21st December Lecture: From stone circles to the JWST

In this talk we shall examine humanity’s developing knowledge of science and the universe of which we are a part over the millennia.

We shall do this by considering the staggering leap forward from using standing stones as calendars to launching telescopes into space.

Talks in Person

This walk will be held at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room).

The talk will also be broadcast via MS Teams (providing no technical and/or WIFI difficulties)

Please show you support to our speaker and the Society in person if you can be there on the lecture night.

Teams Talk Details

We now have MS Teams (this replaces Zoom) for live video streaming of the our monthly talks.

Please try to attend in person if you can as it goes along way in showing you support for our speaker and our Society.

Our Committee members Will Harvey/David Ettie are the admin/leads regarding administration and set up of our Teams Pro account.

If you don’t already have it we suggest you download the MS Teams app prior to the meeting.

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For organisers: Meeting options

Hopefully we see you all at the Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room) , Raffle & Refreshments as usual.

The talk will held at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discover Room) on Sunday and will streamed via Teams.

If you haven’t been in a while why not come along and show your support.

When Where Who

Date: Sunday 21st December 2025,
Time: 7 pm.
Speaker: Graham Darke (Honorary SAS member and on of our founding members, Former President of SAS),
Venue: At the Washington Wetlands Centre (discovery Room ) and Via Teams (Video Streaming Link).

Our speaker

Graham Darke as well as the current President of the Sunderland Astronomical Society(SAS), is a very active member of the SAS and ambassador of Astronomy outreach throughout the North East.

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Active member and very keen supporter of Astronomy outreach through the North East with outreach/talk experience in secondary schools and colleges since early 1990’s.
A keen amateur astronomer & astrophotographer.
Former Chair of Sunderland Astronomical Society.
Former President of Sunderland Astronomical Society.

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