Inspired by the first artificial satellite (‘Sputnik’) and the first episode of the ‘The Sky at Night’ TV programme, 4 friends got together in 1957 to form the Maidenhead Astronomical Society. Ever since then we have met ten times a year (from September to June) to promote Astronomy in all it’s aspects to both members and the local community. We hope some of our enthusiasm will ‘rub off’ on you !
Meetings
First Friday of each month = see our meetings page for further details. We hope you enjoy the topics.
Where we meet
We meet every first Friday of the month (Sept-June inc) at 7.30pm at the Church Hall (aka ‘The Soltau Center’) of St James-the-Less, Stubbings, Maidenhead SL6 6QW. This is located on the Henley Road on the West side of Maidenhead town.The photo, right, was taken from opposite the entrance. When coming from Maidenhead (which is to the right), it’s a right-hand turn off the road just as the road ‘kinks’ to the left (the ‘kink’ is better seen on the map, below), just after the war memorial (far right of photo). On dark nights, a lamppost on the entrance (left of the telegraph pole in the photo) provides a guideFor OS map users the grid reference is SU 850817 [Google Earth coordinates are N51d 31′ 37″, W0d 46′ 34″].
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