In partnership with Raygill Astronomy Club
Did the ‘Big Bang’ really happen? That was the question posed to the members present at the Christmas meeting of Keighley Astronomical Society on 11th December 2025. The person asking that question was Mr John Waterhouse FRAS from neighbouring Bradford Astronomical Society. Mr Waterhouse after putting that question to the members present asked for a...
Read MoreOn Monday 22nd December society secretary Dominic Curran and his wife Angela attended the Aviva Studies in Manchester. It was an early Christmas present for Dominic as they were to see the amazing presentation of ‘The Moonwalkers’. The story of NASA’s mission in the 1960’s to place a man on the lunar surface was displayed in a large enclosed...
Read MoreThe guest speaker at the November meeting of Keighley Astronomical Society was Professor of Global Geophysics, from the University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment; Jonathan Mound. His presentation to another large attendance of society members was on subject of ‘Space weather’. A branch of space physics and aeronomy, or heliophysics, concerned...
Read MoreJanuary is always a great treat for astronomers. On the 3rd night of the month we have the first of this years three supermoons. We will also have a display of shooting stars in the hours before dawn of the 3rd into the 4th January from the Quadrantids meteor shower. Add to that the Moon moving in front of the Seven sisters star cluster on the 27th...
Read MoreThis month we have the brilliant Geminid meteor shower. The moon is playing hide and seak with the Star Regulus and the Pleiades star cluster. The Plough is now standing on its handle in the north. Capella, the bright yellow star, is not yet at the overhead point but it is very high up and cannot be missed. The twins of Gemini, Castor and Pollux, are much...
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