2010 Convention & AGM

The 2010 FAS Convention will be held at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, on Saturday 9th October.

Speakers: Prof. Philippa Browning 'Our Active Sun', Dr Peter Wheatley 'Hunting for extra-solar planets using small telescopes',  Prof. Tim Naylor  'Star and Planet Formation' and Jerry Stone "Visiting the Lord of the Rings".

Traders: Astronomia, Astronomica, Aurora Books, AWR Technology, Cambridge University Press, Explorers Tours, Green Witch, Science Replicas, Space Rocks UK, Letchworth & District AS, Nene Valley AS. 

Tickets are £5 each and are available on the door.

Poster:  PDF version of the poster here 

AGM: an important part of the convention is our Annual General Meeting, this is when you get to have your say how the FAS is run, here is the agenda .

Venue Information: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA

Directions to venue: The IoA website gives detailed instructions on how to get to them via both car and public transport, see here . In particular of note is the free on site car parking .

For information about past conventions please follow the links on the left of this page.