Brian Cox, Public Observing, Sky at Night, Society for Popular Astronomy, telescope
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Observatory Maintenance Underway
Some of our members braved the snow today to give the observatories at Dalby Forest a good clean inside and out. The snow was pretty deep and we literally had to dig our way to the dome doors. The observatory domes are … Continue reading
Posted in Maintenance, News, Observatories
Tagged BBC Stargazing Live, Dalby Forest, domes, Events (Public), Low Dalby Astronomy Centre, maintenance, observatories, Public Observing, solar observing, telescope
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