Two years have slipped by since society members last gathered for a Christmas meal in 2019 and a great deal has flowed down the Milky Way since then. To the relief of all (given the current climate) society members gathered once again in the Hare and Hounds for a festive feast. [Read more about Christmas Meal 2021]
Regrettably Paul Money's NightScenes Almanac has been discontinued. Paul writes on his web site...
[Read more about The Demise of Night Scenes, 'But 2022 Yearbook of Astronomy' is available.]
After a prolonged hiatus, society subs are finally due, which we will start to collect from the December meeting. 
Subscription rates will be as follows... [Read more about WDAS Subs 2022]
It has been long while, but we shall be collecting Society subs as normal from next month into the New Year. These will be as follows... [Read more about WDAS Subs 2022]
As of writing (Oct 31) we are still awaiting news of Night Scenes 2022. We are hoping it will be published in some format, but as yet no further information is available. Once we have news it will appear on the website.
The WDAS society Christmas meal for society members and partners has now been booked. The venue is the Hare & Hounds at Hawsker. The date is December 11th at 19:30 hrs. There are 15 places booked, 12 have already been spoken for so don't delay in contacting Mark if you have not already done so. The menu is 3 courses and is £26.95. All menu choices must be made available to Mark by Dec 7th at very latest though preferably before. [Read more about Update for wdas members - Society Christmas Meal 2021]
Society meetings have now recommenced and it was nice to see new and old faces at November's meeting. The venue is still Room H1 - Caedmon College - Normanby Campus ( ie Whitby College) from 19:30hrs. For the December meeting we have a guest presentation by Alan Bentley, and another by society member Phil Richards. Alan has a fantastic image of the Crescent nebula in the December issue of AN, and it will fascinating to hear tell how it was achieved [Read more about December Society Meeting - Don't Miss! ]
Having been clouded out for the last two visits at Fylinghall School, Friday 15th of October was a very different experience with exceptionally clear skies coinciding with a return visit ... [Read more about Dark Skies Night – Fylinghall School]
Our visit to Westerdale on Friday October 1st was not in vain this year, with clear skies allowing for some fine views. It was not all plain sailing however... [Read more about Westerdale Event - 2021]
Having been awarded status of International Dark Sky Reserve, it was hoped we would benefit from being under some North Yorkshire 'dark skies' for this event at the Moors Centre. Well, technically we did, skies were indeed dark, chiefly because of the cloud, but that said ... [Read more about Danby Moors Centre – Dark Sky Event Oct 2021]
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 05:30 | 20:44 |
| Civil Twilight | 04:48 | 21:27 |
| Nautical Twilight | 03:51 | 22:23 |
| Astronomical Twilight | 02:30 | 23:45 |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 01:33 | 20:02 |
