Posted by KeighleyAstro on Jun 30, 2019 in Main |

The subject matter of the lecture at the June society meeting was not a light matter. ‘Dark matter and dark energy and the formation of the universe’, was the title of the presentation given by Dr Martin Braddock from Mansfield and Sutton astronomical society. At a packed lecture hall Dr Braddock introduced his presentation with the history of the study...

Posted by KeighleyAstro on Jun 24, 2019 in Main |

As we move into high summer, the sun turns southwards, our nights begin to lengthen and the moonless spell later in the month brings many of us our first dark skies of the summer. The Plough is in the north west as the Summer Triangle reaches the high meridian. Formed by the bright stars Vega, Altair and Deneb, in the constellations Lyra, Aquila and Cygnus...

Posted by KeighleyAstro on Jun 24, 2019 in Main |

These images were taken by society members on Friday 21st June 2019. In the night sky over Yorkshire around 11pm. They are tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere of Earth. They consist of ice crystals and are only visible during astronomical twilight. Noctilucent roughly means “night shining” in Latin. They are most often observed...