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FAMILY SPACE NIGHT
Friday 30 Oct, 7:30pm-10pm

If you want some more fun for yourself or your children or grandchildren during the Half Term holiday, then look no further than our Family Space Night!

We are offering a brilliant evening which will include a beginner's guide to the night sky and displays about astronomy and space, We will have some hands on activities for the younger children from age 7 upwards. There will be plenty to occupy adults too!

Come along and learn about Space and Astronomy and, weather permitting, go outside and look at some interesting astronomical sights through a selection of telescopes.

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DAME JOCELYN BELL BURNELL
Friday 13 Nov, 8pm-10pm

The story of how pulsars (pulsating radio stars) were accidentally discovered, and a summary of what we know about them today.

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell will be making her first appearance in Kent for a rare opportunity to hear about this amazing story from the person who made the original discovery.

This meeting will be by PRIOR BOOKING OF TICKETS, as places will be limited.

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Our meetings are held at Bredhurst Village Hall.
Unless otherwise stated, meetings normally open at 7:40pm for an 8pm start, finishing around 10pm. We look forward to seeing you there.
See EVENTS page for details of our events.

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The MKAS App is now available for members and visitors to install on your phones and tablets and use on your computers. Follow these simple instructions to install it.

The app is free for all, and is the quickest way to access information on MKAS events and get to recent Alerts as well as find out your membership details, or how to join for non-members.

We hope you find it as useful as we do.
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The Mid-Kent Astronomical Society (MKAS)
As Kent's premier Astronomy society, MKAS provides for amateurs and enthusiasts to follow and share in all things Astronomical. A very friendly and helpful group, supporting its members and visitors with stimulating and interesting talks, events, and giving free advice on how to do Astronomy and use equipment.

MKAS has close to 100 members, who are at all levels of expertise, and are very helpful and supportive, and keen to help one another.

So, if you don't know how to set up your Telescope, come along and be shown at the Telescope Surgery. If you are just starting in Astronomy, come along to a meeting and get free advice on what you need and how you can progress in astronomy. Also, check out The Guide on this website: a resource designed for beginners.

And for the more advanced, why not join in on one of the projects?
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MKAS run many event for its members and for the public.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
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9th October
MKAS Anniversary Meeting - Prof. Stephen Eales - Infrared astronomy and the Herschel Space Telescope
Bredhurst Village Hall
The births of stars and some galaxies occur inside clouds of gas and dust, which hides them from the view of optical telescopes, and the only way to observe them is to go to longer wavelengths to the submillimetre waveband.

In his talk Steve will describe this new type of astronomy, focussing on the Herschel Space Observatory, whose launch in 2009 marked the moment at which submillimetre astronomy came of age. He will describe some of the discoveries made by the mission and include some of t...
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