Monthly Archives: May 2012

On the morning of Wednesday 6th June the planet Venus will appear to cross the face of the Sun, this rare astronomical event is called a transit. Venus transits occur in pairs that are separated by over 100 years. For those of us … Continue reading →

Membership of the new society continues to grow and we have some exciting speakers lined up for later this year. In October Dr Helen Walker from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will be joining us to give a talk on seeing the invisible … Continue reading →

This Thursday will bring the second meeting of the new astronomical society. We will begin at 5pm with a talk about the Sun. If the weather is kind we will follow this with observations of the Sun using our hydrogen-alpha solar … Continue reading →