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since 1985

Letchworth & District
Astronomical Society

Honorary President: Dr. Carolin Crawford of the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge

Welcome to one of the foremost astronomical societies in the UK.
Have a look at our plans for the year on our Programme page.

* * * Next meeting : Wednesday, May 29th, 7:30 pm A Talk by our Honorary President: - "Rotation in Space" * * * Next observing sessions : Friday and Saturday , May 17th and 18th, 7:30 pm

 

Meetings

Main Meeting
Our next monthly main meeting is on
Wednesday May 29th at 7:30pm
Dr. Carolin Crawford: "Rotation in Space".

Additional Meetings
We hold extra meetings four times per year
They feature talks by members of the society. See the meetings page for more details.

We meet at the Elizabeth Howard Memorial Hall, Hillshott, Letchworth
All welcome.
See the Meetings page for more details

Observing

Our next observing sessions are on
Friday and Saturday May 17th and 18th from 7:30pm onwards

To check if we are going ahead
call 07751 315447 by 6:30pm on the day

If you would like to come to our observing sessions
please contact us first (e-mail, see 'observing' page or phone, as above)

Our observatory is at the Standalone Farm Centre,
Wilbury Road, Letchworth
See the Observing page for more details

The 10" Newtonian on the observatory

Our 14" Meade LX200 on its equatorial mount


Next Meeting: Wednesday May 29th, 7.30pm
Our Hon. President, Dr Carolin Crawford: "Rotation in Space"


Join Us!


LDAS is affiliated to

British Astronomical Association

Federation of Astronomical Societies

Society for Popular Astronomy

Whatever the level of your interest in astronomy, welcome to Letchworth & District Astronomical Society.

The LDAS is based in Letchworth, at the north end of Hertfordshire. Although we have over 120 members, we are a very informal, friendly society and provide a service for the complete beginner as well as those with sophisticated home observatories. We hold regular meetings, star parties and other events for members and the public alike. We are also more than happy to present talks to clubs, schools and other organisations, and for them to visit our observatory. Talks and visits are free although donations to the society are gratefully accepted.

We hold meetings with guest speakers on the last Wednesday of each month, except in December, when we hold our AGM and Quiz around the middle of the month. Four times a year we also hold meetings where members of the society give short talks on astronomical topics. We meet at the Elizabeth Howard Memorial Hall near the centre of Letchworth. You can find information about our meetings on our Meetings page, and a full listing of our events for the year on our Programme page.

We have an observatory to the north of Letchworth at the Standalone Farm Centre in Wilbury Road (SG6 4JN) where we hold observing sessions and other events. You can see the location in Google Maps, and you can find out more on our observatory page. The observatory was upgraded in 2010 with a 14-inch Meade LX200 computerised telescope. You can download a landscape file that shows the surroundings for the LDAS observatory that can be used as the background landscape for the the (free) planetarium program Stellarium.

We have a Twitter page at http://twitter.com/letchworthastro and our astrophotography group posts some of their amazing images on Flikr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1891767@N21 X

You can find out more about the society on our "About us" page.

We invite everyone to join in our events, whenever and wherever they happen!.

Please look through these pages, and if you need any further information, please contact us- see the committee page for options.

For news about our events, and to book places, write to: events-at-ldas.org.uk
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