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- OUR NEXT EVENTS -
Some of our meetings are hybrid events
which can be joined in person or online
What's coming up...
Astronomy Down the Pub at The Old Down Inn, Emborough BA3 4SA
Wednesday 10th April 2024 18:00 for supper in the bar and then our talk from 19:30 in the Function Room
'Giant Telescopes' by WMA member Richard Hook
Our traditional April visit to the Old Down Inn, to eat and chat, to enjoy a talk, and if the weather permits
to observe afterwards from the pub garden
Visitors are very welcome.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £5; Family rate - £7.50; Students - £3
Saturday 11th May 2024 19:30 - 21:30 in person only
Speaker Simon Toogood will join us in person for 'Mercury's Magnetosphere'
at Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (use side-arch entrance)
Long-standing WMA member Simon Toogood (MPhys, Leicester) is about to embark on his PhD also at Leicester University. Simon's talk will describe his MPhys research project on the magnetosphere of Mercury using data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, the first mission ever to go into orbit around the closest planet to the Sun.
Visitors are very welcome.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £5; Family rate - £7.50; Students - £3
Saturday 8th June 2024 19:30 - 21:30 in person and online
Guest speaker Peter Goodhew FRAS will join us remotely for 'Revealing the Undiscovered Cosmos'
at Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (use side-arch entrance)
Peter Goodhew is part of an international team of amateurs using a network of robotic telescopes to reveal hitherto unseen parts of the cosmos. Peter will explain how amateurs are finding new cosmic objects and he will reveal some of the most interesting and unusual discoveries of the past three years. Peter has been photographing deep space since 2015 from two observatories, one in London and the other in southern Spain.
Visitors are very welcome.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £5; Family rate - £7.50; Students - £3
Peter's talk can be attended online by obtaining tickets on our Billetto site at
"Revealing the Undiscovered Cosmos" with Peter Goodhew FRAS
Members can request a promo code for free tickets by emailing [email protected]
Friday 13th September 2024 19:30 - 21:30 in person only
Dr James Lambert, Operations Director of Pulsar Fusion: 'Spacecraft prpulsion and the changing space industry'
at Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (use side-arch entrance)
James Lambert is Director of Operations at Pulsar Fusion, a UK space propulsion systems and services company specialising in fusion applications. James is based in Bristol and will talk to us about the changing shape of the space industry and the history of Pulsar Fusion.
Visitors are very welcome.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £5; Family rate - £7.50; Students - £3
Saturday 12th October 2024 19:30 - l21:30 with observing afterwards, in person only
Dr Ben Sutlieff,: 'Studying exoplanets with giant telescopes'
in Ashwick & Oakhill Village Hall, Zion Hill, Oakhill BA3 5AN
Ben was a junior member of Wells & Mendip Astronomers and is now Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Astronomy, Edinburgh University. Ben will explain some of his exoplanet research conducting observing runs with the latest giant telescopes. We will gain a firsthand insight into the nocturnal life of a professional astronomer.
Visitors are very welcome.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £5; Family rate - £7.50; Students - £3
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March