Supporting UK Astronomy
The Federation of Astronomical Societies would like to welcome 3 new member societies. These are Cleveland ADAS, Fordingbridge Astronomers and Durham Astronomical Society.
You might have had a bit of a shock when you came to the FAS website today. We have had a bit of a facelift and a change of engine under the hood. A lot of the FAS software is written in house but the main site is now run by WordPress and no longer […]
The 2012 FAS Convention and AGM takes place on Saturday 6th October at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. Tickets are just £5 and can be purchased on the door. For more info see the Convention pages. The speaker lineup includes: Professor Paul Hewett – ‘Finding The Highest Redshift Quasar’ , Professor Paul Murdin – ‘Planetary […]
Around the times of the clock change in October the Dark Sky Discovery project will be promoting a number of events around the UK to encourage the general public to enjoy the night sky. The project has obtained funding from STFC to help local astronomical societies to run events during the period, and has asked […]
Want to know what astronomy events are on in your area? This September there are over 70 events run by FAS member societies across the whole of the UK (PDF version). The FAS events list is maintained by our societies and they have a great selection of events for you to get involved in. These […]
A while ago we created a twitter feed (follow us @fedastro). Today we are pleased to announce that we now have a facebook page – another way of getting the latest news from the FAS and our member societies. We can be found on Facebook as “fedastro” .
You can now order FAS publications online! Our new online ordering system allows you to pay online (via paypal and all major cards) and via cheque. From now on, FAS member societies will need their MARS credientals for the discount prices.
Britain in a Day aims to create the definitive self-portrait of Britain in the early twenty-first century. It is filmed by many different people over the UK. Adur Astronomical Society decided to get involved filming Chairman Robin Durrant whilst setting up his observatory – the resultant 15 minute video showed his observatory and equipment and […]