In partnership with Raygill Astronomy Club
This month will give you a few reasons to celebrate. Spring is on its way. On the 20th we have the vernal equinox. After that date the days become longer than the nights. This is followed on the 30th of March when British summer times starts and it will be around 8 pm before it becomes dark. March 2025 will be eclipse month. We will see eclipses of both the...
Read MoreWednesday 12th February 2025. As part of the annual Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival, Paul Neaves with Keighley Astronomical Society, held an astronomy evening at Gargrave village hall, introducing the wonders of the night sky. The event was part theoretical, part practical and the idea was to enable participants to learn astronomy and understand the...
Read MoreBack to the Moon was the title of the presentation given at the January meeting of Keighley Astronomical society, by the ever popular Dr Sue Bowler. Dr Bowler is the current editor of the’ Astronomy and Geophysics’ publication and forum of the Royal Astronomical Society. Dr Sue Bowler started her presentation by stating that mankind is going back to the...
Read MoreOn February evenings, our sky is filed with more brilliant stars than we can see in any other month. The first signs of spring are now on the way, well as far as the night sky in concerned. The winter star patterns, Orion, Taurus and Gemini, are drifting westward as a result of our annual orbit around the Sun. Leo and Bootes are rising higher in the...
Read MoreThe December meeting of Keighley Astronomical Society was held on Thursday 12th. As is now the custom at this time of year a large selection of freshly made sandwiches, mice pies and Christmas cake were on offer to temp the society members who attended to meeting. In return donations to be directed to the ‘Sue Ryder charity’ were requested. Well as...
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