Diary of Events
2023/2024
2023 |
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SEPTEMBER |
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| Date | Event | Description | Venue |
| Tuesday 5th | College Term Starts | ||
| Friday 22nd | Drinks | Friends 19th Anniversary | Observatory 6.30pm |
OCTOBER |
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| Saturday 14th | Observing | Autumn Sky | Observatory 8.30pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
NOVEMBER |
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| Friday 17th | Meteor Shower | Leonids (~20 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Sunday 19th | Observing | Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune | Observatory 8pm |
| Tuesday 28th | Lecture | Blackett Science Lecture | Ellis Theatre Marlborough College 7.45pm |
DECEMBER |
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| Wednesday 13th | College Term Ends | ||
| Thursday 14th | Meteor Shower | Geminids (~80 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Friday 15th | Observing | Winter Sky | Observatory 8pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
2024 |
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JANUARY |
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| Thursday 4th | College Term Starts | ||
| Thursday 4th | Meteor Shower | Quadrantids (~40 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Friday 19th | Observing | Bring your own Telescope / Binoculars |
Observatory 8pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
FEBRUARY |
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| Friday 9th | Observing | Double Stars | Observatory 8pm |
| Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th |
Friends Outing | In Search of the Aurora Borealis | Kilpisjärvi, Finland (69˚N) |
| Sunday 18th | Observing | The Moon | Observatory 8pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
MARCH |
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| Friday 8th | Observing | Spring Sky | Observatory 8pm |
| Thursday 21st | Lecture | NASA/ESA Sun-Earth Day |
Garnett Room, Marlborough College 7.45pm |
| Friday 22nd | College Term Ends | ||
APRIL |
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| Sunday 14th | Observing | Galaxies | Observatory 9pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
| Monday 15th | College Term Starts | ||
MAY |
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| Thursday 23rd | Observing | The Sun | Observatory 2.30pm |
JUNE |
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| Thursday 20th | Summer Solstice Twilight | Summer Sky | Observatory 10pm |
| Friday 28th | College Term Ends | ||
AUGUST |
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| Monday 12th | Meteor Shower | Perseids (~60 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
For more information please email the Observatory Director, G. James, at gkwj@marlboroughcollege.org