✭✭✭ A Happy New Year to All our Members ✭✭✭
In this issue, Mark continues his new series of "Crossing the Line" series of objects: a star, a galaxy, a nebula and a cluster. Don't forget the Society Meeting is on Tuesday 9th January 2018 (2nd Tuesday of Jan)!
Welcome to the WDAS monthly newsletter for January 2018: a digest of the month's latest contributions to our website. Below you'll find Society News, Sky Notes and In-Focus articles printed in full. There's also future events, and trailers for other articles which appear in full on the website - just a click away!
Society News
Our Christmas meal at the Hare and Hounds once again proved a great success with ten members making it to the banqueting table.
The food was excellent, the wine flowed (favouring certain parts of the table more than others) and the company, most convivial. Crackers, crackers it has to be said seem to get worse each year, a few didn’t even contain a paper hat! The slug balancing kit was quite innovative though (you may be able to spot it on one of the photo’s)
Here’s to 2018!
WDAS Christmas 2017 Celebration at the Hare & Hounds in Hawsker (Click for larger images)
Events
Caedmon College Normanby Site (you may know it as Whitby College or Whitby School), Room H1.
In Members' monthly meetings we usually take a tour of the night sky for the coming month using the Planetarium program. Have talks and presentations on various topics of astronomy/space etc, and discuss future events etc. New members welcome.
A Public Star Party, weather permitting, near the Captain Cook monument on West Cliff (setting-up from 20:30hrs).
Solar & Lunar Observations.
Observe the night sky with us at the Bruce Observatory, Caedmaon College - Normanby campus (formally Whitby College).
Observing Nights are held weather permitting: check for a relatively clear sky before leaving home. If in doubt, Mark can be reached on tel 01947 605516.
Please note the college drive gate is now operated via a electronic key code - so anyone wishing to attend must be at the car park at the top of the drive by 19:00hrs, unless an arrival time has been arranged with Mark/Keith after 19:30hrs. Otherwise shout or bip car horn - we'll hear.
