Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society programme for the coming season is available via Eventbrite below – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mexborough-swinton-astronomical-society-33434064571 These are both inperson meetings and available via Zoom. The following are some of our forthcoming meetings. September 14th : “Observing Variable Nebulae”  –   Nick Hewitt September 21st : “Scaling the heights – Space Exploration via the medium […]

Programme for 2023/24 Sep 6, 2023 Roger O’BrienHAG President The SpaceX Starship Oct 11, 2023 Richard GoodrichHistorian and author How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost)Destroyed CivilizationAn event for World Space Week Nov 8, 2023 UH Astronomy Students Various topics Dec 13, 2023 Rodney BucklandOpen University Remote and Robotic Telescopes Jan 10, 2024 David […]

North Essex Astronomical Society have a Solar gazing afternoon on August 26th, at the University of Essex, Colchester Campus, CO4 3SQ. Tickets are on sale from Eventbrite (below) , along with more details of the day. Adult £8-00, Child £6-00 – plus fees Go to Eventbrite (opens a new window)

Hunting Outbursting Young Stars (HOYS) Citizen Science Project By Carys Herbert (University of Kent) Thursday 29 June at 8:00 pm via Zoom Bio: Carys Herbert is a final year PhD student at the University of Kent, studying star formation using citizen science data. She is a passionate science communicator, working to bring astronomy to young […]

Weekly YouTube Astronomy and Spaceflight Chat Show Special Guest: Astronaut Scott Poteet. Mission Pilot: Polaris Dawn Monday 26 June at 8:00 pm UK Click this link to watch at 8:00 pm UK on Monday 26 June 2023 Free ! We hope to see you there. Live on Space Oddities! Astronaut Scott Poteet, Pilot Of The Upcoming […]

From David Arditti President of the BAAA short survey asks for your help in planning the direction of the BAA Journal. It takes just five minutes to complete, you do not need to be a BAA member. It can be accessed by visiting – bit.ly/41Uxy5z, where a sample PDF copy of the Journal is also […]

The BAA Comet Section will be holding an all-day meeting at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on Saturday, 8th July 2023. This will include a comet-related planetarium show and a keynote talk on Exocomets by Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons. Registration details are here: https://britastro.org/event/comet-section-meeting-3 The page has links to TicketTailor to book your place. (£6 for […]

Mike has sent in the above file listing his talks and presentations, that may be of interest to any of our Societies. In person presentations are possible locally but also Zoom at “distance-no-object”. Hover over the lower part of the document display to see the back & forth scroll arrows.