{"id":4275,"date":"2025-11-19T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/?page_id=4275"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:47:12","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some websites you may find useful. If we have missed any, please <a href=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/contact-us\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"85\">get in touch.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Go Stargazing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-e5dd2898\">Use <a href=\"https:\/\/gostargazing.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gostargazing.co.uk\/\">Go Stargazing<\/a> to promote your outreach events and increase public awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search for events and Astronomical Societies near you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank to Neill from Go Stargazing for providing the feed to the website.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>\n       .errordiv { padding:10px; margin:10px; border: 1px solid #555555;color: #000000;background-color: #f8f8f8; width:500px; }#advanced_iframe {visibility:visible;opacity:1;vertical-align:top;}.ai-info-bottom-iframe { position: fixed; z-index: 10000; bottom:0; left: 0; margin: 0px; text-align: center; width: 100%; background-color: #ff9999; padding-left: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #aaa } a.ai-bold {font-weight: bold;}#ai-layer-div-advanced_iframe p {height:100%;margin:0;padding:0}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var ai_iframe_width_advanced_iframe = 0;var ai_iframe_height_advanced_iframe = 0;function aiReceiveMessageadvanced_iframe(event) {  aiProcessMessage(event,\"advanced_iframe\", \"true\",\"\",\"false\",\"false\");}if (window.addEventListener) {  window.addEventListener(\"message\", aiReceiveMessageadvanced_iframe);} else if (el.attachEvent)  {  el.attachEvent(\"message\", aiReceiveMessageadvanced_iframe);}var aiOnloadScrollTop=\"true\";var aiShowDebug=false;\n\t\tif (typeof aiReadyCallbacks === 'undefined') {\n\t\t\tvar aiReadyCallbacks = [];\n\t\t} else if (!(aiReadyCallbacks instanceof Array)) {\n\t\t\tvar aiReadyCallbacks = [];\n\t\t}    function aiShowIframeId(id_iframe) { jQuery(\"#\"+id_iframe).css(\"visibility\", \"visible\");    }    function aiResizeIframeHeight(height) { aiResizeIframeHeight(height,advanced_iframe); }    function aiResizeIframeHeightId(height,width,id) {aiResizeIframeHeightById(id,height);}<\/script><iframe id=\"advanced_iframe\"  name=\"advanced_iframe\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/gostargazing.co.uk\/events-map-framed\/?frame=fedas&#038;wmode=opaque\"  width=\"100%\"  height=\"600\"  frameborder=\"0\"  border=\"0\"  allowtransparency=\"true\"   style=\";border-width: 0px;;border: none;;width:100%;;height:600px;\"  src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var ifrm_advanced_iframe = document.getElementById(\"advanced_iframe\");var hiddenTabsDoneadvanced_iframe = false;\nfunction resizeCallbackadvanced_iframe() {}<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><p style=\"display:block !important; visibility:visible !important;margin: -18px 14px 0 0;padding-left: 3px;padding-top:3px;background: white; overflow: hidden; position: relative; line-height:15px;width: fit-content;\"><small style=\"display:block !important;visibility:visible !important\">powered by Advanced iFrame<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Astro Speakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/astrospeakers.org\/\">Astro Speakers <\/a>has a great list of astronomy speakers from across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Speakernet&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speakernet.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/speakernet.co.uk\/\">Speakernet<\/a> is has a wide range of topics including Astronomy. It will require a search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dark Skies Matter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkskiesmatter.org.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.darkskiesmatter.org.uk\/\">Dark Skies Matter<\/a> seeks to reduce the prevalence and harmful effects of unnecessary, artificial light and to protect fragile oases of natural darkness wherever they are still to be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Magazines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\">Sky at Night Magazine<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/astronomynow.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/astronomynow.com\">Astronomy Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aae.org.uk\">Association for Astronomy Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ras.org.uk\">RAS Education Committee<\/a> &#8211; competitions for schools and information leaflets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Links to a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov\/docs\/teachers\/lessons\/\">astronomy lessons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sr.bham.ac.uk\/xmm\/forteachers.html\">set of astronomy education experiments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sciastro.astronomy.net\/sci.astro.html\">sci.astro FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phys.vt.edu\/%7Ejhs\/faq\/\">Astronomy &amp; Physics are covered here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.usno.navy.mil\/faq\/\">Astronomy applications FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nineplanets.org\/\">Planets for Kids<\/a> &#8211; Informative page for kids which provides information on the planets in our solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Places to Visit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a list of a few astronomy related atractions that are mostly across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armagh.space\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/armagh.space\/\">Armagh Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.birrcastle.com\/\">Birr Castle in Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coaa.co.uk\/\">Centro de Observacao Astronomica no Algarve &#8211; COAA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.renfrewshireastro.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=47&amp;Itemid=53%22\">Coats Observatory &#8211; <\/a>Strathclyde<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk\">Herschel Museum of Astronomy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science-project.org\/\">Herstmonceux Science Centre in Sussex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandastronomy.co.uk\/\">Island Planetarium &amp; Astronomy Resources Centre on the Isle of Wight<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jb.man.ac.uk\/\">Jodrell Bank Science Centre and Arboretum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leisureandculturedundee.com\/culture\/mills\">Mills Observatory<\/a> &#8211; Dundee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/national-maritime-museum\">National Maritime Museum &#8211; Greenwich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacecentre.co.uk\/\">The National Space Centre in Leicester<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammuseums.org.uk\/thinktank\">Thinktank<\/a> &#8211; Birmingham&#8217;s Science Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/normanlockyer.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/normanlockyer.com\/\">Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth, Devon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/\">Royal Greenwich Observatory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southdowns.org.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.southdowns.org.uk\/\">South Downs Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceguardcentre.com\/\">Spaceguard Centre &#8211; Knighton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceport.org.uk\/\">Spaceport <\/a>&#8211; Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomycentre.org.uk\/\">The Astronomy Centre in the Pennines on the Yorkshire\/Lancashire border<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techniquest.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.techniquest.org\/\">Techniquest<\/a> &#8211; Cardiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links Below are some websites you may find useful. If we have missed any, please get in touch. Go Stargazing Use Go Stargazing to promote your outreach events and increase public awareness. Search for events and Astronomical Societies near you. Thank to Neill from Go Stargazing for providing the feed to the website. 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