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In this month's edition:
Our first event of the Dark sky festival weekend (first weekend that is) saw us return to the Fox and Hounds at Ainthorpe. 
So, what would Saturday evening throw up? Well, Mark first returned back to the Fox and Hounds in the late morning to reload the stored equipment and relocate to the Moors Centre. This took quite a while, but at least it meant equipment was ‘on site’ for the evening. Looking at the forecast for the evening prospects looked quite encouraging... and rather pessimistic at the same time! Evening fell, Keith, Mark, Barbara and Mark journeyed up under ‘pessimistically encouraging’ skies, joining Paul Wood, who had been there quite a while already. Paul Cass and Dr John McCue also brought their scopes along....
We have been invited to Errington Primary School, Windy Hill Lane, Marske by the Sea, to assist with an event they are holding on March 13th 2020.
Our association with Ayresome Primary School & Lego Innovation Studio will be continued again this year after been contacted by Elizabeth Labelle; assistant Head Teacher (phase 3). This year’s group of pupils (around 30 or so) will be stopping at the Whitby Youth Hostel from April 6th-10th and we'll be hosting a star party event for them on either the 8th or 9th, whichever evening according to the forecast looks best...
Observe the night sky with us at the Bruce Observatory, Whitby School.
The fifth society meeting of the season, in newly renamed Caedmon College Normanby Site (you may know it as Whitby College or Whitby School), Room H1.
The North Yorkshire Mors Centre in Danby is the venue for a star party for the Dark Skies night festival. This event calls for all hands on deck – assuming the weather plays ball. 
A star party for Fylinghall students and staff. If conditions are cloudy, an indoor, presentation and scale solar system demonstration will be given.