In partnership with Raygill Astronomy Club
Primary school pupils in Keighley learned about the science behind space travel and the how rockets work.. Keighley Astronomical Society used part of a grant from the Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving Fund to stage a visit to year five students at Merlin Top primary. Two classes of approx 30 ‘Space cadets’ were glued to a...
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Partial Solar eclipse 2015 On Friday 20th March, the UK was witness to a rare and beautiful astronomical event – a solar eclipse. Starting at around 8.28am. The Moon slowly begin moving in front of the Sun, reaching maximum coverage by about 9.33am; and ending at 10.43. Seen from the Keighley area about 86% of the Sun’s disc was covered by the Moon. It...
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Wednesday 18th March. The skies cleared and the unblemished night sky at East Riddlesden Hall was a sight to behold. As part of many such events held around the UK to link in with the BBC Stargazing live 2015. This was a joint event, with our lead partner Bradford Astronomical Society. The medieval tithe barn was the centre of the evening’s events. Rod...
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Saturday 7th March 2015 saw Keighley Astronomical Society take part in the Brownies interest day held at the University Academy Keighley. It was a full day of rockets and launching, for society chairman Paul Neaves; assisted on this occasion by officers from Bradford astronomical society. A total of sixty Brownies took part in learning about the basic of...
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On Monday 16th February 2015. Society member Jerry Davies paid a visit to the National Space Centre in Leicester. It is one of the countries leading visitor attractions, and is devoted to space science and astronomy. The Centre has on display one of the only known Soyuz spacecraft in Western Europe. The centre also has a Disistar3 dome cinema and...
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