The Royal Observatory Edinburgh has agreed to give one of its professional telescopes to FAS member society, Mid-Kent Astronomical Society . The 0.5m aperture telescope will be one of the largest in amateur hands; it was built to train students at Edinburgh University. However, the University are now upgrading their facilities and decided to give […]

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” .

The Council of the FAS was very saddened to hear of the passing of John Wade. John had been involved with SAGAS for many years through his association with Brighton Astronomical and Scientific Society, there is a longer piece on the SAGAS webpage.

Want to know what astronomy events are on in your area? This March there are over 75 events run by FAS member societies across the whole of the UK. The FAS events list are maintained by our societies and they have a great selection of events for you to get involved in. These range from […]

Want to know what astronomy events are on in your area? This February there are over 70 events run by FAS member societies across the whole of the UK. The FAS events list are maintained by our societies and they have a great selection of events for you to get involved in. These range from […]

Many of our member societies got involved in the recent BBC Stargazing live by hosting events. We have had a few reports of our member societies and here is one off West Yorkshire Astronomical Society (we will include more in the next FAS newsletter) The Rosse Observatory , run by WYAS in Pontefract, was open […]

The Federation of Astronomical Societies represents over 180 astronomical societies across the UK – this means that most people have an astronomy club not to far away from them. If you would like to find your local society then the FAS has a few tools that should help you out. We have a list of […]

The FAS would like to welcome Preseli Astronomy Group as member.