Nigel Bradbury will reveal the secrets of spotting one of the world’s greatest phenomenon, the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. Nigel is a renowned international expert in this phenomenon. During the presentation at the...
For the March Monthly Meeting, we welcome Marina Lafarga Magro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Warwick University who will deliver a presentation on Exoplanets. Despite confirmation of the existence of exoplanets is relatively recent...
A talk by Mike Frost, Current Director of the BAA’s Historical Section, at CAWAS’s meeting of 10th February 2023. Picture: Margaret Lindsay Huggins “I’m not using the microphone,’ Mike announced at the beginning of...
Star Count is an annual citizen science project open to all ages organised by CPRE – the Countryside Charity. Star Count begins 17th and ends 24th of February. Thousands of people take part in...
Mark gives us a summary of what we can expect to see in the new year…
For January’s monthly meeting we are thrilled to welcome the President of the British Astronomical Association – David Arditti. David Arditti is a composer of contemporary classical music. Observer and imager from light-polluted Outer...
OK, so how do you turn a simple garden shed into a back garden observatory for £1000. From background research, through to constructing a pier and dealing with the challenges of engineering the roll...
Join us for our Christmas special featuring our own Mark Edwards going through the highlights of the December heavens. Hopefully, we’ll have something more interesting than nimbostratus or fog to look forward to! After...
For this meeting, we welcome Owen Brazell who has a fascinating talk on Planetary Nebula. Mark will be taking us through what’s going on in the November skies and takes a closer look at...
Start time: 10:07:30 BST Max: 10:57:34 BST End time: 11:49:22 BST (source: dateandtime.com) We enjoyed clear-ish skies to observe the partial eclipse. Mark Edwards organises the CAWAS event at Broadgate… thanks to all who...
