Newbury Astronomical Society

Important Notice: Due to the current outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), all meetings have been moved to Zoom meetings until further notice: please check the meetings pages for further details.
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What's Up & Newsletter - January 2021
By Steve Harris
The January edition of the Society Newsletter and What's Up of items to see over the coming month are now both available to read from the below links. Featured this month are planetarium software and the 21st of December 2020 conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. January 2021 Newsletter
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What's Up & Newsletter - December 2020
By Steve Harris
The December edition of the Society Newsletter and What's Up of items to see over the coming month are now both available to read from the below links. Featured this month are The Star of Bethlehem and the Winter Solstice. December 2020 Newsletter
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December 2020 Main Meeting - Dr Alexandra Loske (University of Sussex)
The next Newbury Astronomical Society meeting on the first Friday in December has been moved back a week, to the second Friday of December (the 11th). The meeting subject has also changed, and will be a Christmas lecture.
In this talk art historian Dr Alexandra Loske will give an introduction to colour and pigment history and how artists and illustrators have coloured the universe. Alexandra is the curator of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton and teaches at the University of Sussex. She has published widely on colour in art and is the co-author of a book about the Moon in art and science (with astronomer Robert Massey).
Ann Davies, Programme Organiser
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What's Up & Newsletter - November 2020
By Steve Harris
The November edition of the Society Newsletter and What's Up of items to see over the coming month are now both available to read from the below links. Featured this month are Venus and the Leonid meteor shower. November 2020 Newsletter
What's Up: November 2020

Latest Meteor Image
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Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing
Find out about observing meteors using low-light video cameras and radio reflection.
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