What’s happening in 2023…
Mark gives us a summary of what we can expect to see in the new year…
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January ’23 Monthly Meeting – Observing and Imaging Mercury and Venus with David Arditti
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...
December ’22 Monthly Meeting – Building an observatory for a shade over £1000???
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...
On your Marks for our December CAWAS Christmas Catch Up
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...
November ’22 Monthly Meeting
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...
Partial Solar Eclipse – 25th October 2022
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...
October ’22 Monthly Meeting
This month, Mark introduced the Sky Notes with details about the forthcoming partial eclipse of the sun on October 25th. Weather permitting, we will be once again running an outreach session in Broadgate in...