The 2023 WDAS Christmas meal has been booked for December 8th - HARE AND HOUNDS - Hawsker.  See details within.  [Read more about Society Christmas Meal 2023]

Monthly meetings of WDAS have now resumed at Caedmon College - Normanby Campus, the next meeting being on Tuesday December 5th from 7:30pm. Phil Richards will be giving a presentation on the restoration of the Watson Refractor.   [Read more about Society Monthly Meetings - Speakers - December and January ]

Bruce Diary

In this new monthly feature, we chronicle the observing highlights, or otherwise, experienced at the Bruce Observatory over the preceding month. [Read more about Bruce Diary]

With yet another storm hammering the UK, heavy rain, flooding, and strong winds did not make for easy preparations. The intended, shorter travelling route was impassable, and for a while the event's viability was in the balance.  Matters did however turn in our favour.

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

The event at the Whitby Youth Hostel on Oct 30th could so easily have been yet another casualty to one of the storms that have plagued the UK this autumn.  However, matters turned out better than expected...especially considering Mark forgot to bring the eyepieces…Doh!

 

 

 

 

  [Read more about Whitby Youth Hostel Event - Oct 30th]

The event at the Whitby Youth Hostel on Oct 30th could so easily have been yet another casualty of the recent wet conditions and generally unsettled theme. In the end matters turned out as well as could be expected... considering Mark forgot to bring the eyepieces! Doh! 

Full report next month. 

 

 

 

  [Read more about Whitby Youth Hostel Event - Oct 30th]

The next edition of the Astronomy Yearbook 2024 has now been published. If you would like to order a copy, John McCue will be obtaining a number of them shortly . [Read more about Yearbook of Astronomy 2024]

The 2023 WDAS Christmas meal will soon be booked,  (sometime after the Novemeber meeting), so if you would like to come along please contact Mark - details within.   [Read more about Society Christmas Meal 2023]

Anyone wanting to join the society or would like information on anual subscription, renewal details are as follows... [Read more about WDAS Membership Joining Information & Subscription Renewal]

We have just the one outreach Star Party event scheduled for November, whether the conditions are suitable for observing, or not. The Outstation at Stape.

 

 

 

 

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

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