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By Rachel Dutton – Outreach Officer The 12th October was International Astronomy Night and we partnered with Surrey Hills AONB to bring our telescopes to the masses. Despite the afternoon of Autumn showers, the skies opened to give […]
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By Rachel Dutton – Outreach Officer Reporting from Guildford High Street We kicked off astronomy season with International Space Week on 5th October as part of the Institute of Physics and University of Surrey’s High Street take over. […]
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by Rachel Dutton After the incredible solar storm witnessed across the UK and as far South as North African and the Southern United States on the 10th May 2024, people are catching the bug for seeing more. Whilst […]
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By Rachel Dutton Medium Term Forecasting There is a lot to aurora forecasting, however, there are a few essentials that will stand you in good stead for getting a solid start. Sunspots & Solar Rotation Image credit – […]
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By Rachel Dutton Finding The Lights Cygnus in Aurora. Credit – Tony Questa You may not see them with the naked eye at all. You will likely need to start looking through the screen of your phone. Older […]
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Our event was held at Newlands Corner on Saturday 21st October. Rachel and volunteers had set up a Moon Museum with video and posters. Some members had set up small scopes & binoculars in the entrance to the […]
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World Space week 4th to 10th October 2023 “The astronomy season kicked off with a Bang with the IoP event organised by the University of Surrey in Guildford High Street. With plenty of stands from pop up planetariums […]
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We were invited to the MSSL open day this year to support them with some solar astronomy outreach. We put up banners and scopes in a covered position right outside the main entrance. Under the clouds the sun-scopes […]
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Glenn organised a gathering at Norbury Park Viewpoint to capture the Full Moon rising over Box Hill on Sunday 2nd July 2023.The observing point was selected using the Photographer’s Ephemeris website. (Apps also available). Prelim. sketch for Sue’s […]
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MSSL hosted a public Mars event during the afternoon and evening. GAS was invited to show some of our Mars and other images. Julia, Nick, Rachel & Keith braved the weather to setup, in the MSSL library, some […]