BAA Deep Sky Section Meeting: At CAS meeting place, Shurdington Social Centre, on March 23rd. Those wishing to attend must book through the BAA website at or telephone 0207 734 4145. Entry Fee is £7.50 to CAS and BAA members (£10 for others). Doors open at 09.30 and the event ends by 17.30
The latest Mercury, Mar / Apr 2019, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the Mar / Apr 2019 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- Minutes of a society meeting
- Blood Moon
- Apollo 11 Moon Landing
- The Glass Universe review
- Earthshine
- The History Spot: Caroline Herschel Part 3
- Radio Gloucestershire Interview
- Comet Iwamoto
- Andromeda remote imaging
- Dates For Your Diary 2019
- Committee Meeting Summary
- Venus 2018 apparition
The latest Mercury, Jan / Feb 2019, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the Jan / Feb 2019 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- Minutes of club meetings
- Radio Astronomy Group
- Comet 46P
- SETI
- Gretton Science Festival 2018
- Remote Observation
- The History Spot: Caroline Herschel Part 2
- 50th Anniversary of the first Moon Landing
- Dates For Your Diary 2019
The latest Mercury, Nov / Dec 2018, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the Nov / Dec 2018 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
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- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- Minutes of club meetings
- Radio Astronomy Group
- Comet 21P
- Comet 46P
- ESTEC Netherlands Visit
- The History Spot: Caroline Herschel
- Observing Spot
- 50th Anniversary of the first Moon Landing
- Dates For Your Diary 2019
The latest Mercury, Sept / Oct 2018, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the Sept / Oct 2018 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
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- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- Minutes of club meeting 14th July 2018
- Minutes of club meeting 11th August 2018
- Radio Astronomy Group
- Astronomy: our unique hobby
- Cheltenham Science Festival
- Jack Newton, CAS president
- Jupiter, Saturn & M42
- The History Spot: Dorrit Hoffleit
- Observing Spot
- Moon & Jupiter
- Saturn & Moons
- Venus
- Remote viewing
- Moon
- Dates For Your Diary 2018
The latest Mercury, July / August 2018, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the July / August 2018 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
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- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- How to Photograph Mars
- Radio Astronomy Group
- Minutes of club meeting 10th March 2018
- The History Spot: Maria Cunitz
- Cheltenham Science Festival
- Observing Spot
- CAS Awards
- President’s Report
- M82 Cigar Galaxy
- Minutes of Club meeting 12th May 2018
- The Weak Interaction
- How We get Our Names of the Days of the Week
- Dates For Your Diary 2018
Cheltenham Science Festival 2018
Look out for our stargazing evenings on 7th and 8th June in Imperial Gardens. And we’ll also be at the Family Fun Day on Saturday 9th. All free!
And there are lots of other interesting space and astronomy events running at the festival – check out the programme.
The latest Mercury, May / June 2018, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the May / June 2018 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
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- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- Zooniverse project
- Minutes of AGM
- Radio Astronomy Group
- Treasurer’s report, accounts and renewals
- The History Spot – Elizabeth Brown update and Annie Maunder
- How long is the longest day?
- Recent crescent moon
- The 3 P’s of total solar eclipse photography
- Dates For Your Diary 2018
The latest Mercury, March / April 2018, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the Mar / Apr 2018 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
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- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- Minutes of meetings
- Super Blue Blood Moon 2018
- The History Spot – Elizabeth Brown
- Observing Spot
- James Bradley final resting place
- December 2017 Super Moon
- Valerii Korotaev
- Dates For Your Diary 2018
The latest Mercury, January / February 2018, is now available
The latest Mercury newsletter is now available and members can download the Jan / Feb 2018 issue from the Downloads page.
Contents of this issue are:
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- Astrobiology Questionnaire results
- Co-ordinator’s Spot
- Geminid Meteor Shower
- So You Want to Become an Astronaut…?
- Extra Terrestrial 3
- Man the Microcosm, Universe the Macrocosm
- Moon Mosaic
- Moon single photo
- The History Spot – Henrietta Swan Leavitt
- Observations of Sunspot Group AR2671
- Summary for the coming year – Dates For Your Diary
- Dates For Your Diary 2018








