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Society News
Paul Money with at his Publisher's
with expanded Night Scenes 2016
If you want to purchase a copy of Night Scenes 2016 (and i think you will) only 9 copies remain. The new edition has been expanded yet again, by 26 pages in fact. Compiled by Paul Money, this beautiful and indispensable colour almanac/ booklet is packed full of information on the coming astronomical year.
Each month now features a gate-fold 4 page spread, so there is far more information plus a dedicated page to the constellations and deep sky. If you want a copy reserve one now. We are setting a minimum price of £4.50 (although members have been buying them for £5 – they are so impressed with them). £6.50 for non members. (The normal retail price is £7.)
Please can any members who are intending to renew subs for the coming year, try to do so before the end of the month. Subs will be held at current levels:
- £12 for Adults
- £6 for Under-16s
+ Night Scenes are £4.50 for Members
You can bring subs along to the W.D.A.S monthly meetings in December or January (or February at the very latest). If you cannot make the meetings, cheques are welcome. Please make them payable to: Whitby & District Astronomical Society. Please address to Mark Dawson: 33 laburnum Grove, Whitby. YO21 1HZ.
Many thanks for your continued support.
There is still time to renew annual subs before the next meeting if you havn’t already done so. Subs for 2015 are:
- Adults: £12
- Under 16s: £5
Any Cheques made payable to: Whitby & District Astronomical Society. Please address to Mark. Anyone wishing to purchase a copy of Night scenes 2015;- hurry, only a few remain. These are priced £4 for members and £6 for non members.
We have been invited to assist at the forthcoming ‘star night’ at Eskdale school on March 4th (the night after our March meeting).
The event, which will be similar to the one held 2 yrs ago at Eskdale, where I recall we tried in vain to spot comet Pannstars, will have the cosmodrome planetarium sited in the main hall. If skies are clear our scopes will be erected outside the back of the school, hopefully observing Jupiter, Orion etc.
If you can support the event, we aim to be there for around 18:30h. I believe hot soup, buns, tea and cakes will be available to warm the cockles should it be a chilly evening. The soup was most warming last time!
Events
Caedmon College Normanby Site (you may know it as Whitby College or Whitby School), Room H1.
In Members' monthly meetings we usually take a tour of the night sky for the coming month using the Planetarium program. Have talks and presentations on various topics of astronomy/space etc, and discuss future events etc. New members welcome.
A Public Star Party, weather permitting, near the Captain Cook monument on West Cliff (setting-up from 20:30hrs).
Solar & Lunar Observations.
Observe the night sky with us at the Bruce Observatory, Caedmaon College - Normanby campus (formally Whitby College).
Observing Nights are held weather permitting: check for a relatively clear sky before leaving home. If in doubt, Mark can be reached on tel 01947 605516.
Please note the college drive gate is now operated via a electronic key code - so anyone wishing to attend must be at the car park at the top of the drive by 19:00hrs, unless an arrival time has been arranged with Mark/Keith after 19:30hrs. Otherwise shout or bip car horn - we'll hear.
