Whitby & District Astronomical Society

In this month's edition:

• Planetary Skylights
• July Meteors, Aurora and Noctilucent cloud reports 
• July Night Sky
• July 2025 Sky Charts

  [Read more about Sky Notes - July 2025]

Monthly meetings of WDAS, held at Whitby School have now adjourned for the summer. The next meeting scheduled to be in October. Scheduled star party events will be limited over the summer this yearar. Please read main body. [Read more about Star Party – News and Schedule]

For the final society monthly meeting before the summer recess break Society member Paul Cass revisited the talk he gave in January about the Anglo-Australian Schmidt telescope facility, which proved even more fascinating than before. Full details below... [Read more about Society Meeting - May. Paul Cass Talk. ]

In this month's edition:

• Planetary Skylights.
• June Meteors, Noctilucent cloud. 
• Summer Solstice.
• June Night Sky.
• June 2025 Sky Charts.

  [Read more about Sky Notes - June 2025]

Society members Keith and Mark were able to give a presentation to the Rosedale Abbey WI following an invitation offered some months earlier. Purely an indoor event, the evening proved most enjoyable.  [Read more about WI presentation - Rosedale Abbey (East) ]

Two years have passed since our previous visit to the NYMR Outstation facility at Stape, disrupted as it was by storms and flooded routes. Ultimately, the event went ahead and was highly successful. We were therefore pleased to be invited back to host another event at this facility, but would the weather co-operate again?

  [Read more about Event at the NYMR Outstation - Stape ]

May is the final society monthly meeting this current season before the summer recess.  Society member Paul Cass will be bringing the curtain down revisiting the fascinating talk he gave about his time spent at the Anglo-Australian Schmidt telescope facility. The venue is Whitby School (Prospect Hill site - formally Caedmon College - Nornanby Campus). Start time is 7:30pm. [Read more about Society Monthly Meetings - Paul Cass Talk. ]

In this month's edition:

• Planetary Skylights
• May Meteors, Aurora & Noctilucent Cloud
• May Night Sky
• May 2025 Sky Charts

  [Read more about Sky Notes - May 2025]

Monthly society meetings continue with the next meeting on April 1st (tonight). The venue is Whitby School (Prospect Hill site - formally Caedmon College - Nornanby Campus). Start time is 7:30pm. [Read more about Society Monthly Meetings ]

The society have once again been invited to host an event by NYMR at their Stape Outstation site on April 4th. 

  [Read more about NYMR - Outreach Event at the Stape Outstation]

Time again for our monthly review of observing sessions (or lack of) spent at the Bruce Observatory. [Read more about Bruce Diary]

In this month's edition:

• Planetary Skylights.
• April Meteors.
• Solar Eclipse - Report 
• April Night Sky.
• April 2025 Sky Charts.

  [Read more about Sky Notes - April 2025]

The lecture was in aid of the 10th anniversary of Dark Sky Festivals hosted by North Yorkshire Moors National Parks (NYMNP) authority and was held at Sneaton Castle - Whitby.  Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock was the guest speaker. Mark and Richard give their thoughts on the evening. [Read more about Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock Lecture - Sneaton Castle. ]

Monthly society meetings continue with the next meeting on March 4th. The venue is Whitby School (Prospect Hill site - formally Caedmon College - Nornanby Campus). Start time is 7:30pm. [Read more about Society Monthly Meetings ]

Our first visit to this venue was highly rewarding. The clear skies enabled outdoor observations, while the high level of public interest justified presentations inside the centre as well.   [Read more about Star Party - National Trust Ravenscar Visitors Centre]