✭✭✭ A Happy New Year to All our Members ✭✭✭
In this issue, Mark continues his new series of "Crossing the Line" series of objects: a star, a galaxy, a nebula and a cluster. Don't forget the Society Meeting is on Tuesday 9th January 2018 (2nd Tuesday of Jan)!
Welcome to the WDAS monthly newsletter for January 2018: a digest of the month's latest contributions to our website. Below you'll find Society News, Sky Notes and In-Focus articles printed in full. There's also future events, and trailers for other articles which appear in full on the website - just a click away!
Society News
Our Christmas meal at the Hare and Hounds once again proved a great success with ten members making it to the banqueting table.
The food was excellent, the wine flowed (favouring certain parts of the table more than others) and the company, most convivial. Crackers, crackers it has to be said seem to get worse each year, a few didn’t even contain a paper hat! The slug balancing kit was quite innovative though (you may be able to spot it on one of the photo’s)
Here’s to 2018!
WDAS Christmas 2017 Celebration at the Hare & Hounds in Hawsker (Click for larger images)
Events
Whitby Regatta events:
- Afternoon solar viewing from West Cliff near trampoline & Go-Karts. 13:00-16:15-ish.
- Evening star party at the Pitch 'n' Put area – behind new skateboard park. From 21:15hrs.
Whitby Regatta events:
- Afternoon solar viewing from West Cliff near trampolines and Go-Karts. 13:00-16:15-ish.
- Evening star party at the Pitch 'n' Put area – behind new skateboard park. From 21:15hrs.
Public Star Party including a laser point tour and observations, Weather permitting, pitch-and-put area behind the skate park on West Cliff. From 21:15hrs. (Set-up around 20:45hrs.)
For parking and loading purposes, we shall be using the narrower parking area (behind the convent) adjacent to the upper pitch and putt area. All welcome.
Public Star Party including a laser point tour and observations, Weather permitting, pitch-and-put area behind the skate park on West Cliff. From 21:15hrs. (Set-up around 20:45hrs.)
For parking and loading purposes, we shall be using the narrower parking area (behind the convent) adjacent to the upper pitch and putt area. All welcome.
A Public Star Party, weather permitting, near the Captain Cook monument on West Cliff (setting-up from 21:00hrs). Planetary & night sky Observations.
Planetary & night sky Observations.
A Public Star Party, weather permitting, near the Captain Cook monument on West Cliff (setting-up from 21:00hrs). Planetary & night sky Observations.
Planetary & night sky Observations.
One of the observing highlights on the WDAS calendar.
Hook’s House is an excellent dark site location situated on the B1447 overlooking Robin Hood’s Bay. If the weather is fine the campsite should be full and as long as skies are clear, or clear enough, we should have a cracking evening.
We shall be setting up scopes around 20:00h - weather permitting. A map of the location can be found on the web site.
