✭✭✭ 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
A Public Star Party, weather permitting, near the Captain Cook monument on West Cliff (setting-up from 20:00hrs). Planetary & night sky Observations.
Planetary & night sky Observations.
We shall once again be travelling over to Westerdale to host a star party on Friday Oct 2nd.
The venue will be the village hall / car park area within the village. Start time is 19:30hrs for the public.
Directions: The Village Hall is located in the centre of the village to the west of the main street. Turn past the Phone and Post boxes and after 20 metres proceed up the gravelled track on the left. Point your SatNav to post code: YO21 2DT. All welcome.
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.
