In partnership with Raygill Astronomy Club
Saturday 29th November 2014, Keighley Astronomical society in partnership with Brownies from across the Keighley division took part in a day of astronomy at the university academy, on Green head road. Approximately 90 space cadets took park in activities such as learning the basics of the night sky, as well as sessions under a simulated sky of stars in...
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Dr Emily Winterburn from the University of Leeds Museum, gave a presentation at the November society meeting on the famous Herschel Family. After completing her University studies. Dr Winterburn began work In 1998 as Curator of Astronomy at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich (part of the National Maritime Museum). In 2009 she was appointed her present post...
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They successfully completed a five week adult vocational course entitled ‘An Introduction to Astronomy. The course covered the basics of the science; The formation and operation of the Earth, Moon and Sun, the solar system, Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology. ‘They have all done very well and shown a great interest in the study of the oldest science...
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Well done to young Keighley Astronomy society member Cassie Barlow-Hall for getting a ‘A star grade’ in GCSE Astronomy. It has been a subject that really captured her imagination. “ The Astronomy GCSE was as interesting as I hoped, It’s a subject the fascinates me. I was thrilled to have achieved the A* grade as it reinforces what I want to do in...
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Paul held a rocket workshop with the Girls Guides from Shipley on 8th July 2014, at Esholt.
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“Aperture fever”. Getting the most out of amateur and profession telescopes.” Mike Evans (Leeds University) demonstrates to members of Keighley Astronomical Society how a telescope works, and the limits that the laws of nature put on its performance. He discusses how interferometry can create a telescope as big as the world, as well as the...
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