Amateur Astronomer and Astrophotographer. Social Media Officer at Kings Lynn & District Astronomy Society.
Back to Basics Workshop with the BAA
Saturday, October 7th 2017
Book now on the BAA website – www.britastro.org/kingslynnb2b
King’s Lynn and District Astronomy Society are pleased to announce that they will be co-hosting a Back to Basics Workshop in conjunction with the British Astronomical Association (BAA).
Full details are in the poster below and on the BAA website.
If you need more information please contact
John Craythorne
email:jcraythorne43@gmail.com
Tel: 01945 701038
Happy New Year everyone.
Our annual Stargazing Live event is earlier than usual this year. This means with the possibility of clear skies, we will have a darker and longer time to enjoy the night sky.
This is an Outdoor and Indoor event.
The chance (weather permitting) to look at some of the wonders of the sky, and indoor activities to please your curiosity.
SATURDAY 7th JANUARY 2017
2pm-8pm
Please come along and we will have:
* Telescope Displays & telescopes setup and demonstrated by some of our members
* Advice on using a telescope
* Short Video Clips of Space Exploration and general Astronomical subjects.
* Gallery of Astrophotography
* Children’s Activities
* Interactive Planetarium ( Stellarium demonstrated on a computer screen )
* Astronomy, Space related books for sale
* Outside Burger Van with hot food and drinks
* Cakes and Biscuits, tea and coffee inside our Village Hall
Whatever the weather we have it all going on.
See you for our 2pm opening on Saturday.
Kings Lynn & District Astronomy Society.
Hello Everyone!
I have updated the Events Calendar with all the latest up coming Talks and Events.
As more events are confirmed I will add them in the next coming months. We have a few guest speakers lined up for you this coming year and more to confirm!
Clear Skies all !
Andy
This last quarters Astro Photo Winner is Frank Dutton with a nice view of the Milky Way from Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa during a trip he made recently.
Frank took this image with a Panasonic Lumix GF5 Camera at 28mm on a 15 se second exposure using ISO set to 1600.
What is amazing too is that Frank took this under some fear of the local wild life, as he was warned there maybe Baboons in the vicinty so he didnt’t want to hang around outside too long! Also where he stayed there was some light pollution from the local camp.
Well done Frank!
UPDATE: A Fantastic talk by Dr Carolin Crawford was enjoyed by all. We look forward to your next visit to KLADAS next year! Thank you so much!
A Talk by Dr Carolin Crawford
Next Monday 23rd May – 7:30pm
(Please view our events page for more info on location)We are proud to host Dr Carolin Crawford who returns once again to amaze and delight our Astronomical thirst for knowledge of the beauty and science of Astronomy and Space.
Talk: The Beauty and Science of Nebulae
This talk is about interstellar space – not truly a vacuum devoid of matter, but inhabited by vast thin clouds of gas and dust that appear as glorious and complex structures. Dr Carolin Crawford will showcase some of the most spectacular images of these ‘nebulae’, including many taken with the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. She will lead us to look at them with new eyes, deconstructing the pictures and learning how to ‘read’ what they tell us about the turbulent story of the birth and death of stars. Indeed, revealing the science behind the beauty.
Professor Crawford’s primary research interests are in combining X-ray, optical and near-infrared observations to study the physical processes occurring around massive galaxies at the core of clusters of galaxies. In particular, she observes the complex interplay between the hot intra-cluster medium, filaments of warm ionized gas, cold molecular clouds, star formation and the radio plasma flowing out from the central supermassive black hole.
Members: £3.00
Non Members: £5.00
Press release for Transit of Mercury
A competition (just for fun) was arranged for Image of the Month for March 2016. All members were emailed and invited to contribute images for the competition. The intention was to trial out our very first photo competition and then base the new forthcoming competition on this with a few tweaks.
We had 12 images entered from 4 members:-
Alan Gosling
Cherrelle Blake
David Talbot
John Raymond
Please click on our Gallery link from the main menu, to see all the entries and find out who won! 🙂
Or here is a direct link…
This Monday we have the pleasure of guest speaker Paul Fellows from the Cambridge Astronomical Association giving us a talk.
Fire and Ice: The Volcanic worlds of the Solar System.
Members: £3
Non Members: £5
More details on our Events Calendar.
Sad news. Well the forecast is changing hourly and the rain and cloud radar are not looking good. Other forecasts are looking equally bad. So the obs session has been called off tonight.
Let’s hope we can get another chance next time.
Monday 22nd February – 7:30pm – 9:00pm
A Tutorial based showhow evening on how to process your astrophotography. Short examples on how to bring the best out of your images using easily available software. Tonights showhow will centre on Lunar images, and widefield night sky images.
Be aware this is not a usual Talk night and this evening is intended to give live tutorials on how to process your astro photos.
£3.00 Members
£5.00 Non Members ( First visit Free )