Back to Basics Workshop

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We hosted The 2018 British Astronomical Association Back to Basics workshop on 6th October.

These workshops are great for beginners just starting out in astronomy and wanting to learn how to use their telescopes or get started in Astronomy and over 50 people turned up - well done and thank you to all the Crayford Members who helped out.

 

The slideshow below is of photos taken of the day by member Jim Burchell - Thank you Jim.

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Changes to Membership

New Membership Fees: 

Our society is booming, as a rsult our income has become a little high so we have made the decission to reduce membership fees .

The new membership structure is as follows...

Full Membership

  • £95 per annum
  • All meetings including lectures

Basic Membership

  • £35 per annum
  • All meetings except lectures (lectures can be attended at £7 per lecture)

Student Membership

Only availble to full time students 

  • £35 per annum
  • All meetings including lectures

John Wall 1932 – 2018:

On Saturday the 27th of January 2018, the Society learnt of the death of Mr John Wall, an inspirational inventor who make telescopes out of household items and inventor of the Crayford Eyepiece Mount (referred to now as the Crayford Focuser), John was a member of the Society for many years and will be remembered for his laugh, inventive genius and great character. An obituary was posted in 'The Times' and the 'BAA Journal'

Below is a copy of the obituary for the BAA Journal 

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