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Aug18Thu2022all-day Dalby StarFest 2022 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestDalby StarFest 2022 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestAug 18 – Aug 22 all-dayAnnual “StarFest” Star Party Thursday 18th August – Mon 22nd August 2022 Adderstone Field, Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire Details and booking forms for the 2022 event are available: HERESep16Fri202219:45 Introduction to Astronomy evenin... @ Ayton Village HallIntroduction to Astronomy evenin... @ Ayton Village HallSep 16 @ 19:45 – 21:30Friday 16th September 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall “Introduction to Astronomy” evening This event is for those who have, or want to develop, an interest in Astronomy but don’t necessarily know where to start, or you may have a telescope … Continue reading →Oct7Fri202220:00 Public Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentrePublic Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentreOct 7 @ 20:00 – 21:30Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue reading →Nov4Fri202220:00 Public Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentrePublic Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentreNov 4 @ 20:00 – 21:30Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue reading →Feb3Fri202320:00 Public Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentrePublic Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentreFeb 3 @ 20:00 – 21:30Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue reading → Daily Sunrise/Sunset
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Tag Archives: Guest Speaker
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
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Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Ayton Village Hall, Guest Speaker, Howard Watson, John Harper FRAS, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Moon
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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
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Tagged Guest Speaker, Leeds University, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Prof Sam Falle, Supernova, Supernovae
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Alternative Explanations Given at Society Meeting
Joining us as guest speaker for the May meeting of the society at Ayton Village Hall was returning speaker Jeremy Dunning Davies, retired senior lecturer in applied mathematics at the University of Hull. Jeremy’s talk focussed on alternative explanations in … Continue reading
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Tagged Astrophysics, Ayton Village Hall, Dark Energy, Dark Flow, Dark Matter, Electric Universe, Guest Speaker, Jeremy Dunning-Davies, Plasma, University of Hull
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Active Galactic Nuclei with Dr Stuart Lumsden
The guest speaker for the April meeting of the society at Ayton Village Hall was Dr Stuart Lumsden from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. Due to Good Friday, the meeting was brought forward to … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Galactic Nuclei, Ayton Village Hall, black hole, blazars, Dr Stuart Lumsden, Guest Speaker, quasars, radio galaxies, Seyfert, University of Leeds
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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
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Tagged Ayton Village Hall, Cassini, Guest Speaker, Hubble, Io, Jupiter, Paul Money FRAS FBIS, Pillars of Creation, Saturn, Universe, Voyager 2
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Plenty of Dark Energy at Ayton Village Hall
The society held their monthly meeting for November at Ayton Village Hall on Friday the 15th and the visiting guest speaker in front of a well attended meeting was Prof. Shaun Cole, deputy director of the Institute of Computational Cosmology … Continue reading
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Tagged 2dF, Ayton Village Hall, Big Bang, BOSS, Dark Energy, Durham University, ESA, Euclid, Guest Speaker, Pan-STARRS, Prof. Shaun Cole, SDSS, Standard Candles, Supernovae, Universe
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SARAS Members Given Talk In Cosmic Recycling
The guest speaker for the October meeting of Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society was Dr Janet Humphreys, formerly of Leeds University and a current Open University tutor on the 2nd level astronomy and planetary science courses. The talk given by … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayton Village Hall, Carbon, Dr Janet Humphreys, East Ayton, Gold, Guest Speaker, Helium, hertzsprung-russell diagram, Hydrogen, Leeds University, Magnesium, main sequence, Neon, Open University, Oxygen, Periodic Table, Supernova
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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
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Tagged Cassini, Dr Chris Arridge, Enceladus, Europa, Galileo, Ganymede, Guest Speaker, Io, JUICE, Jupiter, Neptune, New Horizons, Satellites, Saturn, Solar System, Titan, Uranus, Voyager
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