Brough Astronomy [BLAS]

2015

JANUARY

13th -- Swanland & North Ferriby Cubs -- [22]

13th -- Visitor from East Hull -- [1]

16th -- Astronomy Christmas meal -- 32 attended [20 visitors]

20th -- Swanland & North Ferriby Cubs -- [17]

26th -- Club meeting 17 attended [2 visitors]

Visitors this month -- 62

FEBRUARY

23rd -- Visitors from Malton -- [4]

23rd -- Club night 15 attended

Visitors this month -- 4

MARCH

2nd -- Walkington Brownies -- [33]

13th -- Visitors to the dome -- [4]

20th -- Solar eclipse - good viewing of 95% totality -- [55]

23rd --  Club night -- [1]

Visitors this month -- 93

APRIL

7th --  evening meet -- [3]

8th -- evening meet -- [1]

10th -- evening meet -- [1]

27th --  Club night -- [3]

28th -- evening meet -- [3]

Visitors this month -- 11

MAY

25th --  Club night 16 attended

Visitors this month -- 0

JUNE

14th -- Spot the sun -- [9]

23rd --  Club night 17 attended

27/28th -- Elleker scarecrow -- [60]

30th evening meet -- [1]

Visitors this month -- 70

JULY

7th -- Goole U3A [Geology] -- 7

27rd --  Club night

Visitors this month -- 7

AUGUST

Visitors this month -- 0

SEPTEMBER

Visitors this month -- 0

OCTOBER

20th Evening talk -- 16

Visitors this month -- 16

NOVEMBER

12th -- South Cave Beavers -- 31

30th -- Cottingham Brownies -- 30

Visitors this month -- 61

DECEMBER

28th club meeting -- 1

VISITOR FOR THE YEAR -- 325 - it has been a poor year with bad weather and the building project going on

ECLIPSE 2015

Down at the dome at 7:15 to set up and prepare for the morning eclipse, first time this week that the weather looked promising. A excellent reporter from Radio Humberside was with us for a few hours and later a TV reporter joined us to report the rare and spectacular event to the media.

We had around 45 visitors including the local nursery and one coming from as far as Scarborough as it was very misty and cloudy there.

We were very lucky with the weather and it only clouded up at the time of the maximum for a short time making it difficult to see.

We took pictures every 30 seconds which we shall make into a movie and post it on this web site so keep looking.

It was an even really worth watching especially when the last one was 1999 and the next in 2024 [in the UK] so make a date with the next one!

The Solar Eclipse was followed by  a Lunar eclipse in ---------  where we took photos every 30 seconds. This took place at 3:00 in the morning so most people would be fast asleep then?