We are delighted to invite you to our Online Convention. Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to hold a physical event at the Institute of Astronomy in 2020, though we hope to be able to do so sometime this Autumn. In the meanwhile, we are holding an online Convention on Saturday, April 17, from noon until 4:30 pm. […]
Somerset Levels Stargazers have a zoom meeting coming up this week. Their club members Richard and Sue Horsham will be taking us back to Observatories of old with their talk Ancient Windows on the Skies, John Martin will be continuing his famous figure from Astronomy section with a talk on the Comet Hunter Charles Messier […]
Dark Skies on the Isle of Man by Howard L.G Parkin Wednesday 17th February 2021 at 19:30 About the Lecture: Recently dark sky initiatives have been set up throughout the world. This lecture is based on the Howards involvement in setting up 26 Isle of Man Dark skies Discovery sites, and looks at the way […]
Our Webinar will take place via zoom on the 9th January 2021 at 1:00pm Registration for obtaining the Zoom login link is via Eventbrite To register go to Eventbrite here For more information visit our website here
The International Dark-Sky Association have made The Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors national parks Dark-Sky Reserves. BBC News The International Dark-Sky Association
The Royal Astronomical Society have launched an online GSCE Astronomy student poster competition. The competition is for GCSE Astronomy students who were supposed to take the 2020 summer exam. Please see the link for more information. The deadline is the 1st Feb 2021. GCSE Student competition
OSIRIS-REx: To Bennu and Back! by John Mclean FRAS About the Lecture The story of NASA’s mission to collect a sample of Asteroid Bennu and the reasons why this asteroid is so important. This talk will cover the mission from inception to completion and will feature previously unseen Hi-Res images of Asteroid Bennu as seen during the […]
Myths and Legends of the Stars By Valerie Calderbank BSc, MBCS, CEng, CITP, FRAS About the Lecture: Are you interested in the different cultures around the world? Many cultures have different ideas about society and this is also true for astronomy. As astronomers we know how the constellations divide up the sky in our culture. But what […]