Next Meetings
Monthly Main Meeting.
Saturday, April 18th 2026 7 pm
St Peter’s Church HallSubject:- A Cluttered and Noisy Sky
The number of satellites in orbit around the Earth has gone up sixfold in the last six years, and there could be as many as a million by the mid 2030s. This rush to deploy constellations of spacecraft – sometimes described as a new Wild West in space – threatens to do irreparable harm to astronomy, and to the view of the universe we too easily take for granted. Dr Massey works with partners in the UK and globally to protect the sky for astronomers, and for all of us.
Guest Speaker:- Robert Massey Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society
There won’t be a ZOOM call for this meeting. ZOOM will be back for the May main meeting.
FridayCLUB
There are no FridayCLUB meetings between April and the end of September. The next FridayCLUB meeting is on the 26th September.
Due to light nights we are not running FridayCLUB meetings until the end of September.
Location : 1st Wokingham Scout Hut in Evendons Lane, Wokingham. RG41 4DX.
Monthly Main Meeting.
Saturday, 16th May 2026 7 pm
St Peter’s Church HallSubject:- Cosmic Spiders aka ‘Millisecond Pulsars’
Guest Speaker: Sarah Crick
This 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: 54137268.This is a social gathering and unsuitable for talk/broadcasting.
1st Friday of Everymonth at 8 pm
Talk and contributions.
Apologies but nasty backache means we have to cancel the session Zoom tonight
April 3rd Good Friday, see you next month.
Chat with us on ZOOM on the 1st Friday of the month at 8pm.
We will be chatting about the latest in astronomy and space news. The monthly talk will be posted on the googlegroup, with links to professional and academic content. A great way to keep up to date with ‘WHAT’S NEW IN ASTRONOMY’
Login by text on 07510 444 630 or email us at info@readingastro.org.uk
Read more on – ZOOMFridays
We 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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Comet Garradd
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Main Meeting – October 15th
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2011/12 Session Starts Here
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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