2017 Diary

Meetings and Events in 2017

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

  • Meeting 7pm Monday 6th at Kendal Museum: Members Talks
  • Observing Evening Monthly guided observing all clouded out

MARCH

  • Moon & Venus Watch 6pm Friday 3rd at Brewery Arts Centre (public)
  • Meeting 7pm Monday 6th at Kendal Museum: AGM
  • Observing Evening Monthly guided observing, 23rd March see report here

APRIL

  • Meeting 7pm Monday 3rd at Kendal Museum: Guest Speaker:  Andreas Koch “Galaxy Formation In Action”

MAY

  • Moon & Jupiter Watch 8pm Friday 5th at Brewery Arts Centre (public)
  • Meeting 7pm Monday 8th at Kendal Museum: Guest Speaker: Mark Norris “Globular Clusters and Galaxies”

JUNE

  • Meeting 7pm Monday 5th at Kendal Museum: Members’ talk

JULY

  • Sun Watch Midday onwards, Saturday 1st at Brewery Arts Centre (public)

AUGUST

  • Perseid Watch 9pm Saturday 12th, venue to be decided (EAS members only)

SEPTEMBER

  • Meeting 7pm Monday 4th at Kendal Museum: Guest Speaker Martin Lunn “Women Astronomers”

OCTOBER

  • Meeting 7pm Monday 2nd at Kendal Museum: Telescope Night
  • Observing Evening Monthly guided observing all clouded out

NOVEMBER

  • Meeting 7pm Monday 6th at Kendal Museum: “Looking back on Cassini” Stuart Atkinson
  • Observing Evening 12th November see report here
  • Leonid Watch Friday 17th, 10pm at Old Hutton Church car park (EAS members only)
  • Moon Watch 6.30pm Saturday 25th at Brewery Arts Centre (public)

DECEMBER

  • Meeting 7pm Monday 4th at Kendal Museum: Christmas Social
  • Jeremiah Horrocks Lecture Wednesday 13th, 6.30pm. “Gravity & Light: Nature’s Biggest Explosions” by Prof Patrick Sutton, Cardiff University, Greenbank Lecture Theatre, UCLan, Preston. Book here
  • Observing Evening Check here for updates