The talk will be about the successes, and failures, of the Soviet Space Programme focusing on the story of Sergei Korolev and the Semyorka (seven) launcher and Soyuz spacecraft he designed which are both still in service unlike all the US Apollo hardware which has long since retired. When US astronauts go to the International…
Part of the SAS Summer Workshop series. Is your reflector telescope (not SCT or MAK) in need of collimation? Are you unsure if it does need collimation? Are you unsure how to collimate it? Then expert help is at hand. Richard Graham previous SAS commitee and active SAS member will be running a workshop on…
21st July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first moonwalk, when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another world. For a brief period, the Moon became our first outpost in the wider cosmos before the manned missions ceased in December 1972. In total, only 12 men ever walked on…
Saturday 20th July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and with it comes a fantastic opportunity to celebrate arguably one of humankind’s greatest achievements. Visit the Cygnus Observatory based at the Washington Wetlands Centre & join the Sunderland Astronomical Society for a an event dedicated to the Apollo 11 50th anniversary. See…
Summer Lecture 1: How to take deep sky photos with Chris Duffy from 7.00pm. Join us for the start of our ‘SAS Summer Lectures’ as our very own Chris Duffy takes you through: How he has his gear set up, How to take amazing astro images, How to polar align using sharpcap, How to set up…
Hartlepool born David Sinden was the last chief optician at the Grubb Parsons company. He went on to form his own ‘Sinden Optical Company’. This talk covers his remarkable achievements in optics and telescopes. David Sinden A life in Optics
The Sunderland Astronomical Society’s Astrophotography Competition will held on Sunday 19th May 2019, from 7:00 pm, where the best of our SAS astrophotographer images will be displayed and voted on at this competition event. Last year’s 2018 Astrophotography Competition winners and runners up , also viewable from the Astrophotography Competitions drop down menu. Categories This…
The expansion history and large-scale structure of the Universe is a key prediction of cosmological models, and DESI observations will permit scientists to probe diverse aspects of cosmology, from dark energy to alternatives to General Relativity to neutrino masses to the early Universe. DESI will measure the expansion history of the Universe using the baryon…
SAS Starbeque event at Derwent Reservoir Car Park. Date: Saturday 31st August 2019, 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…
SAS Starbeque event at Derwent Reservoir Car Park. Date: Saturday 20th April 2019, 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, …