In partnership with Raygill Astronomy Club
The Milky Way. Photographed by society member Richard Crabtree, near Settle, North Yorkshire. This month brings our summer solstice on the 21st of this month Venus, Saturn and Jupiter are brilliant, despite skies that hardly grow dark in midsummer. Only the brightest stars can be seen. Those bright stars include Vega in Lyra, which is high in the eastern...
Read MoreSociety secretary, Dominic Curran welcomes Mr Rod Hine to deliver his presentation at the May society meeting The guest speaker at the May monthly society meeting was our good friend Mr Rod Hine from Bradford astronomical society. The subject of his presentation was the American astronomer and astronomical photographer Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923)....
Read MoreSociety secretary and at least two other members of Keighley astronomical society attended this event, as part of the Leeds international festival 2018. The guest speakers were Dallas Campbell – He compered the event. He has worked on Stargazing Live, where he presented alongside Dara O’Briain and Professor Brian Cox for the live launch of Tim...
Read MoreSociety secretary Dominic Curran welcomes Mr Collins to Keighley Astronomical Society The guest speaker at the April meeting of Keighley astronomical society was Mr Peter Collins from Heaton Park Astronomy group in Manchester. Mr Colins introduced his presentation by explaining that he had a lifelong interest in both astronomy and photography. He explained...
Read MoreMay is the first month when the constellation of Orion is absent from the night sky altogether, and of the prominent winter stars only Capella in Auriga the Charioteer and Castor and Pollux in Gemini remain above the western horizon. The Plough or Ursa Major (the Great Bear) is still more or less overhead with the pointers pointing to the North Star. The...
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