Sunderland Astronomical Society Announcements
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…
Sunderland Astro Xmas Virtual Benker night. Traditionally between Christmas and New Year but under current Pandemic Restrictions it’s virtual. If you attend we will enlighten you on what the Benker Night means?, Nothing wrong with an incentive to try to get people to come along. Featuring Graham Darke’s traditional Christmas Quiz, unlike at the the…
In this talk Dr Chris Aldridge will explore the discovery of plumes erupting from the south polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Chris will talk about: The discovery itself, How the Cassini mission studied the plumes, And what we’ve learned about them and Enceladus. Please support your society if you can make it. When Who Where…
VIRTUAL SOCIETY MEETING THURSDAYS ON ZOOM (Open to the Public). START TIME: 7.00pm END TIME: Usually around 9:00pm There is no formal subject just general astronomy chat for people whom are interested in AStronomy, stargazing , the night sky, etc. We get lots of questions on Facebook asking for advice and opinions on equipment and…
The Sunderland Astronomical Society AGM (Via Zoom) will be taking place on Sunday 25th 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…
VIRTUAL SOCIETY MEETING THURSDAYS ON ZOOM. START TIME: 7.00pm END TIME: Usually around 9:00pm There is no formal subject just general astronomy chat. We get lots of questions on Facebook asking for advice and opinions on equipment and observing, so now is your chance to ask directly some of our senior members. We will give…
Sunderland Astro September UPDATE. Hi Everyone, The committee held a Zoom meeting yesterday to discuss the current society issues and the latest government statements on Coronavirus, in particular the new “Rule of 6″. After taking advice and considering the safety of our members and the reputation of the society we decided that we are still…
Sunderland Astro AUGUST UPDATE. Hi everyone, I thought I would give a further update on where we are at restarting society events. We were hoping to start limited events this month but at the last minute the government changed they mind about some of the August rule changes and these do have a bearing on…
Hi everyone, We hope you are all bearing up in these strange times. The month of May is traditionally the time of our society astrophotography competition. We have been considering if we can still do this this year and we think it will be possible via Facebook. We want to keep this…
UPDATE – We have just heard from Gibside. Due to the Coranavirus outbreak, the National Trust are closing most of their sites from today this includes Gibside. Therefore, our event on the 21st March is cancelled. Hopefully to be rescheduled in the autumn. In view of the the present Corona Virus situation we regrettably need…