Bromsgrove Astronomical Society

Next Informal Meeting
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, 2026-08-03 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-09-07 20:00 - 22:00 UTC and 1 more date
Primarily an Observing Evening. If not clear then general discussion, help for those who require it.

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
Space Badge

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

Richard Guest - Backyard Astronomy With Beyond Kingswinford Streetlights
2026-08-17 20:00 - 22:00

StarParty
2026-09-11 08:00 - 2026-09-14 23:30
This is a great event for members to get together and a chance to enjoy relatively dark skies with an opportunity to see the Milky Way. Details on how to book your place will be sent via email.

Simona Nitti - Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission
2026-09-21 20:00 - 22:00

Open Evening - General Public
2026-10-05 20:00 - 22:00
The Society will be holding an ‘Open Evening’ for members, local schools and the general public.
Displays and demonstrations to include:
– Astronomy in general
– Telescopes and astrophotography
– Short talks on astronomy and cosmology
– Observing of the night sky with a telescope (weather permitting)
This is a free drop in event, everyone is welcome.
The clubhouse has a maximum capacity of 150 people, if in the event that we reach capacity during the evening, there may be a slight queue to avoid any overcrowding.

Prof Elizabeth Stanway - Cosmic Catastrophes
2026-10-19 20:00 - 22:00
Fictions involving catastrophic cosmic explosions such as novae or supernovae range from narratives of a heroic, constructive drive outwards into the Universe to depressing and destructive apocalyptic fictions which posit the destruction of human culture and perhaps humanity itself. SF case studies nonetheless represent a rare engagement of popular culture with the details of stellar astrophysics, and a useful starting point from which to engage in a wider discussion about the ultimate fate of stars and our place in the Universe.
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/astro/people/stanway/sciencefiction/nam2022_stanway_open_69.pdf
