The Federation is holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on the 7th March 2009, at 13:30, in the Lecture Theatre of the Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Picadilly. The meeting is called to consider a change to the subscription year. Societies may also vote by proxy. Full details are available on this download(pdf) .

Societies might like to invite their members to sign this online petition to request a reduction in the spending by local councils on lighting, and so reduce light pollution in the UK. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/LightingSavings/ Phil Flint writes: Can you please help make our skies darker by signing the petition below. It takes less than a minute. […]

The Federation of Astronomical Societies will be having a stand at this years Astrofest, which is being held at Kensington Town Hall, London, on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 February 2009. If you would like any of your Society information (leaflets, fliers, posters – A4 max) to be available for browsing on the stand, please […]

The FAS would like to welcome the South Cheshire Astronomical Society to the Federation. See their website at http://www.scastro.org/ for more information.

The 2008/9 Astrocalendar, and the new FAS Booklet Observing the Night Sky will be available for purchase at the convention. If you would like to make a bulk order for collection at the convention please pre-order by contacting Eric Hutton (for contact details see the order form on the Publications | Ordering  page).