Posted by admin on Jul 17, 2017 in Main |

  August can be a spectacular month so far as the night sky is concerned. It marks one of the main meteor showers of the year, the Perseids. If you are fortunate to be holidaying in North America, there will be total solar eclipse on the 21st of the month.   The Plough lies north west with the ‘W’ of Cassiopeia at the same height in the north...

Posted by admin on Jul 17, 2017 in Main |

  PLANETS, stars and aliens all featured in Addingham Gala’s parade on Saturday as children embraced this year’s theme of 2017 A Space Odyssey. Keighley astronomy society were invited to participate. Addingham Pre-School Playgroup pitched Buzz Lightyear and some cute little green aliens again the evil Emperor Zurg to take first prize for...

Posted by admin on Jul 17, 2017 in Main |

As part of our participation at Addingham gala. We took our two solar scopes to give the public the opportunity to see the Sun safely. At the previous society meeting the guest speaker was Mr Kevin Kilburn, from Manchester astronomical society. He is a keen solar observer, and he suggested that the purchase of two dark pillowcases would greatly help the...