Cotswold Astronomical Society

10/07/2026

The July monthly meeting tomorrow, Saturday 11th July at 730pm has been cancelled due to the current temperatures.

We will reschedule the planned talk for another time.

Please share this to other members. Check your inboxes for details.

Thank you.

07/06/2026

All set up for the Cheltenham Science Festival 2026!

We have a selection of telescopes and photos to show.

Come and ask your questions on astronomy or find out more about the Cotswold Astronomical Society

03/06/2026

The Society will be at Imperial Gardens on Sunday!

Come and check out our telescopes, maybe see the sun (safely!) if the clouds part.

Ask us questions about space, astronomy or anything else that we can try to answer!

We’ll also have some eclipse glasses available for the Solar Eclipse on 12th August.

PRESS START 👾🌍

It’s day one of Cheltenham Science Festival!

The Festival Village opens from 3pm today in Imperial Gardens and we’re ready to welcome thousands of curious minds for six days of talks, discoveries, experiments and big ideas 🧪

Whether you’ve got tickets booked or just want to explore the FREE Festival Village, today is the perfect day to jump in.

📍 Imperial Gardens
🎟️ Tickets still available

Science mode: ON.

23/01/2026

Elite Dangerous update

In Elite Dangerous News this week… Nvidia announces a new HOTAS option for Console players using GeForceNow. The next ship to leave Early Access becomes avai...

20/09/2023

Posted on 18 September 202318 September 2023 by casadminNEW CAS MEETING OPPORTUNITY Weekly Meetings Every Thursday In order to introduce a more frequent open opportunity for members to meet on a social basis, the society has arranged to use the venue of The Bell Inn, on the Shurdington Road. It is u...

20/09/2023

Tomorrow, Thursday 21st September at 6pm.

Posted on 18 September 202318 September 2023 by casadminNEW CAS MEETING OPPORTUNITY Weekly Meetings Every Thursday In order to introduce a more frequent open opportunity for members to meet on a social basis, the society has arranged to use the venue of The Bell Inn, on the Shurdington Road. It is u...

18/09/2023

Gresham College Lecture by Prof. Chris Lintott.

Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way

The discovery that we live in an ordinary galaxy, one of several hundred billion in the observable Universe, instigated a profound change in thinking about our place in the Universe. This first lecture covers the Great Debate of the early twentieth century as new telescopes and new ways of observing...

12/08/2023

Take part in identifying meteor radio echoes.

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08/08/2023

Sun blasts out highest-energy radiation ever recorded, raising questions for solar physics

"We thought we had this star figured out, but that's not the case."

11/07/2023

https://cotswoldas.org.uk/light-pollution-in-the-cotswolds.html

Posted on 11 July 202311 July 2023 by casadminLight Pollution in the Cotswolds I have recently undertaken a detailed survey of light pollution in south Gloucestershire, including a region around the A417. This was commissioned by the Cotswold Conservation Board in Northleach and funded by the Highwa...