If the weather is clear, we will set off for outdoor observing sessions this weekend at 11pm outside the Fountain pub, Barton Square, Ely. Anyone interested might like to join me for what will hopefully be an interesting celestial ramble around the rural outskirts of Ely. Your Chairman will point out some of the summer constellations of seasonal interest, the sites of some known extrasolar planetary systems, plus the site of a possible nova eruption in Corona Borealis at some time in the coming months.
Even on a summer's night, the late-night air can be chilly; wrap up reasonably well and stay protected against stinging nettles and biting insects: shorts, bare arms and legs are usually a bad idea!
Love, Alex and Nick
Hiatus coming to an end
Hello everybody! This is your chairman Alex. I've gone through a rather grim period recently, but I'm feeling a whole lot better now. I'm happy to continue as before for at least the foreseeable future / next few months. It is my hope and aspiration that we will be able to hold some kind of rather belated annual general meeting in either October or November. An announcement will follow in September.
Between now and then the club will be offering a modest but hopefully satisfactory programme of outdoor observing, a possible science fiction film showing, and the occasional pub gathering. As for monthly meetings, I'm afraid the prospect of them is still rather uncertain, but we hope it can be resolved in the coming months.
Thank you all for your longstanding support and friendship.
We can recommend the things being done in the Cambridge Astronomical Association in the meantime: https://www.cambridgeastronomicalassociation.com/caa-events
We also have a list of past events.