The Astronomy of Stonehenge

This Hybrid meeting will also be available via zoom.

This talk will investigate the astronomical alignments at Stonehenge - both those that are academically accepted and also some others not generally known about. Do they all exist? Are they accurate? Was there really an eclipse prediction mechanism?

The Altar Stone has recently been found to have been sourced from somewhere in NE Scotland and this has profound implications for our appreciation of Stonehenge. Could it have been the monument's founding stone? If so, where was it placed and how does one possible position impact our analysis and understanding?



Our speaker Simon Banton has been an amateur astronomer for 55 years and a Stonehenge geek for more than 30. Simon has appeared on the BBC’s Sky at Night and Stargazing Live! programmes talking about the astronomy of Stonehenge and leads private tours of the site and its landscape.

You may also like the following events from Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society:

• Next month, 4th September, 07:30 pm, The Autumn Sky in Mexborough

Also check out other Meetups in Mexborough.