DASH - Events Details for  August 2024 to May 2025

 

DASH ASTRO SUNDAY EVENING OBSERVING AND GENERAL MEETINGS.

Unless stated otherwise, all group meetings will take place at DARSHAM VILLAGE HALL from 7:00 pm

All DASH Astro Social/Observing sessions will take place at Darsham Village Hall Playing Field. If the weather is unsuitable for observing, we will hold a drop in social evening in the Darsham Village Hall.

Ad-hoc observing sessions and locations may be arranged at short notice for serious observing.

Note * Guest Speaker Evenings - Admission Fees:- Members Free, Non Members £ 3:00

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2024 Events

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10-08-2024  Solar Observing Darsham Village Hall Annual Fete from 2:00pm

11-08-2024  Solar Observing - National Trust, Dunwich Heath from 11:00am

08-09-2024  DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 19:28  Moonset 20:51    25.9% Moon  ) Note: From 6:00pm

15-09-2024  Meeting:- Calvin Preston - “The Hubble tension: The story of cosmology in the last century”

06-10-2024  DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 18:24  Moonset 19:16   12.7% Moon  )

20-10-2024  Meeting:- Paul Fellows - "Where are the Sun’s Sisters"

03-11-2024  DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 16:27  Moonset 16:46    3.9% Moon  )

17-11-2024  Meeting:-  Clive Goldsmith - "The Very Early Universe and the Theory of Inflation"

08-12-2024  DASH Social/Observing and DASH Christmas Social ( Members and Guests only )

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2025 Events

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05-01-2025 DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 15:56  Moonset 23:03   35.6% Moon  )

19-01-2025 Meeting:- Frits Sweijen - "Low Frequency Radio Astronomy - LOFAR to SKA"

02-02-2025 DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 16:43  Moonset 22:15  21.1% Moon  )

16-02-2025 Meeting:- Tatyana Reid - "Planetary Nebulae. When Imagination Enriches Observation"

02-03-2025 DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 17:35  Moonset 21:22   9.2% Moon  )

16-03-2025 Meeting:- Details to be confirmed

30-03-2025 DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 19:24  Moonset 21:22   1.8% Moon  )

13-04-2025 Meeting:- Details to be confirmed

27-04-2025 DASH Social/Observing Session ( Sunset 20:13  Moonset 20:19   0.2% Moon  )

11-05-2025 Meeting:- AGM

 

Additional Dates for your diary.

                                                21st and 22nd September, Henham Steam Rally

                                                9th November  Fire and Feast, Cratfield (Ticket only)

                                                22nd and 23rd November, National Trust Dunwich Heath (Ticket only via National Trust)