Supporting UK Astronomy
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 […]
The CPRE are asking for help – How many stars can you see through the light pollution. For more details go to CPRE
This year’s BAA Deep Sky meeting takes place on the 14th March 2020 at Sheffield University. Section Director Callum Potter opens the proceedings at 10:15. See the BAA Deep Sky page for more details Tickets cost £7-00 (BAA members) and are available for members & non-members from the BAA on the above page Google map […]
The Royal Astronomical Society met with leading satellite mega-constellation companies SpaceX, OneWeb and astronomers in Europe to discuss the impact these constellations could have on observations of the Universe. For more information click BBC News.
The 30th anniversary of the Voyager-1 Pale Blue Dot photograph will be celebrated on 14 February 2020. This unforgettable image illustrates the unique astronomical perspective of our planet Earth: from space, national boundaries disappear, and the fragility of our world becomes very evident. This perspective is pertinent to our current times, reminding ourselves that we […]
Join Go Space Watch as they honour the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13 and the 30th Anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope… Saturday the 4th April 2020, The Sutton Arts Theatre, South Parade, Sutton Coldfield. B72 1QY Four lectures, Four Prominent Speakers: Saving Apollo 13 By Dave Eagle FRAS; The Legacy of […]
This year we will hold only an AGM. This will take place on the 19th September 2020 via the Zoom App. Start time is 10:00AM Tickets are available from Eventbrite FoC
Musical ensemble Icebreaker are playing to celebrate the Moon landings. This presentation is made up of Reinert’s film “For All Mankind” which was created from the documentary footage made of the launch, landing and splashdown of the first Apollo mission to the moon. The film is accompanied by Brian Eno’s score titled “Apollo” performed live. […]