Supporting UK Astronomy
The very word ‘society’ implies a social connection between its members. We meet up for lectures, outreach and observing or astro-chats with friends over coffee & biscuits at home or a drink & crisps in the pub. The virus has put strict limits on most of those activities: Group meetings for lectures are impractical for […]
Wednesday 19th August 2020 19:30 – 21:30 BST “The Art of Remote Observing: Social Distancing at its Best!” By Pete Williamson FRAS. Remote Telescopes for Public and Educational use. How to gain access to telescopes and observatories across the globe for private use and for teachers / STEM Ambassadors to use in the classroom. The […]
GoSpaceWatch July Zoom Online Meeting: Wednesday 15th July 2020 19:30 BST Marsquake!: NASA’s InSight Mission to Mars Dr Anna Horleston (University of Bristol) About the Lecture: NASA’s InSight lander is the first dedicated geophysical lander sent to Mars. It arrived on the red planet in November 2018 and has been collecting all sorts of geophysical […]
Astronomical societies throughout the UK have, in line with Government advice, suspended meetings and other activities in order to protect their members and visitors from contracting the virus. Some societies have become very creative during this period by maintaining contact with their members using online and digital technology. We have seen a number of societies […]
From the middle of May 2020 the government started to announce easing of the lock down restrictions. If this trend should continue, there may be opportunities, at some point in the future, for astronomical societies to begin some limited activity.To assist astronomical societies with managing the easing of these restrictions, we will have a document […]
Meeting Details: Go Space Watch presents a Public Online Astronomy Lecture on Wednesday 17 June at 7:30 pm BST. The Lecture is “The Far Side of the Moon: Is it Just Aliens?” and will be presented by Dr Julian Onions from the University of Nottingham. This is a Free event and is open to all. […]
Redditch Astronomical Society Have a series of hosted events coming up. Space art show and meet the Artists 3rd March Poetry: 14th March Music: 28th March Lectures: 28th March (With Chris Lintott)
National Astronomy Week will be 14th November to 22nd November 2020. Mars Encounter in November will give best view of Mars until 2033 A National Astronomy Week (NAW) will be held in the UK from Saturday 14 November to Sunday 22 November 2020. The aim of the week is to celebrate the close approach of […]