WDAS monthly meetings are nearing their conclusion for this current season.  Due to the extended Easter break at the College and commitments Mark has, there will be no meeting in April.  The final meeting of the season will be May 7th.  The venue is Caedmon College - Normanby Campus (formerly Whitby College) - room H1 starting at 7:30pm.

If you are new to the area and would like to join the society or have become interested in the night sky and want to take 'one small step', please do come along, you will be very welcome. 

For our final meeting before the summer recess, we shall look back at the total solar eclipse of April 8th, viewed from the United States and Canada, and whether Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, was visible from both sides of the pond.  We shall also look forward to the celestial highlights of summer, taking a look at some deep sky objects we sometimes overlook, but shouldn't. 

 

Open Nights 

Sunday open nights at the Bruce Observatory are also coming to an end for this season, the final dates being April 7th & 14th from 8:30pm and are weather dependant, so if you are intending on coming along, please contact Mark on the day. Conditions in Whitby can be very different elsewhere.  The observatory (the conical domed building) is also located at the Normanby Campus, at the bottom of the drive.  

For anyone wishing to come along, please be at the College top car park for 8:30pm if possible as the security gate for the drive is operated via keycode and closes automatically after being opened.  Only the 'guardians of the gate' have the code.  Anyone arriving later will need to attract our attention within the observatory (flash car lights, pip horn, or shout). We will notice.