Diary of Events
2022/2023
| Date | Event | Description | Venue |
2022 |
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September |
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| Tuesday 6th | College Term starts | ||
| Friday 23rd | Drinks | Friends 18th anniversary | Observatory 6.30pm |
| Monday 26th | Observing | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune | Observatory 8.30pm |
October |
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| Sunday 30th | Observing | Double stars | Observatory 8pm (cloudy alternative) |
November |
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| Thursday 17th | Meteor Shower | Leonids (~20+ meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Saturday 19th | Public Open Evening | Winter Sky | Observatory 8pm |
| Tuesday 29th | Blackett Science Lecture | “It’s not easy growing a supermassive black hole” Dr Rebecca Smethurst, Oxford University |
Ellis Theatre Marlborough College 7.45pm |
December |
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| Tuesday 13th | Meteor Shower | Geminids (~80 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Wednesday 14th | College Term ends | ||
| Friday 16th | Observing | The ‘Winter Wreath’ | Observatory 8pm (cloudy alternative) |
2023 |
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January |
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| Tuesday 3rd | Meteor Shower | Quadrantids (~40 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Wednesday 4th | College Term starts | ||
| Friday 20th | Observing | Bring your own Telescope / Binoculars | Observatory 8pm (cloudy alternative) |
February |
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| Sunday 26th | Observing | Lunar evening | Observatory 8pm (cloudy alternative) |
March |
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| Thursday 23rd | Lecture | NASA/ESA Sun-Earth Day | Garnett Room Marlborough College 7.45pm |
| Friday 24th | College Term ends | ||
| Saturday 25th | Observing | Spring Sky Tour | Observatory 8pm |
| Week of 27th | Friends Outing | TBC | Details to follow |
April |
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| Tuesday 18th | College Term starts | ||
May |
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| Thursday 25th | Public Open Day | Solar Observing | Observatory 2.30pm |
June |
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| Wednesday 21st | Summer Solstice Twilight | Tour of the Summer constellations | Observatory 10pm |
| Friday 30th | College Term ends | ||
August |
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| Saturday 12th | Meteor Shower | Perseids (~60 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
For more information please email the Observatory Director, G. James, at gkwjames@marlboroughcollege.org