It was a packed attendance at the June meeting of Keighley Astronomical society on Thursday 22nd. The members were drawn to a presentation by the popular guest speaker Mr Peter Rea FRAS from Cleethorpes and district Astronomical society. The subject of his return visit us was ‘How it began’ – The origins of Lunar exploration 1958 to 1976. Mr Rea...
Read MoreThe July Night Sky
Venus has been with us since last December, but by the end of this month it’s suddenly gone! Before it sinks into the evening twilight, we can watch its celestial waltz with Mars, Mercury and the Moon. 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...
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