Latest Past Events

Paul Campbell: Autumn Jewels & Where to Find Them.

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield

Please do come along to an impromptu talk from our Chairman, Soupy, who will guide us through some deep sky jewels that are visible in the Autumn night sky. With a brief synopsis on each object and a star hopping guide on how to get to each object, this will be a tour of some

Matt Gough: On all things Meteoric

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield

Society member Matt Gough gives us a talk on Meteors.

Dr Sue Bowler: Meet the Herschels – the first modern astronomers

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield

William Herschel became Britain's leading astronomer and Caroline was the first woman to be paid to do astronomy, but they came to this country as economic migrants. They changed astronomy; they drove astronomy forward by improving the technology, doing survey astronomy and data science, looking for aliens, publishing, doing outreach and hustling for money – just

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