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Cardiff Astronomical Society was founded in July 1975 by Dr Bob Owens and Dave Powell at an out of London meeting of the British Astronomical Association held at Dyffryn Gardens. Dave Powell is still a member today as the Society continues to develop its activities supported by a very active and enthusiastic committee. Membership is over 200 and is drawn from a wide geographical area : South and S

outh West Wales, and into the West Country. Despite the travelling involved members attending meetings usually number over 60 and on several occasions during the year this number will reach over 100.

The Lyrids peaked over the nights 21st & 22nd April 2026 as shown in the graphic below. (Note: these are camera observat...
04/05/2026

The Lyrids peaked over the nights 21st & 22nd April 2026 as shown in the graphic below. (Note: these are camera observations so limited to hours of darkness). Also below are two stacked images recorded by the CAS camera UK008V at Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park against the sky with the stars positions fixed. Enlarge and you can see the Constellations and hence the radiant between Hercules and Lyra.

Station UK005L report for Dyffryn Gardens for February 2026Last updated: 2026-02-28 09:23:10During this period, 163 sing...
12/03/2026

Station UK005L report for Dyffryn Gardens for February 2026
Last updated: 2026-02-28 09:23:10
During this period, 163 single station detections were collected by the camera UK005L at Dyffryn Gardens, including 153 sporadics. 125 of the detections matched with other stations. Orbit and trajectory solutions were calculated for these matches. The brightest up to ten confirmed matches are shown below.
For details: https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2026/stations/Dyffryn/02/index.html
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Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for February 2026Last updated: 2026-02-28 09:21:51During this period,123...
12/03/2026

Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for February 2026
Last updated: 2026-02-28 09:21:51
During this period,123 single station detections were collected by camera UK008V at Bannau Brycheiniog NP Visitor Centre, including 122 sporadics. 89 of the detections matched with other stations. Orbit and trajectory solutions were calculated for these matches. The brightest up to ten confirmed matches are shown below.
For further details:
https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2026/stations/BannauNP/02/index.html
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Station UK005L report for Dyffryn Gardens for January 2026Last updated: 2026-01-31 10:20:37During this period, 810 singl...
16/02/2026

Station UK005L report for Dyffryn Gardens for January 2026
Last updated: 2026-01-31 10:20:37
During this period, 810 single station detections were collected by the camera UK005L at Dyffryn Gardens, including 501 sporadics. 607 of the detections matched with other stations. Orbit and trajectory solutions were calculated for these matches. The brightest up to ten confirmed matches are shown below.
For details: https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2026/stations/Dyffryn/01/index.html
© UK Meteor Data Archive 2013-. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License.

Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for January 2026Last updated: 2026-01-31 10:18:48During this period, 122...
16/02/2026

Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for January 2026
Last updated: 2026-01-31 10:18:48
During this period, 122 single station detections were collected by camera UK008V at Bannau Brycheiniog NP Visitor Centre, including 71 sporadics. 91 of the detections matched with other stations. Orbit and trajectory solutions were calculated for these matches. The brightest up to ten confirmed matches are shown below.
For further details:
https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2026/stations/BannauNP/01/index.html
© UK Meteor Data Archive 2013-. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License.

CAS Member Stephen Webber shared his monthly observations at Tuesday night’s CAS Social Zoom. Here are some highlights! ...
05/02/2026

CAS Member Stephen Webber shared his monthly observations at Tuesday night’s CAS Social Zoom. Here are some highlights!
Our Social Zoom runs every fortnight, on the Tuesday before the Thursday talk.
If you’re a member and would like to join us, register your interest here:
https://www.cardiff-astronomical-society.co.uk/contact-us2

Station UK005L report for Dyffryn Gardens for the whole of 2025Last updated: 2025-12-31 11:34:28During this period, 7313...
11/01/2026

Station UK005L report for Dyffryn Gardens for the whole of 2025
Last updated: 2025-12-31 11:34:28
During this period, 7313 single station detections were collected by the camera UK005L at Dyffryn Gardens, including 4809 sporadics. 2438 of the detections matched with other stations. Orbit and trajectory solutions were calculated for these matches. The brightest up to ten confirmed matches are shown below.
For details: https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025/stations/Dyffryn/index.html
© UK Meteor Data Archive 2013-. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License.

Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for the whole of 2025Last updated: 2025-12-31 11:33:51During this period...
11/01/2026

Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for the whole of 2025
Last updated: 2025-12-31 11:33:51
During this period, 5635 single station detections were collected by camera UK008V at Bannau Brycheiniog NP Visitor Centre, including 4012 sporadics. 4208 of the detections matched with other stations. Orbit and trajectory solutions were calculated for these matches. The brightest up to ten confirmed matches are shown below.
For further details:
https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025/stations/BannauNP/index.html
© UK Meteor Data Archive 2013-. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License.

Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for December 2025Last updated: 2025-12-31 11:33:51During this period, 56...
11/01/2026

Station UK008V report for Bannau Brycheiniog NP for December 2025
Last updated: 2025-12-31 11:33:51
During this period, 565 single station detections were collected by camera UK008V at Bannau Brycheiniog NP Visitor Centre, including 197 sporadics. 617 of the detections matched with other stations. Orbit and trajectory solutions were calculated for these matches. The brightest up to ten confirmed matches are shown below.
For further details:
https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025/stations/BannauNP/12/index.html
© UK Meteor Data Archive 2013-. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License.

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