Newbury Astronomical Society

MoonWatch

Perseids

Geminids

Forthcoming meetings

Speaker Meeting
Date:	Friday, March 02, 2012
Time:	19:30
Subject:	Recent Amateur Observations of Saturn
Speaker:	Mike Foulkes (Director, BAA Saturn Section)
Location:	United Reformed Church Hall, Newbury

Beginners Meeting
Date:	Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Time:	19:00
Subject:	Aurora Watch / Using a First Telescope
Location:	St. Mary's Church Hall, Greenham

Observing Session
No observing sessions currently scheduled in the diary.

Special Meeting
Date:	Saturday, March 17, 2012
Time:
Subject:	BAA Back-to-Basics meeting
Location:	St. Cassian's Conference Centre, Kintbury

The First Great Worldwide Twitter Meteorwatch

Newbury AS in association with IYA2009 hosted the Twitter meteor watch on Tuesday 11th & Wednesday 12th of August 2009

The meteor watch turned into the world's first truly global star party.

Go along to our Twitter feed.

Disclaimer

We wish to make it clear that Newbury Astronomical Society is not responsible for content posted on either the @NewburyAS Twitter feed or newburyas.wordpress.com. In April 2010, the @NewburyAS twitter feed was taken by Adrian West for his own personal use and renamed, the replacement @NewburyAS feed is also under his control. Should you wish to check the validity of any accounts that appear to be connected with us please email info@newburyas.org.uk or tweet @NewburyAstro

The first video capture of a Perseid

BBC Radio Berkshire Radio interview (Audio only)

Meteors captured on camera during Meteorwatch

Image taken by Jeff Burton Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Jeff Burton

Picture taken by Elias Jordan (ksastro) Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Elias Jordan

Picture taken by Elias Jordan (ksastro) Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Elias Jordan

Picture taken by Elias Jordan (ksastro) Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Elias Jordan

Picture taken by Elias Jordan (ksastro) Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Elias Jordan

Picture by Rob Gallop of Theale, Berkshire, UK Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Rob Gallop

Picture taken by SJ Griffiths of Vectis AS on the Isle of Wight Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with SJ Griffiths


Image by Bill Pinnell in Worcester Park, Surrey Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Bill Pinnell

Lovely meteor with the Moon shining brightly taken by Jim Hunter, East Lothian, Scotland Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Jim Hunter

Beautiful meteor over the stunning vista of Red Rock Canyon outside Las Vegas, USA by Cody Boor Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Cody Boor

Newbury AS member caught this satellite masquerading as a meteor whilst trying to demonstrate how badly the moon was interfering. Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Richard Fleet

Same satellite on a different camera Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Richard Fleet

Faint meteor captured by Lisa Chan Brown in Stockport, Cheshire Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Lisa Chan Brown

Excellent picture by Demetri J. Mouratis in Mountain View, California Published here with kind permission. Copyright remains with Demetri J. Mouratis

Meteor watch in the news
PDF copies of the articles.

News Video clips

BBC News video from the AstroBunker

Other pictures.

Astronomy picture of the day (August 15th)

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Graphics based on designs by Adrian West.

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