Held on Saturday 15th October, at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, the Annual FAS Convention proved to be a great success with 199 attendees spanning some 59 different astronomical societies from all over the UK. Excellent talks were given by Carolin Crawford (IOA), Nick Hewitt (BAA), Nik Szymanek, Prof. Albert Zijlstra (Head of Astrophysics, […]

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is carrying out a survey of outreach and public engagement work in schools, science centres and other community settings. This exercise is not intended to cover work carried out by professional scientists in higher education and government research facilities so astronomical societies are within the target audience for the survey. […]

Most of the astronomical societies in the FAS operate their own websites. So the FAS Council decided to review all the member societies websites and pick what it thought were the top 3 websites. We did not tell you about this in advance because we wanted to judge the websites as they currently are. The […]

The FAS would like to welcome a new member society, Bromsgrove Astronomical Society

The 2011 FAS Convention will be held at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, on Saturday 15th October. Speakers include Carolin Crawford, Nick Hewitt, Nik Szymanek, Prof. Albert Zijlstra and Lord Martin Rees. Tickets are £5 and can be purchased on the door. More information on the convention pages.