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The Doncaster Astronomical Society meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday's of the month at St. George's Church House

(directly behind St. George's Church, DN1 1RD ). Directions are given on the "How to find us " page.

Meetings start at 7.30 pm. Anyone interested in Astronomy is welcome either as a visitor or as a potential new member.

We try and arrange to have a guest speaker every other meeting. A list of meetings is given in the "What's On" page.

A collection of £2.50 is made to defray costs. Refreshments are free!

Enquiries can be made to the following committee members by e-mail:

Phil. Snowden chairman@donastro.org.uk
Richard Hall treasurer@donastro.org.uk

Lesley Hardware secretary@donastro.org.uk

Webmaster web@donastro.org.uk

The Society has two Observatories. One for visual work, the other for astro-photography. As well as a number of telescopes

350 mm. Meade LX200 Schmidt Cassegrain with "goto". (Deep Sky)

300 mm. Meade LX200 Schmidt Cassegrain with "goto". (Deep Sky)

70 mm Solarmax H-alpha Coronado Solar Telescope. (Solar)

80 mm Skywatcher Refractor 600mm (Wide Field)

150 mm Meade Refractor with "goto" ( Planetary Objects)

125 mm Meade ETX. Cassegrain with "goto". (Beginners)

150 mm Orion Europa Newtonian. ( Experienced users)

125 mm Vixen Binoculars. ( Moon , Comets)

260 mm Vixen VMC 260L (Flat Field for Astro Photography)

Experienced members are eager to help new members view the heavens.

Doncaster Astronomical Society is a registered charity