Our Astronomy Calendar – Bath Astronomers

This list combines the list of Bath Astronomers events with the diaries from Dave Eagle and the Virtual Astronomy Club:

	May 2025
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			1 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	2 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	3 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Mars passes north of Messier 4… Mars passes north of Messier 44, The Beehive Star Cluster (Praesepe). 3 May 2025 - 5 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	4 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Mars passes north of Messier 4… Mars passes north of Messier 44, The Beehive Star Cluster (Praesepe). 3 May 2025 - 5 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club First Quarter Moon First Quarter Moon 4 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • • •
5 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Mars passes north of Messier 4… Mars passes north of Messier 44, The Beehive Star Cluster (Praesepe). 3 May 2025 - 5 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of Alan Shepard�… Anniversary of Alan Shepard's launch into space in 1961. 5 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is active. 5 May 2025 - 7 May 2025 40 Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR). See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • • • •	6 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is active. 5 May 2025 - 7 May 2025 40 Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR). See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club The Earth crosses Saturn'… The Earth crosses Saturn's ring plane, so the rings will be edge on the us. 6 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club The Eyes of Clavius are visibl… The Eyes of Clavius are visible on The Moon. 6 May 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Eyes of Clavius are a Clair-Obscure effect seen on The Moon. It requires a telescope to see. For more details of this and other Clair-Obscure events, see Mary McIntyre's Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2025/01/popular-clair-obscur-effects-times-for.html See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • • • •	7 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is active. 5 May 2025 - 7 May 2025 40 Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR). See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	8 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of Lunar Orbiter 4… Anniversary of Lunar Orbiter 4 arriving at The Moon in 1967. 8 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	9 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	10 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of the great Auror… Anniversary of the great Auroral Storm of 2024. 10 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	11 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •
12 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Full Moon Full Moon 12 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	13 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	14 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of China landing t… Anniversary of China landing the Zhurong probe on Mars in 2021. 14 May 2025 Zhurong (祝融), the 1st Created-in-China Mars Rover, has landed in Utopia Planitia on Mars. China became the 2nd nation to land a rover successfully on Mars. See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of Skylab 1 launch… Anniversary of Skylab 1 launch in 1973 14 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • • •	15 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	16 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of Venera 5 impact… Anniversary of Venera 5 impacting Venus in 1969. 16 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	17 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of Venera 6 impact… Anniversary of Venera 6 impacting on Venus in 1969. 17 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	18 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Anniversary of Helen Sharman (… Anniversary of Helen Sharman (first Briton in Space) launched to travel to Mir in 1991 18 May 2025 Helen Sharman (first Briton in Space) launched to travel to the Mir Space Station ![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16C8A/production/_111722339_pa-14356732-1.jpg) See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •
19 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	20 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Last Quarter Moon Last Quarter Moon 20 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	21 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	22 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	23 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	24 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	25 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •
26 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	27 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club New Moon New Moon 27 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •	28 The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower … The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is at maximum 19 Apr 2025 - 28 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	29 Anniversary of space shuttle D… Anniversary of space shuttle Discovery docking with The International Space Station in 1999. 29 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	30 Anniversary of the formation o… Anniversary of the formation of European Space Agency in 1975 30 May 2025 The ESA Convention was signed in Paris on 30 May 1975 by the nine original Member States (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club •	31 Federation Of Astronomical Soc… Federation Of Astronomical Society Meeting 31 May 2025 Cambridge Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. https://fedastro.org.uk/fas/convention-2025: https://fedastro.org.uk/fas/convention-2025 There is a discounted price for members of FAS affiliated societies. A promo code will be sent to all societies so their members can purchase tickets for the low price of £10 per person, £5 for under-16’s, £20 for families (plus bookings fee). Public tickets will be made available later if space permits. To keep costs down, please bring your own lunch. We will provide hot and cold drinks and biscuits. Tickets are limited to 150 places, so book early. If your society hasn’t sent you the promo code to unlock the special price, please contact them directly. Astronomy Past, Present, and Future. Speakers include: Lord Martin Rees – The Astronomer Royal. “The future of astronomy – Will this next century be our last?” Dr Matthew Bothwell – Public Astronomer, Institute of Astronomy. “The Invisible Universe – The search for dark matter”. Simon Banton – An independent researcher on Stonehenge. “Archeoastronomy of Stonehenge”. Dr Paul A Daniels FRAS – Member of RAS Megaconstellations Working Group (Optical). “Threats and Challenges to Astronomy”. Dr Louise Devoy – Senior Curator of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. “The History of the Greenwich Meridian”. See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club Venus reaches greatest western… Venus reaches greatest western elongation. 31 May 2025 See more details Supplied by the Virtual Astronomy Club • •

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