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ONLINE MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom.us/) Friday 18th June 2021 7.30pm, via Zoom ZOOM Meeting – Guest Speaker: Russell Parry will be presenting “The fall and find of the Appley Bridge meteorite” – 18th June 2021 … Continue readingJul23Fri202119:45 Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 2... @ Ayton Village HallAnnual General Meeting (AGM) – 2... @ Ayton Village HallJul 23 @ 19:45 – 21:45Review of the 2020/2021 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 readingAug12Thu2021all-day CANCELLED: StarFest 2021 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestCANCELLED: StarFest 2021 @ Adderstone Field, Dalby ForestAug 12 – Aug 16 all-day
CANCELLED Dalby StarFest 2021 Thursday 12th August – Monday 16th August 2021 Adderstone Field, Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire At the start of May, Forestry England have re-evaluated all events scheduled in the forest, based on location and size, and … Continue reading Ephemeris
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2nd annual society winter star camp
Members of the society held the 2nd annual winter star camp over the 28th February and 1st March 2014 at Humble Bee Farm, Flixton. Partly cloudy skies throughout the evenings and lovely clear blue skies during Saturday daytime allowed plenty … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Member events, News
Tagged Humble Bee Farm, Jupiter, Orion nebula, Pleiades, SN 2014J, Supernova, Ursa Major
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Dalby Forest once again the star attraction as stargazing season gets underway
Public stargazing events returned to Dalby Forest on Friday 4th October with the first event of the 2013/14 season. A group in excess of 50 members of the public joined society members at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre despite a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Public Observing
Tagged Andromeda, Andy Exton FRAS, Cassiopeia, Dalby Forest, Forestry Commission, Galaxies, Howard Watson, Low Dalby Astronomy Centre, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Milky Way, Nebulae, Pegasus, Pisces, Polaris, Star Clusters, Ursa Major
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1st Scarborough Scouts make start on astronomer badges
Friday 22nd February saw Andy Exton FRAS attend 1st Scarborough Scouts on Maple Drive in Scarborough to assist the scouts with their astronomer activity badges. Unfortunately, as seems to be the norm, the night was clouded out along with a … Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Outreach, Scouts / Guides
Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Celestron, constellations, Galaxies, Nebulae, Planets, Plough, Polaris, Reflector, Refractor, Satellites, Scouts, Skywatcher, stars, telescope, Ursa Major
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Paul Money’s Messier Marathon a hit, but no view of asteroid 2012 DA14
Friday 15th February, the day of the Russian meteor and the close pass of asteroid 2012 DA14, saw Paul Money FRAS FBIS visit the society at Ayton Village Hall to give us a talk on the Messier Marathon. Paul was … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroid 2012 DA14, Asteroids, Astrospace, Ayton Village Hall, COAA, Coma Berenices, Messier, Messier Marathon, meteor, NIghtscenes, Paul Money FRAS FBIS, Plough, Ravenscar, Russian meteor, Ursa Major
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