The FAS would like to welcome a new member society, Bromsgrove Astronomical Society

The 2011 FAS Convention will be held at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, on Saturday 15th October. Speakers include Carolin Crawford, Nick Hewitt, Nik Szymanek, Prof. Albert Zijlstra and Lord Martin Rees. Tickets are £5 and can be purchased on the door. More information on the convention pages.

You can now follow the FAS on twitter – you will find daily updates of society events and any important FAS news on there – just follow @fedastro

For this year’s renewal we will be using our newly developed online system. All FAS member societies have been emailed (to the nominated society contact) the instructions to complete this. If you believe you are this contact please check with your society committee to ensure that you are the nominated person. If you believe you […]

The FAS would like to welcome a new member societies, Cockermouth Astronomical Society and William Herschel Society

Two of our member societies have had a change of name, these are: West Norfolk to Kings Lynn & Wigtownshire to Galloway Forest

Held on Saturday 9th October, at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, the Annual FAS Convention proved to be a great success. The visitors were presented with an interesting and varied range of talks as well as trade stands at which to part with cash in exchange for the latest item of equipment. After FAS […]

The Royal Astronomical Society have generously agreed to make a pot of money available to amateur astronomical societies running public events between 3rd and 16th January 2011. This pot of money will be distributed to societies who ask for it on a first-come-first-served basis, and will amount to £50 per society, to cover the costs […]