The Sunderland Astronomical Society AGM (Via Zoom) will be taking place on Sunday 24th October 2020 from 7:00 pm. Zoom AGM meeting details will be distributed via our SAS SMS text service or upon request from zoom-meetings@sunderlandastro.com. SAS members are invited to attend, listen to chair’s reports and vote in the election of the committee and nominations are…
Back by popular demand, Sunderland Astronomical Society are will visiting Northumberland Park). Date: Friday 8th February 2021. Time: from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm. Entry: Free Event – Pre-Book Tickets on Eventbrite SAS have been asked by the Northumberland Park (the park in North Shields) to hold a Stargazing event on Friday 8th October 2021 from 7.00pm till late.
Dear SAS members, At our August Committee meeting the Committee discussed how we can start to return to normal and start meeting up in person again. The management of the Washington Wetlands Centre are still very cautious about mass gatherings indoors and have asked that we keep numbers to a minimum. Therefore, we have therefore…
SAS Starbeque event at Derwent Reservoir Car Park. Date: Saturday 11th September 2021, Time: From 7 pm until very late, observing afterwards if weather is favorable. Venue: Will take place at at Derwent Reservoir located at our Millshield dark sky site. This is our traditional celebration of the return of darker nights and, as in previous years…
The North East of England has a rich astronomical heritage and this talk will examine a timeline which started in the Neolithic period right up to modern day research and the recent explosion in Astro tourism in our region. In this talk Graham will look at the people, organisations, places and practices which have often…
Quasars are the brightest known objects in the visible universe. They are so bright that they outshine the entire galaxy they sit in and are useful in all areas of astronomy, especially cosmology where they can be used as a probe for the early Universe. Most quasars appear very blue, but there are some that…
Hi Everyone, The hope that Covid restrictions would have been lifted by now lead us delay the competition until July. However with the extension of distancing rules etc. to the 19th July, and possibly longer, the committee feel it would be wrong to delay it further. The competition with therefore take place on Facebook…
The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year and has been marked by ceremony and celebration for thousands of years. In this talk Chris will explore the history, the myths and legends. Also, the science. We astronomers look at the Solstice as the turning point in the year when we start to look…
The evening sky in Springtime allows astronomers to view a large number of distant objects called galaxies, centred around the starry pattern of Virgo. In this talk Dave Newton describes how the Virgo galaxy cluster is structured and explains what we are actually viewing, and: How this relates to our place in the Universe, How…
The dark side of the universe” which considers Dark Matter and Dark Energy how we study them and what the Planck Satellite measurements of the CMB can tell us about these components of the Universe at large. Most of our universe is missing! When we look into the night sky we realise there is much…