Supporting UK Astronomy
Fordingbridge Astronomers intend to hold a Messier Challenge on Sat/Sun 30/31 March, weather permitting. Our intent is to view as many of the 110 Messier objects in one night as possible. Our last attempt in 2022 netted 100. We will set up at Abbots Well Road Car Park near Frogham in the New Forest, an […]
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Derby & District AS Celebrates 50 Years The Derby & District Astronomical Society is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, and as part of this, we have invited Dr Allan Chapman to give a talk on John Flamsteed: Derby’s gift to Astronomy, and founder of the Greenwich Observatory, at Derby Museum and Art Gallery at […]
About the Talk The science of Exoplanets is a relatively new and very exciting area of astronomical research. It is also an area where the amateur astronomer has an important role to play. Scientifically useful observations can be made using relatively modest equipment and the data used to support the successful outcome of ARIEL, a […]
Join North Essex Astronomical Society for this talk given by FAS president Dr Paul Daniels. About the Talk This talk introduces the concepts of potential, force and virtual force and shows how this applies to the circular, restricted three-body problem. The history and an overview of the theory and stability of Lagrange Points will be […]
University of Oxford St Cross College presents the one-day HAPP conference. “Polymaths Across the Eras” Saturday 18th November from 10.30 am until 5 pm in the Mathematical Institute – this will spotlight several polymaths who were well known for their key ideas in physics as well as in other areas and will examine how having […]
Space Oddities Live! Monday 28 August 8:00 pm BSTWe are delighted to announce that our special guest on next Monday’s Space Oddities Live! show will be the astronaut Scott Poteet. Scott is the pilot on the upcoming, groundbreaking SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission. Join us on Monday and ask Scott your questions! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRe32dY9sAA More details about […]
The next event at Kelling Heath Holiday Park is the LAS Autumn Equinox Sky Camp on 9-16th October 2023. The largest Equinox Sky Camp in the UK, where groups of amateur to professional Astronomers meet up to observe the dark sky at Kelling Heath on the North Norfolk coast. All three touring fields are exclusively […]