Derby and District Astronomical Society



What's New?


  • 29th October 2025  Added an image of the Moon captured by Malcolm Neal on the 28th October 2025.
  • 27th October 2025  Added images of the Crab Nebula captured by Peter Branson on the 25th October 2025, and the Great Orion Nebula and the Horsehead & Flame Nebulae taken by Russ Pollard on the 26th October 2025.
  • 26th October 2025  Added an image of open cluster Caldwell 28 taken by Mike Lancaster on the 25th October 2025.
  • 19th October 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 12th October 2025  Added an image of the waning gibbous Moon taken by Colin Blockwell on the 11th October 2025. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 10th October 2025  Added images of galaxy Caldwell 23 taken by Peter Branson on the 24th September 2025, and the Harvest Super Moon taken by Malcolm Neal on the 6th October 2025.
  • 4th October 2025  Added photos from the DDAS stargazing weekend in Brecon on and around the 27th-28th September 2025. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 1st October 2025  Added images of the Milky Way, M31, the Veil Nebula, the Iris Nebula, M13, Eagle Nebula, Pelican Nebula and M74, all taken by Russ Pollard in late September 2025 from the Aberbran Fawr campsite near Brecon during the annual DDAS stargazing trip.
  • 30th September 2025  Added an image of galaxy Caldwell 23 taken by Mike Lancaster over 4 nights in September 2025, the latest mosaic of the Veil Nebula taken by Chris Callaway in an ongoing project, the Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae taken by John Hill on the 28th September 2025 and M31 taken by John Hill from images taken in August and September 2025.
  • 26th September 2025  Added an image of the Milky Way taken by Russ Pollard on the 25th September 2025.
  • 23rd September 2025  Added an image of the Crescent Nebula taken by Mark Eustace in September 2025.
  • 20th September 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 18th September 2025  Added a set of DDAS Policies. Updated the meetings programme.
  • 15th September 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 10th September 2025  Added images of M57 and M29 taken by Adrian Bancroft, and the Moon, Fireworks Galaxy, Bubble Nebula, Pacman Nebula and Elephant's Trunk Nebula taken by Russ Pollard, all using Seestar S50 smart telescopes on the 8th September 2025.
  • 6th September 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 3rd September 2025  Added notice of a telescope for sale by DDAS member Pete Hill.
  • 27th August 2025  Added a couple of images of sunspot group 4191 taken by Chris Callaway on the 26th August 2025.
  • 21st August 2025  Added an image of the Bubble Nebula taken by Peter Branson on the 16th August 2025.
  • 20th August 2025  Added an image of sun spot group 4172 taken by Chris Callaway on the 15th August 2025.
  • 17th August 2025  Added an article on the DDAS visit to Greenwich on the 9th August 2025.
  • 14th August 2025  Added an image of galaxy Caldwell 30 (NGC 7331) taken by Peter Branson on the 12th August 2025, showing supernova 2025rbs.
  • 7th August 2025  Added an image of galaxy Caldwell 30 (NGC 7331) taken by Chris Callaway on the 3rd August 2025, showing supernova 2025rbs.
  • 5th August 2025  Added a picture of Venus and Jupiter in the early morning sky of the 5th August 2025 taken by Jim Sarsgard. Also an image of galaxy Caldwell 30 (NGC 7331) taken by Dave Selfe on the 3rd August 2025, showing supernova 2025rbs.
  • 27th July 2025  Added an image of galaxy Caldwell 30 (NGC 7331) taken by Adrian Bancroft on the 26th July 2025, showing supernova 2025rbs.
  • 19th July 2025  Added an image of the Milky Way taken by Chris Callaway on the 1st July 2025.
  • 17th July 2025  Added an image of the Sun taken by Chris Callaway on the 11th July 2025 and Venus taken by Jim Sarsgard on the 17th July 2025.
  • 14th July 2025  Added photos of the DDAS Fuddle on the 5th July 2025.
  • 13th July 2025  Added an image of the Sun in H-alpha taken by Pete Hill on the 12th July 2025.
  • 6th July 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 5th July 2025  Added photos of the DDAS at the Duffield Carnival on the 28th June 2025.
  • 29th June 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 24th June 2025  Added an image of the Trifid Nebula captured by John Hill on the 12th June 2025.
  • 22nd June 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page. Updated the committee page.
  • 12th June 2025  Updated the 2025 meetings programme.
  • 8th June 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 21st May 2025  Added a page and menu link on asteroid 69273 Derbyastro.
  • 19th May 2025  Updated the 2025 meeting programme.
  • 17th May 2025  Updated the notices on the home page.
  • 15th May 2025  Added a video of asteroid Vesta moving against the background stars of Virgo, taken by John Hill on the 9th-10th May 2025.
  • 11th May 2025  Added a video of an ISS pass by Jim Sarsgard, and Jupiter over the dome of the Flamsteed Observatory by Tony Razzell, both taken at the Society's observing session on the 10th May 2025, which is also documented here. Updated the meeting notices on the home page.
  • 4th May 2025  Updated the committee page.
  • 3rd May 2025  Updated the notices on the home page.
  • 29th April 2025  Added pictures of an auroral display from Norway captured by Colin Blockwell on the 2nd April 2025.
  • 20th April 2025  Updated the notices on the home page.
  • 15th April 2025  Added an image of M101 captured by John Hill on the 6th April 2025.
  • 14th April 2025  Updated the notices on the home page.
  • 12th April 2025  Added an image of the Whirlpool Galaxy captured by Mike Lancaster over 4 nights in April 2025.
  • 8th April 2025  Added an image of the Whirlpool Galaxy captured by John Hill in March and April 2025. Also the moon, the Pleiades and the Double Cluster, all captured by Tony Razzell on the 5th April 2025.
  • 5th April 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 4th April 2025  Added an image of the International Space Station captured by Chris Callaway on the 26th March 2025.
  • 3rd April 2025  Added pictures and videos of the partial solar eclipse of the 29th March 2025 taken by various DDAS members. Added an image of M101 by Chris Callaway using data collected during April 2024 and March 2025. Also added images of galaxies M51, M64 and M106 captured by Peter Branson on March 24th 2025.
  • 30th March 2025  Added images of the Owl and Oyster nebulae, and galaxies M65, M108 and NGC 4565, all captured by Peter Branson in March 2025.
  • 28th March 2025  Added an image of galaxy M63 combining data taken by Mike Lancaster on the 25th and 26th March 2025.
  • 27th March 2025  Added an image of galaxy M94 combining data taken by Mike Lancaster on the 18th and 24th March 2025.
  • 24th March 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 17th March 2025  Added an image of the Great Orion Nebula taken by Adrian Bancroft on the 12th March 2025. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 9th March 2025  Added an images of galaxy M106 combining data taken by Mike Lancaster on the 2nd and 5th March 2025, and of the Leo Triplet taken by John Hill on the 5th March 2025. Also the Double Cluster captured by Chris Callaway on the 8th March 2025.
  • 8th March 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 6th March 2025  Added an image of Venus and Mercury taken by Jim Sarsgard on the 5th March 2025.
  • 5th March 2025  Added images of the Trapezium Cluster and Jupiter taken by Peter Branson on the 28th February 2025.
  • 4th March 2025  Added an image of the Pirate Moon Cluster taken by Mike Lancaster on the 27th February 2025.
  • 3rd March 2025  Added images of the Moon and Venus taken by Jim Sarsgard and Mike Lancaster on the 1st and 2nd March 2025 respectively.
  • 1st March 2025  Added notice of astronomical equipment for sale by Tony Wright.
  • 26th February 2025  Added an image of galaxies M81 and M82 combining data captured by Chris Callaway in 2019 and 2025.
  • 22nd February 2025  Added an image of Venus captured by Jim Sarsgard on the 20th February 2025. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 14th February 2025  Added an image of the Owl Nebula taken by Mike Lancaster on the 5th February 2025.
  • 11th February 2025  Images of the lunar craters Stofler and Faraday, and of the Hyginus rille taken by Chris Callaway on the 5th February 2025.
  • 9th February 2025  Added an image of the Monkey Head Nebula taken by Chris Callaway in January and February 2025. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 7th February 2025  Added photos of Orion taken by Malcolm Neal, and the Moon taken by Jim Sarsgard, both on the 6th February 2025.
  • 5th February 2025  Added images of the lunar crater Theophilus, Venus, Mars and Jupiter taken by Chris Callaway on the 3rd February 2025. Also added a couple of solar flare observations from the 4th February 2025 by Tony Razzell and a star trail version of Orion by Jim Sarsgard, also from the 4th February 2025.
  • 2nd February 2025  Added an image of the Sun taken by Neil Garside on the 2nd February 2025.
  • 1st February 2025  Added images of Mars and Jupiter taken by Chris Callaway on the 30th January 2025.
  • 27th January 2025  Added member's photos of a halo around the Sun on the 29th January 2025.
  • 27th January 2025  Added photos from the Alvaston Park Stargazing on the 25th January 2025.
  • 26th January 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 24th January 2025  Updated the meetings programme.
  • 18th January 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page. Added images of the Moon, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, taken by Chris Callaway on the 15th January 2025, Saturn and Venus taken on the 15th January 2025 by Mike Lancaster, and the Flame and Horsehead and Orion Nebulae taken by John Hill in November and December 2024 respectively.
  • 11th January 2025  Added images of the Moon and Venus taken from St Helen's Street, Derby on the 3rd January 2025 by both Jim Sarsgard and Cathy Razzell. Added an image of Jupiter taken by Tony Razzell on the 10th January 2025.
  • 10th January 2025  Added images of Venus at maximum eastern elongation on the 10th January 2025 taken by Colin Blockwell and Tony Razzell. Added images of the Orion Nebula, the Moon and the Pleiades taken by Neil Garside in January 2025 using a Seestar S50.
  • 8th January 2025  Added a photo of DDAS members at the International Astronomy Show on the 14th September 2024, and photos from a DDAS Sponsored Bike Ride on the 3rd May 1987.
  • 6th January 2025  Added images of Jupiter and Saturn taken by Chris Callaway on the 2nd January 2025. Added a photo from a DDAS sponsored walk in 1980.
  • 5th January 2025  Added an image of Mars taken by Chris Callaway on the 2nd January 2025.
  • 4th January 2025  Updated the meetings notices on the home page. Added an image of Jupiter and the Hyades taken by Jim Sarsgard on the 2nd January 2025. Added an image of the Moon and Venus taken by Malcolm Neal on the 3rd January 2025.
  • 3rd January 2025  Added an image of the crescent Moon and Venus taken by Mike Lancaster on the 3rd January 2025. Added a photo from the DDAS vs IDAS Quiz on the 8th April 1994.
  • 2nd January 2025  Added an image of the crescent Moon taken by Malcolm Neal on the 2nd January 2025, and the Moon and Venus taken on the same evening by Jim Sarsgard.
  • 27th December 2024  Added an image of the Christmas Tree Cluster, Fox Fur and Cone Nebulae processed by Chris Callaway in December 2024, and the night sky captured through the open dome of the Flamsteed Observatory by Mike Lancaster on the 26th October 2024. Added photos of a visit to Alan Heath in Long Eaton in 1991, a DDAS sponsored walk in 1992, DDAS members outside the Flamsteed Observatory in 1993 and a visit to Liverpool Museum in 1995.
  • 24th December 2024  Added photographs from the FAS Convention in Coventry in 1980, National Astronomy Week in April 1981, National Astronomy Week in 1990, the DDAS Barbecue in 1991, and the DDAS 21st Anniversary Party in 1995, courtesy of Arthur Tristram.
  • 23rd December 2024  Added a solar flare observation from a Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance (SID) detector by Tony Razzell on the 23rd December 2024. Added an image of M38 taken by Mike Lancaster on the 19th December 2024, and Polaris taken by Nick Cowling in December 2024.
  • 21st December 2024  Updated the meetings notices on the home page, the 2025 meetings programme, and prices quoted on our Join Us page. Added images of Jupiter captured by both Chris Callaway and Peter Branson on the 19th December 2024. Also Uranus and Mars captured by Peter Branson on the 19th December 2024, and Orion captured by Mike Lancaster on the same date.
  • 20th December 2024  Added an image of Uranus taken by Jim Sarsgard on the 19th December 2024.
  • 15th December 2024  Added images of the 8 day old Moon and Jupiter, and reprocessed versions of the Soul Nebula and the Pleiades, all taken by Chris Callaway. Also added pictures of the sunset on the 15th December 2024 taken by Jim Sarsgard and Dave Selfe. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 7th December 2024  Added an article on Dr Colin Steele being presented with honorary lifetime DDAS membership on the 6th December 2024. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 4th December 2024  Added pictures from the DDAS Barbecue in the summer of 1989.
  • 3rd December 2024  Added a picture from the BAA Out of Town Meeting in Derby on the 7th September 1986.
  • 1st December 2024  Added the 50th Anniversary Edition of the Society's Aries Journal.
  • 30th November 2024  Added pictures from a DDAS visit to Dr Allan Chapman's Collection of Reconstructed Astronomical Instruments in Oxford on the 19th August 1981.
  • 29th November 2024  Added Chris Callaway's latest mosaic of the Veil Nebula comprising data obtained in October and November 2023 and November 2024.
  • 16th November 2024  Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
  • 30th October 2024  Added images of the Sun taken on the 27th October 2024 by Pete Hill and the North America Nebula combining data sets taken in 2019 and 2024 by Chris Callaway.

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