Next Meetings
Monthly Main Meeting.
Oct 19 2024 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: 54137268Guest Speaker : Dr Lilian Hobbs FRAS – Astronomy Using a Phone or a Tablet
Portable devices now allow us to do astronomy in entirely new ways, unencumbered by expensive or heavy equipment. Dr Hobbs is an amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and author.
Fri 25th October 7.30pm
FridayCLUB outreach 27th Sept is the first planned date of the new season, resuming outreach meetings. More details here.
Enquiries to info@readingastro.org.uk1st Wokingham Scout Hut in Evendons Lane, Wokingham. RG41 4DX.
Chat with us on ZOOM on every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month at 7pm. Next Chats are;
Oct 4th and 18thHope to see you there!
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
Fri 15th and Sat 16th March 2013 The public are invited to participate in our Reading Science Week activities. We will be at the Museum of English Rural Life on the evenings of 15th and 16th March. There will be an … Continue reading
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