Next Meetings
JUNE AGM and Monthly Main Meeting.
June 21 2025 7 pm
St Peter’s Church HallThis will be a physical meeting in the hall with remote access via ZOOM. Non-members, having enjoyed the talk, donate £5 via online banking:
Reading Astronomical Society: Sort code: 60-17-21: Account No: 54137268June’s Main Meeting will start with our yearly Society AGM followed by a talk by Kenelm England (FRAS)
Society Speaker Kenelm England (FRAS)
Subject:- Anniversaries in “2025”
Kenelm England (Reading AS and historian). Kenelm’s annual look at notable astronomical and scientific anniversaries in years ending “25”
June 22nd – East Reading Festival – Palmer Park
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Join us on Sunday 22nd June for The East Reading Festival 2025.
The festival is a free community-focused event, with a music stage, spoken word/poetry stage, a funfair, a small food court with a variety of different cuisines and a wide range of community, charity and commercial stalls.
We will be attending this annual local event with our telescopes suitably filtered for safe observing of sunspots and other activity on our local star. It would be great to see you there.
ZoomFridays
Friday 4th July 2025 at 8pm
Chat with us on ZOOM on the 1st Friday of the month at 8pm.
Once a month at 8 pm on the first Friday each month we will be chatting with members about any astronomical topics and keeping up with the latest in academic and space industry news. At the same time the content of the chats will be written up in .pdf form and released as a monthly round up for members. They will contain a lot of links to professional and academic content and form a part of the story of astronomy and space industry activity as we go forward. A great way to keep up to date with ‘WHAT’S NEW IN ASTRONOMY’
Check out the ZOOMFridays page for more details:- ZOOMFridays
FridayCLUB
—————-Summer Break——————–
We are taking a Summer Break with our FridayCLUB outreach meetings. There are no FridayCLUB outreach meetings in May, June or July. The Sky is very bright during the summer months (May,June,July) making observing with telescopes highly challenging in the early evening. We will restart the meetings on 22nd August 2025. Please put this date in your diary’s as we would love to see you there.
When we restart we will have short talks about astronomy and weather permitting a view of the sky through a telescope what could be better – All Free just come along on the evening. See our FridayCLUB page for details of location and start times.
Enquiries to info@readingastro.org.ukLocation : 1st Wokingham Scout Hut in Evendons Lane, Wokingham. RG41 4DX.
Astronomy chat by experts and beginners with members of local astronomy societies.
Request login details from Gerry by text on 07510 444 630 or email us at info@readingastro.org.ukWe also keep in touch through a Google Group, email news list, and Zoom.
By invitation – send an email to info@readingastro.org.uk
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Reading Science Week 2013
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Venus and Uranus Converge
On the evening of 9th February 2012 Venus and Uranus will appear very close together in the sky as seen from Earth. Continue reading
Comet Garradd
A comet discovered in 2009 by Australian amateur astronomer Gordon Garradd is currently visible from the UK in the morning sky. Continue reading
Main Meeting – October 15th
The Reading Astronomical Society is fortunate to have as our guest this Saturday Dr. Gretchen Benedix of the Natural History Museum. Continue reading
2011/12 Session Starts Here
The Reading Astronomical Society holds the first of the season’s main meetings next Saturday, 17th September at the usual venue, and just less than a week later the BASICS section hold the first of the season’s sessions for beginners and practical hobbyists. All sessions are at St. Peter’s Church Hall, Church Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 1EY. Continue reading
BADAS Trip – 3rd August
Andrew Elliott was a former member of the society who lived in Reading up to his retirement when he moved to a lovely location on the north bank of the Ribble estuary at Warton. There he attended the Blackpool & … Continue reading