Welcome to the WDAS monthly newsletter for July 2019: a digest of the month's latest contributions to our website.  Below you'll find Society News; past and coming events; Mark celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing; and, of course, Sky Notes including details of the partial lunar eclipse with Saturn watching on.

Society News

Society News/Events

Unsurprisingly, our star party events in June all fell victim to the poor weather conditions, either cloud or rain ...or both.  It’s a quite a few years since we last endured a soggy June, but it was bound to happen sooner or later.  Let’s be philosophical; better June than late July, August or September, when we need fine evenings.  Hope things buck up during July.

Events

Danby Dark Sky Station - Open Door Event

Open door event at the Dark Sky Station at Danby Lodge. Public may come along and view the facility and talk to amateur astronomers present.  

Date:
28 August, 2026 - 11:00 to 15:00
Address:
Danby Lodge National Park Centre YO21 2NB Danby
United Kingdom
See map: Google Maps
GB
Star Party (West Cliff) Cpt Cook Headland

A Public Star Party, weather permitting, near the Captain Cook monument on West Cliff  (setting-up from 20:30hrs).  Planetary & night sky Observations.

Planetary & night sky Observations.

Date:
28 August, 2026 - 20:30 to 22:30
Address:
Captain Cook Headland
West Cliff
near YO21 3HA Whitby
United Kingdom
See map: Google Maps
GB