Well, we tried our best, but it was pretty much in vain. The weather was marginally better than forecast and many Regatta activities went ahead, just not most of ours.
Saturday was rather windy throughout and although a few breaks in the cloud did allow for some brief solar observations in the afternoon, it was certainly not ideal. Barbara and Mark made it along for a while, but we couldn’t even show them any sunspots, completely bare again: the Sun that is... [Read more about Regatta 2019 Events?]
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Our annual jaunt over to Westerdale will be a little later this year. The 27th September 2019 is the date for your diary, from 19:00–22:00h. More on this next month. 
Our annual visit to Hook’s House Fm will be slightly earlier this year – Saturday 31st August 2019. It will be a no-Moon period and if skies are clear it should be ideal for deep sky observations. We shall of course be observing both Jupiter and Saturn on show to the south and carrying out a sky tour. We anticipate the campsite will be busy, so if you make along with a scope all the better. We hope to be setting up equipment for shortly after 20:00h with a view to a 20:30h start... 
The evening star parties will be held on the pitch and put area, above the archery green, as per last year. Parking is adjacent to this area - down the side of pitch and put, accessed over the parking area behind the bowling green. It is actually quite convenient. We shall be setting up from 20:30h. If conditions are fine and you can make it along, assistance would be most welcome... 
A really fine display of Noctilucent cloud was observed by Mark and other society members, including Elaine and Phil during the late evening of July 11th 2019. Mark first noticed something developing low to the north shortly after 23:10h. 
We finally manage to host a scheduled star party on July 6th. Conditions were not, shall we say ‘summery’ but at least there was enough clear sky to view the crescent Moon and fortuitously, Jupiter, in a slender gap. It has to be said public were a little scarce on the ground, but those who did venture over were impressed with the lunar views, and really wowed by Jupiter and attendant Galilean moons... 
No, not from the society, but from work (lucky so-and-so) Keith has worked for the last 41 years as a science technician at what was Whitby School, then Whitby College and finally Caedmon College. Most of us still refer to it as the former. 
Think back to July 2018, when during a long heat wave with the majority of evening’s fine, it was greatly frustrating to have apocalyptic weather for the total lunar eclipse on July 27th 2018.
Not a great deal to tell, the college has the estimate of the work involved, the methods of how this will be tackled has been somewhat amended since the last update. 