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A Busy Time In The Forest
The society had a busy time in Dalby Forest over the first weekend of May with two separate events. The first of these was on Friday 2nd May when society secretary Andy Exton FRAS visited the 1st Scarborough Scouts at … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Public Outreach
Tagged 1st Scarborough, Andy Exton FRAS, Dalby Explorer Day, Dalby Forest, Galil, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Scouts, solar observing, Sun
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Dalby Forest solar observing – 7th July 2013
The afternoon of Sunday 7th July 2013, for once, saw mainly sunny skies for one of our solar observing events in Dalby Forest. The forest was busy with visitors and many stopped by for a look at the Sun – … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Member events, News, Public Outreach
Tagged Bishop Auckland Astronomical Society, Coronado, Dalby Forest, Maksutov, membership, North Devon Astronomical Society, observatories, PST, Refractor, solar observing, Solarmax, Sun, Venus
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SARAS to attend Dalby Explorer Day on 2nd June
Scarborough & Ryedale AS will be in Dalby Forest on Sunday 2nd June 2013 as a part of Dalby Explorer Day. This event is now in its 9th year and was known until this year as Dalbyology but 2013 sees … Continue reading
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Tagged Dalby Explorer Day, Dalby Forest, Dalbyology, National Trust, Rotunda Geology Group, RSPB, Scarborough Museums Trust, solar observing, Sun
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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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First SARAS Members Winter Star Camp a Success Under Bee-autiful Skies
February 8th and 9th saw the first winter star camp for SARAS members at Humble Bee Farm near Flixton, Scarborough. Despite frosty conditions outside, members enjoyed the much needed warmth provided by wooden wigwams rather than living under canvas for … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Member events, News, Observing
Tagged active regions, Andy Exton FRAS, astrophotography, Celestron 6SE, constellations, Coronado, Dobsonian, Events (Members), Humble Bee Farm, Io, Jim Cornmell, Jupiter, Leo, M81, NEQ6, nova, prominence, PST, shadow transit, Skywatcher, solar observing, Solarmax, star trails, Sun, sun spots, telescope, time lapse, transit, widefield, winter star camp
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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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