Our August monthly meeting included a special talk about rainbows and an array of weird atmospheric effects from our guest presenter Mary McIntyre. Mary’s passion and expertise for photography and optical phenomena really shone...
There have been some unbelievable advances in imaging in recent years that has enabled amateurs in city locations to produce stunning images of deep sky objects. Our own Mark Tweedie shares some fantastic images...
With our scheduled speaker unfortunately unable to attend, our very own Chairman, none other than “Mr Pokemon” himself stepped up to deliver a very entertaining talk about flight performance challenges of spaceships visiting remote...
First reports of this Type II supernova were published on May 19th 2023 by Koichi Itagaki, a Japanese amateur astronomer accredited with discoveries of 3 supernovae – there’s hope for us all yet. This...
Summer time is upon us again and given that the nights get even shorter as we approach the Solstice, what better way to celebrate than to hold our AGM! Not to worry though, we...
May’s guest speaker is Dr Martin Braddock is a professional scientist and project manager working in the field of drug discovery and development with 36 years’ experience of working in academic institutes and large...
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...
