Observing the Moon - Michael Morris
Photo: Mark Tweedie Following November's presentation from our guest speaker Michael Morris about Observing the Moon, the Society has...
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Coventry and Warwickshire Astronomical Society
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- Nov 18
- 1 min
Astronomy On Tap comes to Coventry
The first Astronomy On Tap event in Coventry is happening on the 22nd of November at the Town Crier pub (Corporation St, Coventry, CV1...
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tony3618
- Oct 12
- 1 min
Accretion disks and planetary formation
Rebecca is a Stephen Hawking Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at the University of Warwick. Her...
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- Sep 5
- 1 min
Somewhere over the rainbow...
Our August monthly meeting included a special talk about rainbows and an array of weird atmospheric effects from our guest presenter Mary...
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- Aug 9
- 1 min
Deep Sky Imaging and Going "Old School"
There have been some unbelievable advances in imaging in recent years that has enabled amateurs in city locations to produce stunning...
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tony3618
- Aug 9
- 1 min
What goes up....
With our scheduled speaker unfortunately unable to attend, our very own Chairman, none other than "Mr Pokemon" himself stepped up to...
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tony3618
- Jun 8
- 1 min
Supernova SN2023IXF
First reports of this Type II supernova were published on May 19th 2023 by Koichi Itagaki, a Japanese amateur astronomer accredited with...
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tony3618
- Jun 8
- 1 min
June Monthly Meeting and AGM
Summer time is upon us again and given that the nights get even shorter as we approach the Solstice, what better way to celebrate than to...
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tony3618
- May 3
- 2 min
Houston we have a problem. We have met ETI!
May's guest speaker is Dr Martin Braddock is a professional scientist and project manager working in the field of drug discovery and...
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tony3618
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Aurorae - Tracking and Capturing Nature's Light Show
April Monthly Meeting Nigel Bradbury will reveal the secrets of spotting one of the world’s greatest phenomenon, the Aurora Borealis, the...
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tony3618
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Exoplanets
For the March Monthly Meeting, we welcome Marina Lafarga Magro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Warwick University who will deliver a...
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tony3618
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Pioneering Women of the BAA (British Astronomical Association).
A talk by Mike Frost, Current Director of the BAA's Historical Section, at CAWAS's meeting of 10th February 2023. Picture: Margaret...
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tony3618
- Jan 21
- 1 min
Get Ready for Star Count 2023! Spread the word!
Star Count is an annual citizen science project open to all ages organised by CPRE - the Countryside Charity. Star Count begins 17th and...
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tony3618
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
What's happening in 2023?
Mark's highlights of what we can expect to see in 2023 - happy New Year and Clear Skies to all!
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tony3618
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
Observing and Imaging Mercury and Venus with David Arditti - BAA President
For January's monthly meeting we are thrilled to welcome the President of the British Astronomical Association - David Arditti. David...
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tony3618
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
An observatory for a shade over £1000???
OK, so how do you turn this... into this for £1000? Mark Tweedie told our Christmas gathering how to do it. I'm sure a number of the...
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tony3618
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
On your Marks for our December CAWAS Christmas Catch Up
Join us for our Christmas special featuring our own Mark Edwards going through the highlights of the December heavens. Hopefully, we'll...
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tony3618
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
November 2022 Monthly Meeting
For this meeting, we welcome Owen Brazell who has a fascinating talk on Planetary Nebula. Mark will be taking us through what's going on...
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tony3618
- Oct 26, 2022
- 1 min
Partial Solar Eclipse - 25th October 2022
Start time: 10:07:30 BST Max: 10:57:34 BST End time: 11:49:22 BST (source: dateandtime.com) We enjoyed clear-ish skies to observe the...
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tony3618
- Oct 17, 2022
- 1 min
October 2022 Monthly Meeting
This month, Mark introduced the Sky Notes with details about the forthcoming partial eclipse of the sun on October 25th. Weather...
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