Speaker Meeting : October 1st

A reminder that our September meeting was postponed to Wednesday October 1st. 7:15 for 7:30pm in the Quarry Theatre, Bedford School. L.J.Guise

Observing update

The forecast for tonight, Sunday September 28th, still looks very good for our planned session 8:00-9:30pm. L.J.Guise

Observing 24th September

We intend on opening the observatory 8:00-9:00pm tonight, provided the sky is clear. At 6:00pm there is some high cloud starting to build from the East so conditions later are rather uncertain. L.J.Guise

SEPTEMBER MEETING POSTPONED

URGENT : THE SEPTEMBER SPEAKER MEETING WILL BE POSTPONED THROUGH EVENTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. DETAILS OF THE REARRANGED EVENT WILL BE POSTED HERE AND CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Linton Guise L.J.Guise

PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 29 MARCH 2025

Members of BAS enjoyed a partial solar eclipse on 29th March at various locations.  A small group assembled at Bedford School to observe the event using a variety of techniques. Mobile phones, larger cameras, telescopes and Coronado PST’s. All having the appropriate filters in situ to protect the equipment. See the stunning timelapse video of […]

BAS 40th Anniversary

[news] BAS 40th Anniversary Message: Bedford Astronomical Society will be celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary in 2027. Look out for events to join in with.

M108 and M97

Hi all, Please see the attached image of M108 and M97, taken on Friday 28th February from Stewartby. The image is a little over 9 hours of data and has been calibrated but only very quickly processed – I removed some of the noise, sharpened things a little and made it bright enough for viewing. It needs […]

JANUARY 2024 TALK

Paul Streeter presented his talk on MARS. Paul is a Research Associate in the School of Physical Sciences at the OU in Milton Keynes.