Introductory Sessions in October
Interested in Astronomy?
Want to know more about the night sky?
The 'here' in this advert is the Blackburn Leisure Social Club - our observatory is situated at the end of the playing fields!
October 7th, 15th and 21st at Blackburn Leisure Plus October 29th at the observatory 8pm start
A series of 4 weekly sessions, starting from the very beginning, will take place at Blackburn Leisure Social Club in Brough, with the follow-up fourth session at our observatory on the same site.
Each session will be about an hour and a half long, with a break at half time, and afterwards, for drinks at the bar or tea/coffee, biscuits and questions/chat. All ages welcome, but under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult
A 'Spot The Sun' observing Session: July 5th
The Brough Astronomy Observatory: A Window to the Universe
As part of the Blackburn Leisure Club's 'Active Communities' open day on July 5th 2025, Brough Astronomy will host an opportunity for visitors to safely observe our local star... weather permitting! We will project a live view of the Sun onto the obsevartory wall (as we did for the partial eclipse in March) and there will be a range of solar telescopes outside for direct viewing.
Previous solar observing sessions...
Live projected view
Safe solar filters in use!!
Safe solar filters in use!!
One of our members taking a photo of the sun (and the transit of Mercury in this case) insid ethe obsevatory
Safe solar filters in use!!
Safe solar filters in use!!
Safe solar filters in use!!
Eight telescopes outside
Visitors viewing
Visitors viewing
Visitors viewing
Members of the public able to safely view the disk of the sun and sunspots.
Sunspots
Visitors viewing
Visitors viewing
A large sunspot group imaged in May 2025 using one of the new 'smart' telescopes which are controlled from a tablet or smartphone.
The (Partial) Solar Eclipse Viewed at the Brough Observatory
A Partial Solar Eclipse on the morning of March 29th
We had around 35 members of the public viewing (and photographing) the event
A Partial Solar Eclipse on the morning of March 29th
The moon passed between the Earth and the Sun on the morning of March 29th 2025. From some places on Earth the moon completely covered the Sun (a total Eclipse) but here in the UK it appeared as in this picture taken at Brough - it shows the eclipse at maximimum coverage.
Almost gone!
We had around 35 members of the public viewing (and photographing) the event
A Partial Solar Eclipse on the morning of March 29th
The moon slips to one side leaving the full face of the sun visible after a couple of hours obscuring part of it. As well as this live projected image there were 4 telescopes outside (with proper filters!), solar glasses, a pair of solar binoculars, and a few home made cardboard-box 'camera obscura' type solar viewers too!
Be safe! Don't look at the sun through anything without a proper solar filter.
We had around 35 members of the public viewing (and photographing) the event
We had around 35 members of the public viewing (and photographing) the event
We had around 35 members of the public viewing (and photographing) the event
We projected a live image of the eclipse onto the wall inside the observatory, from an 80mm refractor telescope with a normal dSLR camera attached. This image shows some of our members and visitors safely taking a picture of the sun, inside the observatory.
National Astronomy Week Event - February 6th 2025
At Cottingham Village Centre
National Astronomy Week was February 1st -9th
To celebrate National Astronomy Week 2025, Brough Astronomy and East Riding Astronomers joined in with a public stargazing event hosted by HERAS - Hull and East Riding Astronomical Society