Winter Deep Sky Camp was held at the campsite at Tuesnoad from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th March. … Continue reading
Our re-arranged Society Dinner was held at The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt, on Friday 2nd March. Twenty nine brave souls made the journey through the pouring rain to gather for an excellent evening’s food and conversation. The latter ranged from … Continue reading
Autumn Deep Sky Camp was held at the campsite at Tuesnoad from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th November. Friday, it was bright and windy to start, pitching tents was a 3 man job on the most part. then it got … Continue reading
On Fridays 10th and 17th November, groups of OAS members visited the Science Museum’s Astronomy collection. Jim Metha reports: A very enjoyable visit was organised to the Science Museum Stores in Olympia over two Fridays in October. We attended the … Continue reading
Summer Deep Sky Camp was held on the weekend of Friday 25th to Monday 28th August at a new (to us) field at Tuesnoad near Headcorn. … Continue reading
May 7th 2006 was a glorious sunny day, perfect for walking around the Solar System Walk at Otford. I had been looking forward to the walk as the scale of the Solar System is something that has always fascinated me … Continue reading
This Winter Deep Sky Camps was memorable mainly for non-astronomical reasons. The rain of the previous two weeks had left the field very muddy. Cars got stuck, everyone got very dirty, and most folk enjoyed themselves. “The marquee was very … Continue reading
The Annual Society Dinner was held at The George in Hayes. A great many people turned up, and the restaurant was almost (but not quite) overwhelmed. An enjoyable evening. … Continue reading
Again the weather favoured a Greenwich evening observing session, with a break in the mist allowing those who’d made their way to the old observatory to have some fine views of Mars and the Moon. … Continue reading
The weather did not look promising as we gathered at High Elms for a public observing session, so Greg stepped in to keep us amused and informed by giving us a short talk on Mars and its place in the … Continue reading
Despite some extremely wet weather, twenty six members and friends camped in Penny’s Field near Headcorn, and enjoyed a very successful Deep Sky Camp. … Continue reading
The Society’s outing to see “Magnificent Desolation” on Sunday afternoon was a success, and a fine way to round off the Society’s 25th anniversary weekend. … Continue reading