Bromsgrove Astronomical Society

Next Informal Meeting
2026-03-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-05 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-03 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-06 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-04 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-07 20:00 - 22:00 UTC and 5 more dates
Primarily an Observing Evening. If not clear then general discussion, help for those who require it.

'Gaia' - Dr Steve Barrett
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?

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

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

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

Dr Ben Gompertz - Neutron Star Mergers: Nature's Gold Factories
2025-10-20 20:00 - 22:00

StarParty
2025-09-19 08:00 - 2025-09-21 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. Please check your email for details on how to book.

Mike Frost 'SouthWest Special - a Bluebonnet Eclipse'
2025-09-15 20:00 - 22:00

Rob Januszewski “Amateur Astronomy- the Future”
2025-08-18 20:00 - 22:00

Ben Evans - 'Spacewalking: 60 years of Stepping Into the Void'
2025-07-21 20:00 - 22:00

Astronomy Workshops
2025-06-16 20:00 - 22:00
A series of Astronomy Workshop presentations on telescopes, astro-photography and image processing.

Simon Banton - 'Astronomy of Stonehenge'
2025-05-19 20:00 - 22:00

No Meeting - Easter Bank Holiday
2025-04-21 20:00 - 21:00

AGM followed by - Dr Steve Barrett - 'Solar Max'
2025-04-07 20:00 - 22:00
This is change from our usual meeting since the third Monday is Easter Monday when there will not be a meeting.

Dr Nick Hewitt - 'Edge of Darkness- an introduction to Dark Nebulae'
2025-03-17 20:00 - 22:00

Dr. Andrew Thornett - 'Radio Astronomy for Amateur Astronomers'
2025-02-17 20:00 - 22:00

Dave Jones - 'The Ice Giants'
2025-01-20 20:00 - 22:00
