The 30th anniversary of the Voyager-1 Pale Blue Dot photograph will be celebrated on 14 February 2020. This unforgettable image illustrates the unique astronomical perspective of our planet Earth: from space, national boundaries disappear, and the fragility of our world becomes very evident. This perspective is pertinent to our current times, reminding ourselves that we […]

Join Go Space Watch as they honour the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13 and the 30th Anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope… Saturday the 4th April 2020, The Sutton Arts Theatre, South Parade, Sutton Coldfield. B72 1QY Four lectures, Four Prominent Speakers: Saving Apollo 13 By Dave Eagle FRAS; The Legacy of […]

  Click the badge to visit their website MSAS.org.uk   Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society are celebrating the 40th year of our formation. on Saturday 27th October 2018. As part of our year long series of events we have designed a programme of talks at a special day “AstroCon” that we are hosting. There will […]

    Community Observatory St Martin’s, Isles of Scilly We are a small group of amateur astronomers who have just got funding and are in the process of building a community observatory on St Martin’s. This will enable our community and our visitors to fully appreciate the wonders of our amazing unpolluted dark skies. To […]

We invite you and your Society members to join the Loughton Astronomical Society on the 10th November 2018 to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Originally formed from an evening class to teach mirror making, the LAS continues to thrive with an active weekly programme and also organises the Autumn Equinox Skycamp at Kelling Heath. Our 50th […]

Be sure to order your astrocalendars now for collection at the Convention/AGM.

As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the FAS the Convention and AGM is going to be bigger and better than ever. It will be on October 11th, at the University of Birmingham. For more information please checkout the convention webpage. You can book tickets on the above page or visit the booking page […]