Society Club Night

Waterloo Pub 101 Westgate End, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual 1st-Thursday-of-the-month meeting is a social at the Waterloo Pub on Westgate for society members only, from 7.30pm. Parking on site.

Society Club Night

Waterloo Pub 101 Westgate End, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual 1st-Thursday-of-the-month meeting is a social at the Waterloo Pub on Westgate for society members only, from 7.30pm. Parking on site.

Members’ Meeting

Waterloo Pub 101 Westgate End, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Tonight is a meeting for members only to discuss matters around our venue (due to postponement of our planned speaker til June)

Prof Brad Gibson: Polar Astronomy

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Prof Brad Gibson, Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics; The University of Hull, returns to WADAS to introduce us to Polar Astronomy. The harsh and equally stunning landscapes which define the polar regions of Earth are not immediately thought of as being ideal for conducting cutting-edge explorations of the cosmos.  Despite the challenges that such

£3

Members Club Night

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only social club night from 7.30pm

Members Club Night

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only social club night from 7.30pm

Dr Katharine Johnson – Unravelling the role of discs in star formation with the ALMA telescope

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Dr Katharine Johnston from the University of Leeds uses observations taken with radio telescopes such as ALMA in Chile and e-MERLIN based in the UK to understand how massive stars form by being fed material by their surrounding accretion discs Discs have long been theorised to exist around forming stars, but it is only in

£3

Members Club Night

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only social club night from 7.30pm

The Discovery, Simulation and Observation of Rocky Worlds Beyond our own Solar System

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Greg Cooke, University of Leeds, simulates terrestrial exoplanets and paleo climates and uses these simulations to predict possible future observations of terrestrial exoplanets. Some planets have very different chemical compositions to Earth. For example, some may have more methane and carbon dioxide. Others may have no oxygen, which likely means no ozone and therefore little

£3

Big Wild Sleepout at RSP Fairburn Ings

RSPB St Aidan's Nature Park Astley Lane, Great Preston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

More details to follow...

Marvellous Moon – RSPB St Aidan’s

RSPB St Aidan's Nature Park Astley Lane, Great Preston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ever looked up at a moonlit sky and wished you could see it in all its marvellous detail? Well, now is your chance to learn more about our nearest celestial neighbour; the Moon. Join us at RSPB St Aidan's for an evening discovering all things Lunar. Led by the Wakefield and District Astronomical Society, this

Members Only Club Night

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only social club night from 7.30pm

Astrophotography Course: An introduction to Astrophotography

RSPB St Aidan's Nature Park Astley Lane, Great Preston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ever looked up at a star-lit sky and wished you knew how to take fantastic pictures of it? Well, now is your chance to find out more about astrophotography! _______________________________________________________________________ This is a series of events making up a full course of astrophotography, with a certificate for completing all three sessions and a small prize

Ocean Worlds – Could there be life under the ice? Dr David Benoit

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Dr David Benoit, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Physics and Astrochemistry at Hull University, brings asks the question of ocean worlds: Could there be life under the ice?

£3

Astrophotography Course: Intermediate Astrophotography

RSPB St Aidan's Nature Park Astley Lane, Great Preston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ever looked up at a star-lit sky and wished you knew how to take fantastic pictures of it? Well, now is your chance to find out more about astrophotography! _______________________________________________________________________ This is a series of events making up a full course of astrophotography, with a certificate for completing all three sessions and a small prize

Members Only Club Night

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only social club night from 7.30pm

Astrophotography Course: Astrophotography workshop

RSPB St Aidan's Nature Park Astley Lane, Great Preston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ever looked up at a star-lit sky and wished you knew how to take fantastic pictures of it? Well, now is your chance to find out more about astrophotography! _______________________________________________________________________ This is a series of events making up a full course of astrophotography, with a certificate for completing all three sessions and a small prize

Society Christmas Meal

Cinnamon Lounge 97 Bridge Road, Horbury Bridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only Xmas meal at Cinnamon Lounge from 7.30pm

Members Only Club Night

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only social club night from 7.30pm

Members Only Club Night

Wakefield Sports Club The Bowling Clubhouse, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Our usual Members-only social club night from 7.30pm