• Committee meetings take place from 6 pm on the second Sunday of the month.
• Workshops take place immediately after committee meetings, at 7 pm. The workshops are an ideal opportunity for beginners to ask questions, learn how to use telescopes, meet & network with the Society's members. But it's not just for beginners, if you are at a intermediate, advanced level, there is always tips/gotcha's/etc to be learned.
• Lecture meetings take place on the third Sunday of the month and start at 7 pm.
  • Lectures are oulined for each month in the Events Calendar below.
  • For the full programme of lectures for 2015/2016, click here.
• The Cygnus Observatory will be open for use following the workshop meetings and lecture meetings, weather permitting.
• From September 5th 2013, the Cygnus Observatory will be open on Thursday evenings from  7 pm till 9 pm for all, given available volunteers & weather permitting. So anyone wanting to come down and look through the observatory telescope or just to socialise is welcome.
• Deep sky observing sessions are usually held at Derwent Reservoir (Millshield car park/picnic area), weather permitting, on weekends nearest the New Moon
• The Society issues observing text alerts for events to all members who have signed up for the service, enquiries via the Contact form to the Chairman, Michael Tweedy.