The October night Sky
The glories of October’s night sky can at best be described as ‘Subtle’. The dull autumn constellations are already being challenged by the brilliant lights of winter....
Keighley Astronomical Society meet on a monthly basis. We are a group of like-minded individuals who all share a love of the night sky. Thanks for visting the site. We hope to see you at a meet soon but in the mean time these pages should tell you everything you need to know!
The glories of October’s night sky can at best be described as ‘Subtle’. The dull autumn constellations are already being challenged by the brilliant lights of winter....
The September night sky highlights include Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in the morning sky. A dawn appearance by Mercury. A partial eclipse of the Moon and Saturn at its...
This month of high summer is a period of lunar and planetary manoeuvrings, though unfortunately most of this action takes place after midnight in the early hours of the morning....
Thursday 27th June 2024 witnessed a very well attended meeting of Keighley astronomical society. The guest speaker was the ever popular Mr Peter Rea FRAS from the Cleethorpes and...
The July Night sky On the 6th July the Earth is at it’s furthest from the Sun at just over 152 million kilometres away. On the 3rd of this month we have the first all the four...
The May monthly meeting of Keighley Astronomical society saw a return visit by Dr Martin Braddock from the Sherwood Observatory in Nottinghamshire. The title of his absorbing and...