Due to the extended Easter holiday and teacher training days, there will be no formal meeting of the society in April, the only available Tuesday being on the 25th.  We have decided to skip April and hold the meeting on May 2nd.    

Normal venue as usual - Normanby Campus (formerly Whitby College) Caedmon College - room H1 from 19:30hrs. 

If you are new to the area and would like to join the society or have become interested in the night sky and want to take 'one small step', please do come along, you will be very welcome.  Meetings normally follow the format of a review of the night sky that month, plus upcoming celestial events, coupled with a talk or presentation on an aspect related to the night sky.  Meetings end by 21:15hrs. 

In theory, Open nights at the Bruce Observatory are every Sunday evening (barring one or two exceptions) from October until almost May.  That said, this Winter we've been dogged by poor conditions - mist, cloud, rain, plague of locusts, alien invasion, collective amnesia, and the like.  We have had one success (March 26th) in the last two months!  Hopefully the weather will improve (at least for a Sunday) during April.  If so, open night dates and times at the Bruce Observatory in April are:- 2nd from 20:15hrs, 9th from 20:30, 16th from 20:45 with the final two before recess on April 23rd and 30th respectively, from 21:00hrs.  

They are naturally weather dependant, so if you are intending to come along, please contact Mark on the day. The Bruce observatory is also located at the Normanby Campus, at the bottom of the drive (the conical domed building). 

Please note: the College drive gate now operates via an electric key code number and closes behind anyone entering.  Unless you are there for 19:15hrs, or contact Mark with a pre-arranged arrival time, you will have to honk car horn (if in vehicle), or shout to attract our attention as the gates will be closed!