2013 MKDAS

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Programme
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Thursday 10th January 2013 – 7pm
BBC Stargazing Live 2013, showing on live tv programmes on 7th, 8th & 9th January 2013 then we will have talks,
sharing about BBC Stargazing Live 2013 on Thursday 10th.
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Friday 3rd February 2013 – 7pm
Visiting March & District Deaf Club
for talking about Sky at Night by Godfrey Palmer & David Kettle.
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Friday 8th February 2013
Running trip to AstroFest at Kensington Town Hall, Kensington, London W8 7NX.
(Opening hours: 10am – 5pm)
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Thursday 7th March 2013 – 7pm
Visiting to Midlands Deaf Astronomical Society for exchanging, experiences and talks.
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Saturday 6th April 2013 – 7pm

Running Trips to AstroAdventure in North Devon for one week, organised by British Deaf Astronomical Association.
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Thursday 9th May 2013 – 7pm
Adventures in Moon & moons imaging..
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Saturday 29th June 2013 – 10am

Day out at Jodrell Bank with BDAA members. Meet us at the reception at 10am. Tour the towering 75m-high Radio Telescope at Lower Withington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL.
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July & August – Closed
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Wed 2nd Oct till Wed 9th Oct 2013
Running Trip to the Sky Camp at Norfolk for one week, organised by
British Deaf Astronomical Association.
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Thursday 18th October 2013 – 7pm
Hunting the planets – Neptune and Uranus.
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Thursday 7th November 2013 – 7pm
Stars of the Pleiades – a detailed look at the brightest stars in the cluster known as Messier 45 or Seven Sisters.
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Sunday 7th December 2013 – 7pm
Christmas Festive Meals at Meals at Harvester Eastlake, Foxmile, Milton Keynes, Mk15 0YS.

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Please text us
if you are coming on
07845319228.

Amateur Astronomy in Milton Keynes
Home of the Milton Keynes Deaf Astronomical Society, advancing the education of the public in the subject of Astronomy. MKDAS is a thriving deaf society located in Olney, near Milton Keynes. Come & join the 16+ members at one of our meetings or observing sessions.
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Meeting
We meet at Emberton County Park, Olney Road, Emberton, near Olney. On the raining or clouds, we usually meet at the pub called Bell & Bear for talks. With a glorious night of stars we assembled at Emberton Country Park for observing the Night Sky.
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Midlands Deaf Astronomical Society
In our programme on Thursday 7th March, we will visit to Spalding for talks, exchanging, experiences – Anyone is welcome!
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British Deaf Astronomical Association
They provide their programmes for 2013 with six events and our members will merge with them into their six events to support each together this year – some of them are away for the day or one week.

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Stars of the Pleiades
(Thursday 7th November 2013)

The Pleiades also known as the Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus.

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MKDAS Observatory
Public Open Evenings
Everyone is welcome!

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The MKDAS Observatory is
located at Emberton County
Park, Emberton, near Olney,
Milton Keynes, Bucks.

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Find us on the A509
and meet us at the
reception – 7pm.

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