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- OUR NEXT EVENTS -
We are now running a mixture of online and in person events
'What's coming up...
Friday 1st April 18:30 - late, in person. Bring your telescope, binoculars or just naked eye
Messier Night at Oakhill Village Hall, Zion Hill, Oakhill, BA3 5AN
Including an introductory talk at around 19:30 by Chris Starr FRAS, founder of the Wells & Mendip Astronomers.
This is our annual homage to Charles Messier and the catalogue of bright objects that he created in the 18th century. If you have the stamina then almost all of Messier's 110 objects are visible between dusk and dawn, the so-called Messier Marathon.
Take a look at our Gallery page.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Friday 13th May 19:30 - 21:30, in person
A public talk on the James Webb Space Telescope by Dr Emma Curtis-Lake
in the Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
We will celebrate the JWST mission just a few weeks before its first science observations.
Dr Emma Curtis-Lake, UK STFC Webb Fellow, will tell us about the telescope and its science goals.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Dr Curtis-Lake's talk will also be broadcast online.
To join the talk online tickets can be purchased from our Billetto site at JWST by Dr. Emma Curtis Members can request
a promo code by email for free online tickets
Saturday 11th June 19:30 - 21:30: 'Reaching for the Sun' with Dr Helen Mason OBE
A public talk on the latest solar science by Dr Helen Mason OBE, solar scientist at Cambridge University and the 2018 winner of the Royal Astronomical Society's Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach
Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
or online with tickets available at https://billetto.co.uk/e/reaching-for-the-sun-by-dr-helen-mason-obe-tickets-630864
Friday 1st April 18:30 - late, in person. Bring your telescope, binoculars or just naked eye
Messier Night at Oakhill Village Hall, Zion Hill, Oakhill, BA3 5AN
Including an introductory talk at around 19:30 by Chris Starr FRAS, founder of the Wells & Mendip Astronomers.
This is our annual homage to Charles Messier and the catalogue of bright objects that he created in the 18th century. If you have the stamina then almost all of Messier's 110 objects are visible between dusk and dawn, the so-called Messier Marathon.
Take a look at our Gallery page.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Friday 13th May 19:30 - 21:30, in person
A public talk on the James Webb Space Telescope by Dr Emma Curtis-Lake
in the Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
We will celebrate the JWST mission just a few weeks before its first science observations.
Dr Emma Curtis-Lake, UK STFC Webb Fellow, will tell us about the telescope and its science goals.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Dr Curtis-Lake's talk will also be broadcast online.
To join the talk online tickets can be purchased from our Billetto site at JWST by Dr. Emma Curtis Members can request
a promo code by email for free online tickets
Saturday 11th June 19:30 - 21:30: 'Reaching for the Sun' with Dr Helen Mason OBE
A public talk on the latest solar science by Dr Helen Mason OBE, solar scientist at Cambridge University and the 2018 winner of the Royal Astronomical Society's Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach
Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
or online with tickets available at https://billetto.co.uk/e/reaching-for-the-sun-by-dr-helen-mason-obe-tickets-630864
Many solar space observatories have been watching the Sun over the past few decades. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 and ESA’s Solar Orbiter was launched in February 2020. These satellites have travelled closer to the Sun than ever before. Dr Mason will explain what we know about sunspots, solar activity regions, flares (huge explosions), the solar wind and how the Sun affects the Earth's environment (space weather).
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
If attending online members can request
a promo code by email for free online tickets
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
If attending online members can request
a promo code by email for free online tickets
Would you like to become a member?
If you are interested in becoming a member of Wells & Mendip Astronomers or wish to renew your membership,
please follow this link to our shop where you can pay online and we will then contact you for further details if needed.
Or contact us at wellsmendipastro@gmail.com
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March
please follow this link to our shop where you can pay online and we will then contact you for further details if needed.
Or contact us at wellsmendipastro@gmail.com
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March