The FAS convention was again a lovely autumn day. There were over 42 astronomical societies represented from all over the country. There will be a more detailed report in the next FAS Newsletter but for now here are a few images from the FAS Convention 2012 by John Axtell – can you spot yourself?
The Federation of Astronomical Societies would like to welcome 3 new member societies. These are Cleveland ADAS, Fordingbridge Astronomers and Durham Astronomical Society.
You might have had a bit of a shock when you came to the FAS website today. We have had a bit of a facelift and a change of engine under the hood. A lot of the FAS software is written in house but the main site is now run by WordPress and no longer […]
The 2012 FAS Convention and AGM takes place on Saturday 6th October at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. Tickets are just £5 and can be purchased on the door. For more info see the Convention pages. The speaker lineup includes: Professor Paul Hewett – ‘Finding The Highest Redshift Quasar’ , Professor Paul Murdin – ‘Planetary […]
Around the times of the clock change in October the Dark Sky Discovery project will be promoting a number of events around the UK to encourage the general public to enjoy the night sky. The project has obtained funding from STFC to help local astronomical societies to run events during the period, and has asked […]