Leeds Astromeet is on Saturday 8th November 2014. Featuring speakers talking on:
- The formation of planetary nebulae
- Vesta: the key to early asteroid history’
- When galaxies collide’
- Edmond Halley: astronomer, geophysicist and sea captain
Tickets are again just £10 (£5 concessions). WDAS Members will be travelling in a number vehicles leaving from the Whitby School Car Park at 08:00h. If you'd like to travel with us please let Mark know, to make sure of a place... [Read more about Leeds Astromeet]
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A week before this event most of the weather forecasting sites were predicting overcast skies for August 30th, a little disheartening, so it was under almost crystal clear skies that society members journeyed in convoy (sort of) over to Robin Hood’s Bay for the annual Hook’s House Star Party! ... 
With the latter part of the summer stuck in vintage unsettled weather mode, it’s a case of making every opportunity of a fine evening when it comes along. Wednesday 6th of June was such an occasion, and an unscheduled star party was held on the cliff. How often do such events turn out to be rather successful? Quite often. 
W.D.A.S. Members have long enjoyed our monthly newsletter with Sky Notes, Society News, Event Write-ups and Forthcoming Events. For the longest time Mark laboured long each month on the newsletter and then pedalled, drove and (in extreme weathers) swam far abroad making deliveries.
No snow to accompany Paul this year, although the rain and fog/mist did try to make up for this! Still, Paul made it safe and sound for his 16th visit to deliver the WDAS ‘inspire’ lecture. A last minute problem with the room projector (indeed an ongoing problem not made aware to us until Paul was in the room) almost caused a halt to proceedings before we had even started. 