The despair, and delight, of amateur astronomy…

What a week I’ve had… (shakes head in weary disbelief). First, there was last weekend’s auroral madness. Well, I say ‘madness’, I mean “AAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” frustration. Last Sunday we were all sitting at our computers, or looking at our smartphones or tablets, following the progress of a geomagnetic storm rippling and rampaging around the Earth in [...]

Eddington Astronomical Society’s “Astronomy Night” at ‘The Box’ for BBC Stargazing Live

(Bit late posting this write-up, sorry!) On Friday January 20th, almost a week after its hugely succesful “Skywatch” at the Brewery Arts Centre (see a previous post), the Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal held our second event in support of the BBC’s “Stargazing Live” programmes – an “Astronomy Night” at The Box, the new lecture [...]

Aurora visible from Cumbria and UK Saturday night? Maybe…

Just sent out an email to members of the Eddington Astronomical Society, giving a “heads up” that there MIGHT be an aurora visible from the UK tomorrow night… ———————————————————————————————- Hi all,   Now, read this next line carefully.   There is a chance, just a chance, we might see a display of the northern lights [...]

Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal “Skywatch” for BBC Stargazing Live

Sooooo…. how did our Skywatch go last night? Well, happy to be able to report that it was a *fantastic* success! The weather held for us – little bit of mist crept in, but not enough to spoil things – and thanks to brilliant publicity support from our friends at The Westmorland Gazette (thanks Adrian!) [...]

Events in Kendal for BBC Stargazing Live!

Wow, I didn’t realise it had been so long since I updated this blog!! November?!?!?! Sorry, been concentrating on my Mars rover blog, so mucvh happening on the Red Planet! Back now tho… Anyway, just wanted to update you all on what the Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal is doing to support the BBC’s second [...]