Friday 17th April 2026 7.30pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough
Guest Speaker: Dr Julian Onions will be presenting “Crazy Interstellar Rockets”
Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
Free refreshments.
Friday 2oth March 2026 7.30pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough
Guest Speaker Prof Colin Steele will be presenting “Coronal Conundra and Prominence Puzzles”
“Whilst the ‘main business’ of star i.e. the production of energy takes place in the core there are many interesting processes taking place in the outer layers and atmospheres. The Sun has three layers of atmosphere known as the photosphere, chromosphere and corona. This talk will give a general introduction to the Sun and will then feature some of the phenomena in the atmospheres including the appearance of the corona at eclipses, sunspots, prominences, coronal loops and solar flares. In addition, the Sun influences events in the Earth’s atmosphere and the talk will conclude with a description of some of these.”
Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
Free refreshments.
Friday 20th Feb 2026 7.30pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough
SARAS will be holding a Dark Skies Festival meeting at Ayton Village Hall.
Observing outdoors (weather permitting) and a wealth of information available for those wanting to get in to Astronomy.
Free entry – Donations welcome
Doors open 7:15pm
Free refreshments.
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE
BOOKING IS REQUIRED VIA TICKET TAILOR: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scarboroughryedaleastronomicalsociety/1815599
Join us for our 6th February public stargazing event at the John Harper Observatories in Dalby Forest.
Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country.
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE
BOOKING IS REQUIRED VIA TICKET TAILOR: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scarboroughryedaleastronomicalsociety/1815599
Friday 16th Jan 2026 7.30pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough
Workshop Evening – ZWO Seestar Smart Scopes: Setup, Basics, Tips and Tricks.
SARAS Members will present a workshop session on a subject: ZWO Seestar Smart Scopes – Setup, Basic Operations, Tips and Tricks.
If the weather is clear, there may be the opportunity to do some observing/imaging outside the hall.
Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
Free refreshments.
Just a reminder that SARAS do not have an Ayton Village Hall Meeting scheduled in December, our next meeting will be a workshop event on Friday 16th January 2026.
‘Christmas Tree Cluster’ – NASA
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) and B.A. Wolpa (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA); Infrared: NASA/NSF/IPAC/CalTech/Univ. of Massachusetts; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & J.Major
Friday 21st Nov 2025 7.30pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough
Guest Speaker Mark Laughton will be presenting “The physics of stars from birth to death”
Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
Free refreshments.
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE
BOOKING IS REQUIRED VIA TICKET TAILOR: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scarboroughryedaleastronomicalsociety/1815588
Join us for our 7th November public stargazing event at the John Harper Observatories in Dalby Forest.
Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country.
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE
BOOKING IS REQUIRED VIA TICKET TAILOR: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scarboroughryedaleastronomicalsociety/1815588
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