Wells & Mendip Astronomers

05/10/2025

Final night to jump outside, dial your phone to https://100hours.online, look up, and put your marker and achievements on the map this year.

Put down the Shiraz and pop out in the garden with your iPhone.

04/10/2025

Some clear skies tonight so get out and take part in https://100hours.online

Spot the Moon. Find the constellations. Locate Saturn in the night sky.

Put your marker on the UK map tonight. Join hundreds of others looking up. No knowledge required, just your phone and browse to https://100hours.online

Try four simple stargazing challenges to win badges in our UK 100 Hours event

03/10/2025

Tomorrow. Wells Library from 9:30am until 1:30pm.
COme join us for a Space Adventure.

02/10/2025

100 Hours has started.

Step outside and visit https://100hours.online

Dates are Thursday 2nd October to Sunday 5th October

30/09/2025

Brace yourselves for the most fun the family's had since you discovered Haribo Starmix. It's 100 Hours Under One Sky.

Just step outside into the garden at night and on your mobile phone browser open https://100hours.online
4 great challenges to get minds young and old looking up and appreciating the universe around them.

App is available during the 100 hours from 2nd Oct to 5th Oct 2025

29/09/2025

WMA made it to the pages of Wells Voice in September and it was about our solar outreach day on August 2nd on the Cathedral Green.

Astronomers in shorts and unnecesarily big telescopes.

10/09/2025

Will your little astronauts be joining us on Saturday 4th October?

21/04/2025

Our number of Likes reminds me of the prominent wavelength of Hydrogen Alpha which is utilised is so many solar telescopes to see the chromosphere of our nearest star, 656 nanometres.

21/04/2025

It's the peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower tonight and into the early hours.

Go spot a shooting star and make a wish!!

They'll appear from the north east but can be seen all over the sky. Best numbers should be seen around 45 degrees away from Lyra/Hercules constellations and after midnight.

21/04/2025

International Observe the Moon Night is on Saturday 4th October this year.

The Moon will be 93% illuminated and it'll be arising at 17:44 UTC+1 in Somerset. It'll be 370,464km away.