A friendly local society which welcomes new members with – or without – astronomical experience

affiliated to the Federation of Astronomical Societies and a member of SAGAS, the Southern Area Group of Astronomical Societies, which provides us with a friendly and professional meeting place with fellow astronomers and astronomical societies in the area

NEXT MEETINGS - in The Methodist Church Upper Room, Lower High Street, Wadhurst TN5 6AT
The meeting begins at 1930 although members are invited to arrive anytime after 1900 as this is a good time to exchange ideas and discuss problems.
  Wednesday 17^th June 2009 - Telescope Evening.  An open evening when members are encouraged to bring along telescopes, attachments or other aids to astronomy they think other members would be interested in.  There will also be short demonstrations of an astronomical nature.

  Wednesday 15th July 2009 “The Virtual Observatory”.  Five years ago John Murrell gave an excellent talk about accessing the vast amount of data available on the internet.  At the July meeting, John will be giving more information on the subject with a lot of updates.  John Murrell is a member of the Croydon Astronomical Society and it is worth visiting his web site at: http://johnmurrell.org.uk/

        Saturday 29^th August 2009 – Worth putting in your diary.  There is no meeting of the Society in August but Michael Harte and his wife Claire have offered to host an Astro-barbecue at Greenman Farm.  In the past some of us have taken along telescopes, binoculars and anything else we think would be useful to see the night sky in late August.

        Wednesday 16th September 2009 – “The Apollo Programme – Missions 13 to 17”  This is a continuation of the talk given by Rob Cray in March when he told us about the beginnings of the fascinating US Lunar exploration programme.

        Wednesday 21^st October 2009 - “Astro-archaeology in the British Isles ”; A talk by Bob Seaney, a well known member of the Society who has given a number of talks in the past.  Bob has been doing his own research for some time and reveals what he has learnt.

And click here for what is in the Wadhurst sky tonight

To mark our tenth birthday [??]

Some of our members are well-connected!

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MEETINGS

Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month in the Upper Room of the Methodist Church, Lower High Street, Wadhurst

Doors open from 19:15; talks start at 19:30 and usually finish about 22:00 with a pint in the pub

Other events, including star parties, are arranged at shorter notice

CONTACTS

Chairman   John Vale-Taylor 

Phil Berry  01892 783544

Treasurer  Mike Wyles  01892 542863

Publicity & Website  Michael Harte  01892 783292

Newsletter Editor  Geoff Rathbone  01959 524727