Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Explained

Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society is a local astronomy group established in 1961. It was once based in the historic Crayford Manor House, but since 2012 is in Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. The new location has an observatory called the Dick Chambers Sutton-at-Hone Observatory with a 16-inch telescope. The society meets weekly for observing sessions as well as lectures and other activities.^[1]

Publications

Members of the society have published many papers,^[2] including papers in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association, the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy Now, Sky & Telescope, Practical Astronomy, The Observatory, and IBVS (Information Bulletin on Variable Stars).

Society members have also produced a number of shorter articles and book reviews.^[3]

See also

• List of astronomical societies

External links

• Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford Website
• Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford on Twitter

Notes and References

1. Book: Butler, Norman P. . Building and Using Binoscopes . 44 . 2017 . Springer . 978-3-319-46789-4.
2. See list of papers published by CMHASD members
3. Web site: CMHAS - papers . 2010-04-14 . 2012-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817151759/http://cmhas.wikispaces.com/papers . dead .