Mon  Jan 7  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Columbus Launch, Return To The Moon, Mercury Flyby plus announcement of AGM

Mon  Feb 4  2008
Monthly Meeting and AGM
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Guide to February Lunar Eclipse on 21st Feb, followed by AGM

Thu  Feb 21  2008
Observing event? - Total lunar eclipse
Location? 01.30-05.00hrs !!!!


Mon  Mar 3  2008
Monthly Meeting
Kendal Museum. 7-9pm
Includes: Enceladus CASSINI fly by on 12th March and "Beginners Night". Come and see telescopes, computers, software, etc. Members, please bring along your own stuff and pet projects.

Mon  Apr 7  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Guest speaker? TBA

Mon  May 12  2008
Monthly meeting (note 5th is a bank holiday)
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: "Phoenix and Mars". Phoenix probe due to land on Mars on 25th May. Guest speaker: Doug Ellison - "Phoenix"

Sun  May 25  2008
Observing event
Location?
Mars Watch evening observing event to celebrate landing of Phoenix on Mars

Mon  Jun 2  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Guest speaker: Ian Moss of Newcastle University

Sun  Jun 6  2008
Observing event
Location?
Planet Parade observing event - Mars and Saturn near Moon at sunset, plus Jupiter visible in SE.

Mon  Jul 7  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Partial Solar Eclipse on August 1st and "Members Projects"

Fri  Aug 1  2008
Observing event
Partial Solar Eclipse, Abbot Hall Park, Kendal 9.30-10.50pm
Bring along your SOLAR FILTERED telescope, etc for public viewing session

Mon  Aug 4  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Partial Lunar Eclipse: August 16th and "The Summer Sky". Guest speaker : John Spencer, Staff Scientist, Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

Sat  Aug 16  2008
Observing event
Location? 20.30-23.40pm
Partial Lunar Eclipse

Mon  Sep 1  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Rosetta asteroid Steins fly-by on 5th. Sorry but guest speaker cancelled

Mon  Oct 6  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Messenger Mercury flyby on 6th, Lunar Recon Orbiter launch on 31st and "Short Presentions". The night when those members who said "I could do a short talk on...." actually do it.

Mon  Nov 3  2008
Observing event
Location?
Observing Jupiter near the Moon low in the sky at sunset

Mon  Nov 3  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Guest speaker: Keith Robinson of Lancaster University will talk about "Some Famous Stars"

Mon  Dec 1  2008
Observing event
Location? 15.30 to 17.12hrs
Daytime occultation of Venus: from sunset (15.30hrs)

Mon  Dec 1  2008
Monthly meeting
Kendal Museum, 7-9pm
Includes: Another Christmas Social Evening