Karen Takes on the Messier Marathon!
The Messier Marathon challenges amateur astronomers to view the entire Messier catalogue of 110 deep sky objects in one evening. This is quite a challenge and the ability to achieve this depends on the...
Category: Activities
MIRA 123 – Follow Karen Smith’s experience with the Hubble’s 35th Anniversary Challenge!
As society members already know, Karen is an avid astro-photographer contributing amazing images to our monthly meetings. The last edition of our monthly magazine (MIRA123) contains a full feature on Karen’s experiences taking on...
Raw Sky by Mark Tweedie and Clint Hamilton – An Exhibition of Mixed Media Astronomical Images, Sketches and Poetry
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum – Floor One Gallery, Little Elborow St, Rugby CV21 3BZ19th August – 6th September 2025: https://www.ragm.co.uk We are delighted to announce an exhibition showing some of the stunning work...
CAWAS Trip to Marsh Observatory – January 2024
In January 2024, we received an invitation to look around the recently opened Marsh Observatory at Warwick University. When the announcement was first made, it seemed like our entire membership wanted to attend! Fortunately,...
Deep Sky Imaging and Going “Old School”
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...
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...