In partnership with Raygill Astronomy Club
Saturday 26th January 2013. Keighley Girlguides interest day. Organised by Mrs Janet Armstrong. Held at the University academy, Keighley. Paul Neaves undertook a Rocket workshop, with the Guide members. The activity involved the participants constructing their own rocket from papers and Sellotape. The finished rockets were launched by means of a...
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9th January was the Keighley Astronomical Society and Raygill Astronomy Club Stargazing Live event 2013 Held at Raygill Astronomy club (A registered Dark Skies site). Approx 30 people attended of all ages. There was a presentation By Paul Neaves on Asteroids in the solar system. A presentation by society members Jonathan Rushworth and Samantha Hodgson...
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Sirius in unmistakable because of it’s brilliancy, which far exceeds that of any other star. The three members of Orion’s belt point almost directly to it. Apart from Alpha Centauri, which never rises over Britain, Sirius is the closest of the really bright stars. In reality it is not outstanding, even though it is 26 times as luminous as the sun. It...
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Orion is truly magnificent. Two of its stars, Rigel and Betelgux, are of the first magnitude. Rigel is almost pure white, while Betelgeux is a glorious orange-red, and is a fine sight in binoculars. Betelgeux has a diameter of some 250,000,000 miles, so that it’s vast globe could contain the entire orbit of the Earth round the Sun. Star Visual...
Read MoreBBC STARGAZING LIVE 2013 (Public Event) We are hearing rumours that BBC Stargazing Live 2013 will once more take place in January. As part of any Stargazing Live programme of events, we plan to hold an event here at RAYGILL which is a DARK SKY SITE! For the past 2 years the format has been for the BBC to show 3 live television programmes (Presumably on 7,...
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