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.
Archive
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
- To Be Announced by Dr Mark Norris
- Society notices and News
- 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.