Diary of Events
2025/2026
2025 |
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SEPTEMBER |
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| Date | Event | Description | Venue |
| Wednesday 3rd | College Term Starts | ||
| Friday 26th | Drinks | Friends 21st Anniversary | Observatory 6.30pm |
OCTOBER |
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| Friday 17th | Observing | Autumn Sky | Observatory 8.30pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
NOVEMBER |
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| Sunday 16th | Meteor Shower | Leonids (~20 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Friday 21st | Observing | Planets: Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter | Observatory 8pm |
| Tuesday 25th | Blackett Science Lecture | Professor Lewis Dartnell, University of Westminster | Ellis Theatre Marlborough College 7.45pm |
DECEMBER |
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| Wednesday 10th | College Term Ends | ||
| Wednesday 10th | Observing | Winter Sky | Observatory 8pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
| Saturday 13th | Meteor Shower | Geminids (~80 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
2026 |
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JANUARY |
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| Saturday 3rd | Meteor Shower | Quadrantids (~40 meteors per hour) |
Observatory 10pm |
| Tuesday 6th | College Term Starts | ||
| Friday 23rd | Observing | Bring your own Telescope / Binoculars |
Observatory 8pm |
FEBRUARY |
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| Sunday 22nd | Observing | The Moon | Observatory 8pm (Cloudy Alternative) |
MARCH |
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| Sunday 15th | Observing | Double Stars | Observatory 8pm |
| Thursday 19th | Lecture | NASA/ESA Sun-Earth Day |
Garnett Room, Marlborough College 7.45pm |
| Friday 27th | College Term Ends | ||
| Friday 27th | Observing | Spring Galaxies | Observatory 8.30pm |
APRIL |
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| tbc | Friends Outing | tbc | tbc |
| Tuesday 21st | College Term Starts | ||
MAY |
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| Wednesday 20th | Observing | The Sun | Observatory 2.30pm |
JUNE |
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| Sunday 21st | Summer Solstice Twilight | Summer Sky | Observatory 10pm |
| Friday 26th | College Term Ends | ||
AUGUST |
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| Wednesday 12th | Observing | Partial Solar Eclipse (Max 92%) |
tbc (Max eclipse at 19:13 BST) |
| Wednesday 12th | Meteor Shower | Perseids (~60 meteors per hour) |
tbc |
For more information please email the Observatory Director, G. James, at gkwj@marlboroughcollege.org