Outreach visit to a Primary School in Leighton Buzzard

In January the Society received an e-mail from a teacher at Rushmere Park Academy in Leighton Buzzard asking us to come and speak to a group of youngsters about Space.

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon

I just wanted to share a picture I took with my Seestar S50 of Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon on 25th October 2025.

Astroimaging Exhibition 2025 - 16th July 2025

Eleven members showed their work at this year’s exhibition – on terrestrial subjects, the Moon, the Sun, Aurora, a few planets, galaxies...

“What's shaking Mars? An overview of NASA's InSight mission” - Dr Anna Horleston - 21st May 2025

One of the largest, if not the largest audience of recent times at Wycombe Astronomical Society, enjoyed this excellent, entertaining and...

Observing Sessions to witness an exceptional Planetary Parade

We’ve wanted to hold a winter-time Observing Session for some time – something to parallel our annual Perseids Picnic. And with the sky...

ZWO Seestar S50 Smart Telescope – now available for WAS members to borrow

In his March 2024 Sky & Telescope review of ZWO’s Seestar S50 Smart Telescope, Dennis di Cicco recalled Arthur C Clarke’s Third Law: “Any...