This Thursday's talk at Crown East is on observing the Transit of Mercury on May 9th. Looking at the geometry of the event, the 7 1/2 hour transit ends with the Sun just 8 degrees above the western ho

Hi As Chris said, you may have a tripod adaptor screw threads under a cover at the front of the binoculars (upper link) If you haven't, you can get special clamps to help hold binoculars (lower link).

When the Yahoo Newsgroup was set up 3 years ago we hoped that the chatroom/forum functionality of the newsgroup (called 'Conversations' by Yahoo) would be used by members to have online conversations

Sorry, Damn Yahoo newsgroup calendar is not coping with the switch to BST (again). It is of course 8:00pm BST) start.

Shock horror, the forecast is clear for tonight, so the public observing sessions at Crown East is ON. See our website for directions.http://worcesterastro.weebly.com/meetings-and-venues.html See you

As it is often randomly minded to do, the Newsgroup calendar has stated that tonight' sobserving sessions starts at 9:30pm.This is wrong. it starts at 8:30pm.

Due to the lousy weather forecast, I'm afraid tonight's planned observing evening at Crown East is cancelled. However, all is not lost. There are five Thursday's in March this year, so we will have a

I managed to capture Comet Catalina and Kemble's Cascade on the rather chilly night of the 23rd. Worcester Astronomical Society Worcester Astronomical Society Worcester Astronomical Society Newsgroup

Due to the large amount of cloud cover forecast, tonight's observing session is cancelled.

Thank you to everyone who helped out with this event. We helped eight members of the public learn how to set up and use their telescopes.

Just a reminder that from February 21st to February 23rd Comet Catalina US10 passes very close to the star cluster NGC 1502 at the head of Kemble’s Cascade. This should make a great photo.

We are please to announce the Worcester Astronomical Society now have 'Affiliated Society' status with the British Astronomical Association (BAA). This means that, as members of Worcester Astronomical

The Cotswold Astronomical Society is hosting a BAA Back to Basics, Beginners Workshop on March 5th, at the Cotswold AS regular meeting venue, Shurdington Village Hall, Shurdington, Cheltenham. The mee

Unfortunately the cloud and rain means that tonight's observing evening at Crown East is cancelled. Our next meeting is on Thursday 11th February at Lower Smite Farm. Mark Gibbons will be talking abou

Hi Gordon Yes, sure you can have a lift. I'd reckon on leaving at 8:30 am. No imaging last night as I had 100% cloud cover :-(. However, I was up imaging until 5:00am on Saturday morning, so I managed

Further to my announcement at last Thursday's meeting, here are details of the British Astronomical Association's Deep Sky Section meeting on Saturday 27th February. It takes place just east of Covent

Please note that the start time is 7:30pm, notm8:00pm as stated in the automatic reminder.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND CLEAR SKIES A big thank you to all our members for your support in making 2015 such a good year for the Society. Membership is steadily growing and we have some exciting ideas for

REMINDER - PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 8:30 to 10:00 - CROWN EAST SCOUT HUT Comet Catalina is due to become visible in northern skies at the beginning of the new year and speed through

Dear All At Thursday's AGM John put forward a very valid point about quite a few new members leaving after attending just a few meetings. Speaking to other societies, I gather this is not an uncommon