Meetings 2026

Date Meeting Topic
Jan 14 Pete Franklin (BADAS) - "Practical Astronomy Basics - Naked-eye Observing"
Feb 11 Pete Franklin (BADAS) - "Practical Astronomy Basics - Choosing and Using Binoculars and Small Telescopes"
Mar 11 Dr Licia C. Ray (Lancaster University) - "Jupiter's Connection With Its Local Space Environment"
Apr 8 Professor Derek Ward-Thompson (University of Lancashire) - "Islands in Infinity"
Copies of "Islands in Infinity" will be available for sale for £40 (cash only please).
May 13 Russell Parry - "The Apollo Moon Trees"
June 10 Society AGM - plus Artemis update from our Chair, Ray Smith
July 8 Dr Steve Barrett (University of Liverpool) - "Gaia"
Aug 12 NO MEETING at BCC - INSTEAD we will be having a public partial solar eclipse observing event at Rossall Beach Promenade, and later a Perseid observing session (both weather-dependent)
Aug 19 EXTRA NIGHT - Members' Observing Reports - from the eclipse, Perseids and anything else
Sept 9 TBA
Oct 14 40 Years of BADAS
Nov 11 TBA
Dec 10 Christmas Quiz
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