Calendar

EAS Meetings and Events in 2023

see also: non-EAS organised astronomical lectures near to Kendal

Meetings are held in Kendal Museum with a simultaneous Zoom broadcast to allow members unable to attend to participate. Further details emailed to members nearer the time.

December 2023

  • Moon Watch Saturday 23rd in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 5:00pm to 8:00pm

January 2024

  • Meeting plus Zoom Thursday 4th at 7:00pm
    • Annual General Meeting
    • Guest speaker: Stuart Atkinson speaking on Comets
    • Society notices and News
  • Moon Watch Saturday 20th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 5:00pm to 9:00pm event CANCELLED

February 2024

  • Meeting Thursday 1st in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Mike Armstrong (EAS) speaking on Classifying Sunspots
    • Member's Observing Evening CANCELLED
  • Moon Watch Saturday 17th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 6:00pm to 9:00pm event CANCELLED

March 2024

  • Meeting plus Zoom Thursday 7th at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Robin Leadbeater speaking on Chasing Rainbows - some adventures in Astronomical Spectroscopy.
    • Society notices and News
  • Moon Watch Saturday 16th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 7:00pm to 9:00pm event CANCELLED

April 2024

  • Meeting plus Zoom Thursday 4th at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: David Glass speaking on Early-Type Galaxies through the IRAM 30m Telescope
    • Society notices and News

May 2024

  • Meeting plus Zoom Thursday 2nd at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Dr Steve Barrett speaking on The End of Everything
    • Society notices and News

June 2024

  • Meeting Thursday 6th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Speaker: Members of Eddington Astronomical Society speaking on various astronomical subjects
    • Society notices and News

July 2024

  • Sun Watch Saturday 6th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Sun Watch Saturday 20th in the Brewery Arts Centre garde from 2:00pm to 4:00pm event CANCELLED

August 2024

  • Sun Watch Saturday 10th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Sun Watch Saturday 24th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden, contact Graham on the day: gfell01@hotmail.com from 2:00pm to 4:00pm

September 2024

  • Meeting Thursday 5th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Mike Armstrong (EAS) speaking on How well do we know our nearest stellar neighbour (Alpha and Proxima Centauri)
    • Society notices and News

October 2024

  • Meeting Thursday 3rd in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Prof Derek Ward-Thompson speaking on Magnetic fields in space, from newborn stars to black holes
    • Society notices and News

November 2024

  • Meeting Thursday 7th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Prof Colin Steele speaking on Jupiter and the Trojan Wars
    • Society notices and News

December 2024

  • Meeting Thursday 5th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Society notices and News
    • Social Evening including Christmas Quiz
  • Moon Watch Saturday 7th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 5:30pm to 7:30pm

January 2025

  • Moon Watch Saturday 4th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 5:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Meeting Thursday 9th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Annual General Meeting
    • Guest speaker: Stuart Atkinson speaking on Red Moon - how China is going to win the new race to the moon...probably.

February 2025

  • Meeting Thursday 6th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Observing Evening (EAS members only)
  • Moon Watch Saturday 8th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 6:00pm to 9:00pm

March 2025

  • Meeting Thursday 6th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
  • Moon Watch Saturday 8th in the Brewery Arts Centre garden from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

April 2025

  • Meeting Thursday 3rd in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Sue Bowler speaking on Meet the Herschels; the first modern astronomers
    • Society notices and News

May 2025

  • Meeting Thursday 1st in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Guest speaker: Charles Sloan (LAMAS) speaking on Walking on the moon in my garden
    • Society notices and News

June 2025

  • Meeting Thursday 5th in Kendal Museum at 7:00pm
    • Speaker: By EAS members speaking on short talks and discussions.