It is always a curiosity as to why the date of Easter changes every year. It is one of the most important Christian feast dates, yet unlike Christmas the dates are variable. The reason behind this is due to a church meeting in Yorkshire in the year 664 CE, here is what happened.

Almost unknown within scientific circles Gildas a 6th century monk gives a report of a comet or asteroid strike in 536 a Tunguska type event that produced a nuclear winter. But why does no one know about him and the event. Here is his story.

When the Romans invaded Britain in 43 CE the main tribe in what is now Yorkshire would have been the Brigantes. They would have had a Celtic background including their beliefs in astronomy. So here is a brief look at Celtic Astronomy, as would have been known in Yorkshire.

If you drive along the A1M motorway near the Yorkshire town of Boroughbridge you will notice 3 massive stone pillars around 200 metres away. These are the Devil's Arrows, and this is their story.

Refereed to as the Stonehenge of the North, the Thornborough Henges are a series of three large circular ditches that appear to form the same pattern as Orion's Belt. They are arranged inn a similar way to the Pyramids in Egypt. However they are around 1,000 years older.

Another bright star on Star Atlas which is not listed by Flamsteed but was catalogued by Benjamin Gould.

A small faint star in the constellation of the small bear which appears as a single star but is in fact a quadruple system.

This is the first in a series of observations and notes I have made as I have continues my search for high latitude novae. I have not discovered any novae but I came across stars of interest. In this case La Superba or Y Canes Venatici

Here is an investigation into the star 8 Ursa Minor and nearby stars.

This is the last of the series looing at Northern Circumpolar Constellations, again a modern group but it does at least have one moderately bright star in Cor Caroli. The constellation can be found beneath the handle of the plough.