Royal Treasure to see Kent Stars

The Royal Observatory Edinburgh has agreed to give one of its professional telescopes to FAS member society, Mid-Kent Astronomical Society . The 0.5m aperture telescope will be one of the largest in amateur hands; it was built to train students at Edinburgh University. However, the University are now upgrading their facilities and decided to give […]

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Follow us on Facebook & Twitter

A while ago we created a twitter feed (follow us @fedastro). Today we are pleased to announce that we now have a facebook page – another way of getting the latest news from the FAS and our member societies. We can be found on Facebook as “fedastro” .

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John Wade

The Council of the FAS was very saddened to hear of the passing of John Wade. John had been involved with SAGAS for many years through his association with Brighton Astronomical and Scientific Society, there is a longer piece on the SAGAS webpage.

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Astronomy Events in March

Want to know what astronomy events are on in your area? This March there are over 75 events run by FAS member societies across the whole of the UK. The FAS events list are maintained by our societies and they have a great selection of events for you to get involved in. These range from […]

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