Dalby Starfest 2021 12-16th Aug 2021
days206hours13minutes10seconds44Closest Approach of Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard
days329hours01minutes10seconds43-
Upcoming Events
Aug12Thu2021all-day StarFest 2021 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestStarFest 2021 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestAug 12 – Aug 16 all-dayDalby 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/ Daily Sunrise/Sunset
Current Time 23:49
Current Event Night Time
Astronomical Twilight starts 06:57
Nautical Twilight starts 07:39
Civil Twilight starts 08:24
SUNRISE 09:05 SUNSET 17:11
Civil Twilight ends 17:52
Nautical Twilight ends 18:37
Astronomical Twilight ends 19:20
Scarborough, UKEphemeris
Sun in Capricorn
Moon in Pisces
19 degrees
Waxing Crescent Moon
3 days oldFollow SARAS
Archives
- January 2021 (1)
- November 2020 (1)
- October 2020 (1)
- September 2020 (1)
- June 2020 (1)
- May 2020 (1)
- March 2020 (2)
- January 2020 (1)
- November 2019 (1)
- September 2019 (2)
- August 2019 (1)
- July 2019 (1)
- June 2019 (3)
- April 2019 (1)
- March 2019 (2)
- February 2019 (2)
- January 2019 (4)
- December 2018 (1)
- November 2018 (1)
- October 2018 (5)
- August 2018 (3)
- July 2018 (3)
- June 2018 (1)
- March 2018 (1)
- February 2018 (1)
- January 2018 (1)
- November 2017 (1)
- October 2017 (2)
- August 2017 (1)
- July 2017 (3)
- June 2017 (1)
- May 2017 (1)
- March 2017 (1)
- November 2016 (2)
- October 2016 (3)
- August 2016 (1)
- March 2016 (1)
- October 2015 (1)
- September 2015 (1)
- May 2015 (2)
- February 2015 (7)
- December 2014 (1)
- November 2014 (1)
- October 2014 (1)
- September 2014 (3)
- July 2014 (2)
- June 2014 (1)
- May 2014 (2)
- April 2014 (3)
- March 2014 (5)
- February 2014 (4)
- January 2014 (6)
- December 2013 (3)
- November 2013 (3)
- October 2013 (6)
- September 2013 (6)
- August 2013 (2)
- July 2013 (4)
- June 2013 (3)
- May 2013 (6)
- April 2013 (8)
- March 2013 (8)
- February 2013 (10)
- January 2013 (15)
- December 2012 (13)
- November 2012 (7)
Categories
- Committee Meetings / AGM (2)
- Community Events (2)
- Dalby Forest (5)
- Events (75)
- Guest Speakers (31)
- Maintenance (1)
- Media (5)
- Meetings (38)
- Member events (25)
- News (125)
- Observatories (3)
- Observing (20)
- Public Observing (35)
- Public Outreach (53)
- Scarborough Star Disk (1)
- Schools (7)
- Scouts / Guides (15)
- Starfest (7)
- Uncategorized (30)
- Website (8)
Tag Archives: Saturn
Founder talks about the Moon at March meeting
Society founder and Honorary President John Harper spoke to society members and visitors at the 21st March 2014 meeting of the society held at Ayton Village Hall. The content of John’s talk was all about our nearest neighbour in space, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Apogee, Ayton Village Hall, Earth, Eclipse, Galilean Satellites, John Harper FRAS, Moon, Perigee, Saturn, soloar system, Thea, Titan
Comments Off on Founder talks about the Moon at March meeting
Paul Money – Images of the Universe, Volume 1 – 21st February
The February monthly meeting of the society was held at Ayton Village Hall on Friday 21st February. Guest speaker for the meeting was Paul Money FRAS FBIS who had last visited the society around a year earlier. The topic for … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Ayton Village Hall, Cassini, Guest Speaker, Hubble, Io, Jupiter, Paul Money FRAS FBIS, Pillars of Creation, Saturn, Universe, Voyager 2
Comments Off on Paul Money – Images of the Universe, Volume 1 – 21st February
Cloudy Night for Campers
A cloudy, cold and drizzly night did not put off a small group attending the 2nd annual stargazing weekend at Humble Bee Farm, Flixton. Poor weather resulted in no chance of observing the stars so as an alternative the attendees … Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Outreach
Tagged Andromeda, Andy Exton FRAS, Aquarius, Earth, Humble Bee Farm, John Harper FRAS, Moon, Pisces, Satellites, Saturn
Comments Off on Cloudy Night for Campers
Talk: “Space Chemistry” by Dr Chris Arridge
The society was visited on Friday 19th July by Dr Chris Arridge of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at University College London (UCL). Chris delivered a talk entitled “Space Chemistry”; a talk he originally developed for the International Year … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Cassini, Dr Chris Arridge, Enceladus, Europa, Galileo, Ganymede, Guest Speaker, Io, JUICE, Jupiter, Neptune, New Horizons, Satellites, Saturn, Solar System, Titan, Uranus, Voyager
Comments Off on Talk: “Space Chemistry” by Dr Chris Arridge
Cassini to photograph the Earth from around 1 Billion miles
Today sees an event that is sure to produce an iconic image. The Cassini spacecraft will capture the full rings of Saturn as well as the Earth during an eclipse of the Sun. The photograph follows in the footsteps of … Continue reading