The Soul Nebula (IC1848) by Simon Edwins, taken last night. The image here is a stack of 36x 8-minute subs. The image was taken through a 50mm RedCat 51 refractor.

Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting. Meet up with local astronomy enthusiasts: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting. Meet up with local astronomy enthusiasts: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon by MKAS member Pierre Girard. In a perfectly clear SW sky last night. This comet is now close to the SW horizon and just visible in 7x50 binoculars. We shall lose sight of it this week as it carries on on its 1350-year journey around the Sun.

For the Third and Final Time.......... Nominations for Committee Positions 2025-2026 for Chair, Treasurer and Secretary will close at the end of the Astrodome Meeting this Friday 7th November!

Want to see the largest supermoon of 2025? 🌕 Look up on Wednesday 5 November and you'll see our lunar satellite appear 8% larger and 16% brighter than average. That's because the moon will be just under 222,000 miles from Earth. 👀 And if you get a picture, why not tag us in it! 📸

A stacked image of M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy), an acquisition of 2h15m by Simon Edwins, who says "I didn't use any filters and processed it in PixInsight."

A stacked image of M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy), an acquisition of 2h15m by Simon Edwins, who says "I didn't use any filters and processed it in PixInsight."

Our next meeting is one of our regular Astrodomes. Meet up with local astronomy enthusiasts: Fri 7th Nov. at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Our next meeting is one of our regular Astrodomes. Meet up with local astronomy enthusiasts: Fri 7th Nov. at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Tomorrow night we have our key-note talk of the year, the Richard Lambert Lecture with Dr Julian Onions, an Astronomer working at the University of Nottingham. His subject will be "Galaxy Evolution". Fri 24 Oct. at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Nominations for Chair, Treasurer, Secretary & Vice-Chair remain open! 🗳️ Forms will be available again at this Friday’s Richard Lambert Memorial Lecture by Dr Julian Onions. Details 👉 mkas.org.uk/mkas-programme Nominations close Fri 7 Nov at the end of the Astrodome meeting. Clear skies! 🌌

Nominations for Chair, Treasurer, Secretary & Vice-Chair remain open! 🗳️ Forms will be available again at this Friday’s Richard Lambert Memorial Lecture by Dr Julian Onions. Details 👉 mkas.org.uk/mkas-programme Nominations close Fri 7 Nov at the end of the Astrodome meeting. Clear skies! 🌌

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Our next meeting is a talk by Dr Julian Onions, an Astronomer working at the University of Nottingham. His subject will be "Galaxy Evolution". Fri 24 Oct. at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Our next meeting is a talk by Dr Julian Onions, an Astronomer working at the University of Nottingham. His subject will be "Galaxy Evolution". Fri 24 Oct. at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley MK3 6BJ. All welcome

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon closing in on the back paw of Ursa Major (not in the image) by MKAS member Pierre Girard.

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon closing in on the back paw of Ursa Major (not in the image) by MKAS member Pierre Girard.

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, part of IC1396. Imaging by Simon Edwins.

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, part of IC1396. Imaging by Simon Edwins.

Our next meeting is on Friday 10th October at 8PM. Meet up with local astronomers for an 'astrodome' at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley, MK3 6BJ. All welcome.

Our next meeting is on Friday 10th October at 8PM. Meet up with local astronomers for an 'astrodome' at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley, MK3 6BJ. All welcome.

The Crescent Nebula by Milton Keynes Astronomical Society member David Ward. The nebula is NGC 6888, an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.

The Crescent Nebula by Milton Keynes Astronomical Society member David Ward. The nebula is NGC 6888, an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.

David Ward of Milton Keynes Astronomical Society has imaged the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) an emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus.

David Ward of Milton Keynes Astronomical Society has imaged the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) an emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus.

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, by Pierre Girard of MKAS.

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, by Pierre Girard of MKAS.

Last night Simon Edwins imaged IC5146 (the Cocoon Nebula).

This Friday in Milton Keynes we have @astrolibrarian.bsky.social giving a talk about some of the oldest books in Astronomy.

⏰ Start your countdown clock for the exact moment of the autumn #equinox, 19:19 (UK) 22nd Sept, when the Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere are equally illuminated. Today the day length in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland is ~the same as in 🇳🇿New Zealand 🤓🧪🔭 📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

And its looking clear for tonight!

Join as for a what I'm sure will be a fascinating talk on Friday 26th September by Dr Sian Prosser.....

Join as for a what I'm sure will be a fascinating talk on Friday 26th September by Dr Sian Prosser.....

Our next meeting is on Friday 19th September at 8PM. Meet up with local astronomers for an open night at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley, MK3 6BJ. All welcome.

Our next meeting is on Friday 19th September at 8PM. Meet up with local astronomers for an open night at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley, MK3 6BJ. All welcome.

The Wizard Nebula (NGC7380) by Simon Edwins. The subs were collected through a 4" refractor using an ASI533MC Pro camera.

The Wizard Nebula (NGC7380) by Simon Edwins. The subs were collected through a 4" refractor using an ASI533MC Pro camera.

Simon Edwins took this image of the Bubble Nebula (NGC7635) using a Seestar S50 while on holiday in Northumberland. This is a stack of 518x 10s subs stacked and processed in PixInsight.

Simon Edwins took this image of the Bubble Nebula (NGC7635) using a Seestar S50 while on holiday in Northumberland. This is a stack of 518x 10s subs stacked and processed in PixInsight.

When is the next full moon? Check out some updated features on our website, such as our interactive astronomical calendar: mkas.org.uk/astro-calend...

When is the next full moon? Check out some updated features on our website, such as our interactive astronomical calendar: mkas.org.uk/astro-calend...

Our next meeting is on Friday 12th September at 8PM. Meet up with local stargazers for one of our regular 'Astrodomes' at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley, MK3 6BJ. All welcome.

Our next meeting is on Friday 12th September at 8PM. Meet up with local stargazers for one of our regular 'Astrodomes' at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley, MK3 6BJ. All welcome.

Tonight's meeting, Friday 29th August at 8PM. Meet up with local stargazers for 'Astronomers Question Time' at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley, MK3 6BJ. All welcome.

Next month we have the Librarian of the Royal Astronomical Society, Dr Sian Prosser, coming to give us a talk. See September's 'Astronomy Now'.

Next month we have the Librarian of the Royal Astronomical Society, Dr Sian Prosser, coming to give us a talk. See September's 'Astronomy Now'.