Leeds 
Astromeet 2015 is on Saturday 7th November, and as always WDAS Members will be taking transport over. This year's speakers:
It's going to be a busy month for WDAS. Star Parties arranged for:
Clear skies, sometimes plucked from the jaws of a dismal daytime, gave a full month of star parties:
Catering was laid on for some of the events, and for Hooks House Farm there was something close to a banquet... [Read more about September Star Parties]
A succession of star parties coinciding with the run up to the full moon were held on the west cliff at our usual location during Folk Week.
Skies were pretty clear and as always the folk week crowd were eager to view, stay and listen. Thursday 27th proved interesting with a faint aurora visible to the north: a distinct green glow with a hint of rays and bands moving within this. [Read more about Bank Holiday and Folk Week Star Parties]
Tantalizing glimpses of a sunspot grouping in brief cloud breaks on Saturday were realised on Sunday when we enjoyed an interrupted view of the solar surface.
Star parties on Saturday and Sunday evenings with clear skies, an ISS passing, and Mark's sky tours.
[Read more about 2015 Regatta Events: Solar Viewing & Star Parties]
A better-than-average display, with the best action late on. One brilliant Perseid left an ionized trail which was visible for several seconds afterwards... [Read more about Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party]
We shall once again be travelling over to Westerdale to host a star party on Saturday Sept 19th from 20:00h (scopes set-up 15-30m ahead of time)... [Read more about Westerdale Star Party ]
Sausage rolls, scale solar system and some star viewing against the backdrop of a lightning show courtesy of nature: the first of our two visits to Hooks House this proved to be an interesting affair... [Read more about First Hook’s House Event, 2015]
Certainly one of our observing highlights on the WDAS calendar, we are hoping to host two events at Hook’s House this year; one on Aug 22nd and another on Sept 5th.
The Aug 22nd event will coincide with a quater phase moon, whilst the 5th will be a dark sky event. Should the first two dates fall victim to the weather, we shall try again on Sept 12th... [Read more about Hooks House Farm Events 2015]
Members of the society travelled over to Kettleness on July 18th to host a star party for a visiting party of cub scouts; the Osbaldwick and Murton Cub Scouts, requested by their leader Julie Lund... [Read more about Kettleness Visit]
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 06:54 | 16:38 |
| Civil Twilight | 06:17 | 17:15 |
| Nautical Twilight | 05:35 | 17:57 |
| Astronomical Twilight | 04:53 | 18:38 |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 12:52 | 18:25 |
