Social Meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7pm at the Pavilion, Lockwood Bowling Club, HRUFC, Lockwood Park, Brewery Drive. HD4 6EN.
MEMBERS TALK TUESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER @ 7pm!
‘Remote Astrophotography’
Simon Bakewell will be sharing his experiences of processing images from remote telescopes.
MEMBERS: Free
Non-members: £5
HURFC Pavilion
Lockwood Park, Brewery Drive, HD4 6EN
Parking and toilets onsite
We look forward to seeing you there!
Tuesday 20th August 7pm @ The Pavilion
‘The courtship of space and film…’
Kings College London Film Studies student Josh Ellwood will be taking us on a journey of how space was first depicted by film and how this has changed through the years to present day.
Tuesday 6th of August 7pm @ The Pavilion
‘From big skies to big telescopes…..My astro journey’
Come and find out more about Robert Williams’ astronomy journey at our next Huddersfield Astronomy Society meeting.
Robert will bring some of his astronomy kit to illustrate his talk.
Tuesday 16th of July 7pm @ The Pavilion
ASTRONOMY ON A BUDGET: BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
A short talk and presentation by Ellie Crossley-Fells & Alex Fells about our journey from the ground up with practical astronomy and astrophotography. A talk through our experience, some recommendations for beginners, and how people could get involved in astronomy on varying budgets and equipment
Members: FREE
Non-members: £5
EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO POOR WEATHER FORECAST – Saturday 13th July 2024 1:30 – 7:30pm
SOLAR SUMMER
Hello all! The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are putting on a cheeky summer solar event this Saturday.
Location: Stirley, Hall Bower Lane , Berry Brow, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6FA
About the event
We are experiencing extreme solar activity as the sun reaches its peak 11 year cycle of activity.
Increased solar flares and sunspots can visibly seen through a powerful telescope. if you’ve every wanted to see what a sun spot looks like and a solar flare up close, now is your chance.
Join Huddersfield astronomy society at our Garden of Stars at Stirley anytime between 1:30pm and 7:30pm to speak with the experts and learn more about our universe and sun!
Bring a picnic, drop in for a few hours, or stay for the day and enjoy this special event at Stirley.
Booking
Price
£10 adults
£6 Child
Suitable for
Families, Children, Adults, Beginners
https://www.ywt.org.uk/events/2024-07-13-solar-summer
Tuesday 2 July 2024
A Chat About Solar Imaging
By Gain Lee
Tuesday, 7pm@Pavilion,
Lockwood Park
SOLAR EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO POOR WEATHER FORECAST – OVERCAST ALL DAY – THIS WILL BE RE-ARRANGED & NEW DATE TBA
SUMMER SOLSTICE and SOLAR OBSERVING EVENT
@ Garden of Stars, Stirley YWT, Hall Bower Lane, Huddersfield, HD4 6FA
Saturday 29th June 2024 1.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Join us for our Summer Solstice celebration and Sun observing event.
Come along and meet our friendly astronomers for a ‘Get up close’ experience with the Sun through our solar telescopes. All welcome
Fee :
HAS and YWT members £3.00
Non members £5.00
Children : Free
(this is a weather permitting event)
Please check our Facebook sites as they will be updated during the day/hours before to confirm event will take place due to the weather forecast.
Short Talk at regular meeting – ‘Tricky Lady, Fire & Ice…Part 2’ Our next Astro short talk for Huddersfield Astronomy Society members is Tuesday 16 April at 7pm where Robert Williams will be sharing insights and pictures from his recent trip to Iceland.
GUEST LECTURE TIME >>>
