Meetings are scheduled for the second Saturday of every month at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7:15pm.
If you are unsure about joining, you are welcome to attend a maximum of 2 monthly meetings as a visitor to see what you think of the Society. There is a small charge of £2 per person per visit, but if you join the Society during the evening of your visit the charge for that evening will be fully refunded. If you wish to continue beyond those 2 visits we will require you to become a member.
Programme for 2024
13 January – Mr & Mrs Wilcock – Winchcombe Meteorite
Sunday 14 January – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 5pm @ DPA
10 February – Matt Griffin – Life in the Universe
Sunday 25 February – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
9 March – Paul Hearn – Radio Observations from Small Instruments
Sunday 24 March – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
13 April – Owen Brazell – Globular Clusters
Sunday 28 April – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
11 May(AGM) – Gary Poyner – Variable Stars – How and Why They Vary
Sunday 26 May – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
1 June – Nick Evans – Dark Energy
Sunday 23 June – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
13 July – Neil Havard – 2024 Solar Eclipse Meeting and Zoom Recording
Sunday 28 July – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
10 August – Mary McKintyre – Shadows in Space
Sunday 25 August – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
14 September – TBC
Sunday 22 September – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
12 October – TBC
Sunday 27 October – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 5pm @ DPA
9 November – Hugh Allen – Binary Stars
Sunday 24 November – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 5pm @ DPA
14 December – Christmas Meeting – Social gathering
Sunday 22 Dec – No Workshop
Programme for 2023
14 January – Neil Havard – the Galilean moons of Jupiter.
Sunday 29th January – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 5pm @ DPA
11 February – Peter Cadogan. Memorial talk in remembrance of Tony Ireland. Subject – the Moon.
Sunday 26th February – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 5pm @ DPA
11 March – Neil Havard- Back to Basics
Sunday 26th March – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 5pm @ DPA
8 April (AGM) – Tim Jackson – Astrophotography
Sunday 23rd April – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
13 May – Simon Banton – Stonehenge and astronomy.
Sunday 28 May – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
10 June – Neil Havard – Volcanoes in the Solar System
Sunday 25 June – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
8 July – Member’s Night – agenda to be confirmed.
Date change – Sunday 30 July – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA (postponed from 23rd due to Archery.)
12 August – Jim Simons – Order and Chaos in the Solar System
Sunday 27 August – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
2 Sept – James Fradgely – Astronomical Causes of Climate Change
Sunday 24 Sept – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
14 Oct – Richard Goodrich – Comet Madness
Sunday 29 Oct– FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 6pm @ DPA
11 Nov – Peter Cadogan – Dating Lunar Features by Counting Small Craters
Sunday 26 Nov – FREE Viewing for members and non-members. Telescope workshop 5pm @ DPA
9 Dec – Christmas Meeting – Social gathering
Sunday 24 Dec – No Workshop
Programme for 2022
8 January – Kate Earl – “Secret Stowaways”
12 February – Stephen Tonkin – Time & Calendars
12 March – Jay @ The Spaceguard Centre – Near Earth Objects
9 April – AGM & Social Evening at Shurdington Hall
14 May – Callum Potter – Beginning Deep Sky Observing
29 May – Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers. 7pm
11 June – Peter Cadogan – Looking back at the Apollo programme 50 years on
26 June – Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers. 7pm
2 July – Neil Havard – Planning for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
24 July – Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers. 7pm
13 August – Members Night – NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE DEER PARK ARCHERS
28 August – Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers. 7pm
3 September – James Fradgely, “Birth of the Solar System” – NOTE CHANGE OF USUAL DATE DUE TO DPA EVENT ON 10th
25 September – Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers. 7pm
8 October – Dr Keith Moseley – “Ice Giants”
23 October – Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers. 7pm
12 November – Dr Keith Moseley – “The Geology of Mars”
27 November – Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers. 7pm
10 December – Christmas Meeting. Various short talks, quiz and buffet.
There will not be a December Telescope Workshop at Deer Park Archers.
Programme for 2021
9 January – Mark Gibbons – Neutrinos
13 February – Keith Moseley – Venus, The Forgotten Planet
13 March – Neil Havard – Problems around the Hubble Constant value
10 April – AGM & Photo Competition
8 May – James Fradgley – Quiz night
12 June – Kate Eiolart – Magnetars
10 July – Pete Williamson – Pluto
14 August – Members Night
11 September – Russel Parry – The Appley Bridge meteorite
9 October – Stephen Tonkin – Topic To Be Advised
13 November – Callum Potter – Planetary Nebulae
11 December – Christmas Meeting – Quiz night via zoom