Bromsgrove Astronomical Society

Gary Poyner - T CrB - The Jewel In The Crown
2025-11-17 20:00 - 22:00 UTC

1st Redditch Scouts
2025-11-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-26 18:00 - 2025-12-03 20:00
Space Badge

Christmas Quiz At Court Leet
2025-12-01 19:30 - 22:00

'Christmas Crackers' Short Talks By Members
2025-12-15 20:00 - 22:00
Christmas Crackers
Sheila Derges – “A visit to CERN”
Sue Dipple – “The Thirty Metre Telescope”
Dr Steve Barrett – “The Science of Santa”

Next Informal Meeting
2026-01-05 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-03-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-06 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-04 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-06-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-07-06 20:00 - 22:00
Primarily an Observing Evening. If not clear then general discussion, help for those who require it.

Dave Jones - Pluto
2026-01-19 20:00 - 22:00

9th Worcester (Hallow) Scouts
2026-01-27 18:00 - 20:00

Bromsgrove and Redditch NHS Retirement Fellowship
2026-02-04 18:00 - 20:00
The Women who put a Man on the Moon (SD)

Barnt Green Beavers
2026-02-10 18:00 - 20:00

Dr Steve Barrett - 'Gaia'
2026-02-16 20:00 - 22:00
The Gaia space telescope has spent a decade mapping the Milky Way by making three trillion observations of two billion stars. How did it do this and what will we learn when all the data is analysed?

277th Birmingham Beavers And Cubs
2026-02-23 18:00 - 20:00

Fradley Cubs
2026-02-25 18:00 - 20:00

6th Bromsgrove Cubs
2026-03-09 18:00 - 20:00

Northfield Methodist Thursday Fellowship
2026-03-12 18:00 - 20:00

Pulverbatch WI (Shropshire)
2026-03-13 18:00
A Year around the Sun (Beauty of the Cosmos) SD

Dr Steve Barrett - It's Not Rocket Science
2026-03-16 20:00 - 22:00
Rocket science is thought to be hard because the maths of orbital mechanics gets in the way. This talk skips over the maths and looks at orbits, how spacecraft travel between planets and how they can park at Lagrange points.

Martley Pippins WI
2026-04-08 18:00 - 20:00

AGM & Dr Steve Barrett - Exploring The Solar System I
2026-04-20 20:00 - 22:00
Annual General Meeting

Wychavon Oil Engine Preservation Society
2026-05-12 18:00 - 20:00
Night Sky

Dr Leah-Nani Alconcel - Space Sustainability And Space Domain Awareness
2026-05-18 20:00 - 22:00

Selly Oak Trefoil Guild
2026-05-20 18:00 - 20:00

Workshops - Short Presentations By Members. View The Sun With A Solar Telescope
2026-06-15 20:00 - 22:00
Ray Poultney – Image processing
Paul Holyoake – Imaging with Dwarf telescopes
Chris Butler – Imaging with SeeStar telescopes
Adrian Bigland – Finding your way around the night sky, with atlases and apps
Rob Januszewski – Setting up and using astronomical telescopes
Rob & Sue Dipple – Viewing the sun with a Lunt solar telescope
Dr Steve Barrett – “Ask the Scientist”

Jeni Millard - To The South Pole - Modern Day Lunar Exploration
2026-07-20 20:00 - 22:00
