Mid-Kent Astronomical Society - MKAS

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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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MKAS App
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 over 100 members of all levels of expertise, and runs an Observatory housing a 14 inch telescope, which one day will be upgraded to a 20 inch research grade telescope that is currently being prepared.

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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Events

MKAS run many event for its members and for the public.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
See the EVENTS page for details.

Projects

MKAS has a number of projects that members can get involved in.
Click here to read about the MKAS projects...

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NEXT EVENT:

27th June
Prof. David Southwood - Electromagnetic threats from the Sun
Bredhurst Village Hall
Our local star, the Sun, does more than twinkle in our sky. Its warmth is critical to life on our planet but as human civilisation has become more and more technologically dependent so has the Sun become to be seen as a cause for electromagnetic disruption. We will look at some of the history and some of the actions put into place to watch for unpleasant "space weather" what is done to mitigate or avoid the effects of the star we live close to.
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