Welcome to the WDAS monthly newsletter for July 2019: a digest of the month's latest contributions to our website.  Below you'll find Society News; past and coming events; Mark celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing; and, of course, Sky Notes including details of the partial lunar eclipse with Saturn watching on.

Society News

Unsurprisingly, our star party events in June all fell victim to the poor weather conditions, either cloud or rain ...or both.  It’s a quite a few years since we last endured a soggy June, but it was bound to happen sooner or later.  Let’s be philosophical; better June than late July, August or September, when we need fine evenings.  Hope things buck up during July.

Events

Open door day at the Dark Sky Station at Danby Lodge. Public may come along to inspect the facility and talk to WDAS members about things astronomical or the facility itself. 

Date:
3 July, 2026 - 11:00 to 15:00
Address:
United Kingdom
GB

Open door day at the Dark Sky Station at Danby Lodge. Public may come along to inspect the facility and talk to WDAS members about things astronomical or the facility itself. 

Date:
10 July, 2026 - 11:00 to 15:00
Address:
United Kingdom
GB

Open door day at the Dark Sky Station at Danby Lodge. Public may come along to inspect the facility and talk to WDAS members about things astronomical or the facility itself. 

Date:
17 July, 2026 - 11:00 to 15:00
Address:
United Kingdom
GB

Open door day at the Dark Sky Station at Danby Lodge. Public may come along to inspect the facility and talk to WDAS members about things astronomical or the facility itself. 

Date:
24 July, 2026 - 11:00 to 15:00
Address:
United Kingdom
GB

A Public Star Party, weather permitting, near the Captain Cook monument on West Cliff  (setting-up from 21:00hrs).  Planetary & night sky Observations.

Planetary, lunar & night sky observations.

Date:
25 July, 2026 - 21:00 to 23:00
Address:
Captain Cook Headland
West Cliff
near YO21 3HA Whitby
United Kingdom
GB

Open door day at the Dark Sky Station at Danby Lodge. Public may come along to inspect the facility and talk to WDAS members about things astronomical or the facility itself. 

Date:
31 July, 2026 - 11:00 to 15:00
Address:
United Kingdom
GB