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Tuesday November 4th 2025 - 7:00pm

Astro Lee
Learning Astrophotography
Astro Lee is an Astrophotographer and Astronomer from the West Midlands UK with over 300K followers on Facebook.
Come along to this event to learn more about telescopes and astrophotography followed by hands-on experience at Morton Stanley Park if weather allows.
If you are thinking of getting into the hobby or are writing you Christmas list for Santa join us at the Windmill Community Centre in November to be informed and inspired.
Members Free, Guests £3

Previously

Tuesday October 7th 2025 - 7:00pm

Gary Poyner
The Monster in the Crab
The story of the largest binary black hole yet detected - OJ287. It details the discovery of OJ287, Pro-Am campaigns to observe it since the 1990's, the results of these campaigns up to 2024 and the association with gravity waves. Running time 60 minutes. Powerpoint presentation.

About Us

We are a group of Amateur Astronomers in the Redditch and Bromsgrove area aiming to provide a friendly community for like minded enthusiasts.

Contact Us

We typically meet on the first Tuesday of each month (except August) in the Winmill Community Centre, B97 5YE.

Pease check for meeting details before attending as Location is subject to change whilst COVID-19 is still a concern

Poetry Slam entry by June Smith

Man

Man looked up at specks of light –
Planets dotted in the skies above


Their titles pay homage to deities –
Our morning star, Venus – the Goddess of love


Save for our own world – our land
Earth – named after the soil upon which we stand


Night’s darkness harbours secrets – provoking fear in ancient times.
Comets – eclipses, both viewed as portents - signs


Knowledge is power – has always been
Technology quashing myths and terrors
Apollo 11 conquered the Moon
NASA now looking to Mars – We pray for no errors


Some ask “What’s the point – such a cost
Why leave Earth and risk loss?”


Some answer “Because we can -
Because we are man”.

More Poetry...

Past Events

Some previous Astronomy events

Chris Lyntott

Professor Chis Lintott

Special celebrity speaker

Andrew Lound

Andrew Lound

Last lecture: Under marmalade Skies

Mike Frost

Mike Frost

Local Astronomer and eclipse chaser

Elizabeth Stanway

Elizabeth Stanway

Associate Professor in the Astronomy group at the University of Warwick with a specific interest in observational cosmology

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FedAstro

Federation of Astronomical Societies

Supporting UK Astronomy.

Universe Today

Universe Today

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Astronomy Now

The UK's Best Astronomy Magazine.