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, Jodrell Bank) and Lord Martin Rees (IOA). A longer report will be in the FAS newsletter but we would like to thank all of the speakers and the delegates for coming along and sharing a great day with us.
It was a lovely sunny day so solar observing was popular:
As always the telescope tours proved to be popular (especially with some sunspots on show):
Of course there was also an excellent selection of talks:
The 2011 Eric Zucker award was given to Robin Scagell for his work in the astronomical community:
And the new FAS Council was elected:
Images from John Axtell, Samuel George and Callum Potter.