It's going to be a busy late-March and into April.
- and possibly more... [Read more about Star party, Visits and Events]
All being well Paul is set to return to Whitby in May. The venue will be the college main hall (Whitby college as was) May 9th is the date ‘inked in’ and we will be looking to start around 19:30pm. No definite topic as yet, although Paul has suggested an updated talk on Voyager, to coincide with its 40th anniversary since launch. [Read more about Paul Money Lecture 2017]
It's been a big news week for space, so let's have a round-up in the Newsletter.
In this month's edition:
It all started in 1924, when Edwin Hubble proved galaxies are very distant objects, each containing millions or billions of stars, bound together by gravity. Within a few years, he set up a system to classify these galaxies by shape; a system which is still pretty much the system we use today... [Read more about Classification of Galaxies]
I don’t believe it! The Eskdale ‘Star night’ (Wednesday 22nd) unfortunately coincided with the only bad weather night of the week so our planned outdoor observations were quite out of the question. No scopes then, but with a new looking inflatable planetarium brought over and manned by York University boffins, who needed clear skies. All we needed was somewhere to use for the scale solar sytem(s). An ideal location was at hand – the main school corridor, which at nearly 60 mtrs long was tailormade for our demo... [Read more about Eskdale School Night]
Just to reminder that we shall be hosting a star party event for visiting pupils from Ayresome Primary School & Lego Innovation Studio up at the Whitby Youth Hostel on April 12th. Elizabeth Labelle; assistant Head Teacher was impressed with the pupil response and feedback after last year’s inaugural event, and has contacted the society with regards to host another one this year. The start time is around 20:30h at the WHA on the east cliff. [Read more about Event Horizon – future Star party events]
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 06:01 | 20:04 |
| Civil Twilight | 05:22 | 20:42 |
| Nautical Twilight | 04:34 | 21:30 |
| Astronomical Twilight | 03:38 | 22:27 |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 05:04 | 16:16 |
