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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Astronomy Events in February

Want to know what astronomy events are on in your area? This February there are over 70 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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Stargazing in Yorkshire

Many of our member societies got involved in the recent BBC Stargazing live by hosting events. We have had a few reports of our member societies and here is one off West Yorkshire Astronomical Society (we will include more in the next FAS newsletter) The Rosse Observatory , run by WYAS in Pontefract, was open […]

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Stargazing Live: looking for your local astronomy club

The Federation of Astronomical Societies represents over 180 astronomical societies across the UK – this means that most people have an astronomy club not to far away from them. If you would like to find your local society then the FAS has a few tools that should help you out. We have a list of […]

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New Member Societies

The FAS would like to welcome both Ewell Astronomical Society and Stornoway Astronomical Society as members.

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Grants for Stargazing Live events in January 2012

Stargazing Live in January 2011 was a great success and forty local astronomical societies were able to take advantage of small grants funded by the Royal Astronomical Society to run special events for the general public in their areas. With Stargazing Live 2012 just around the corner, the Federation of Astronomical Societies is pleased to […]

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