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Author Archives: Martin Kennedy

Maria Mitchell USA first female AStronomer

20th December Lecture: The twelve “Dames of Christmas” – Female Astronomers through the ages

EventsBy Martin KennedyOctober 21, 2015Leave a comment

Graham Edwards (SAs member) talk will consist of looking at women astronomers from history, going back as far as Hypatia of Alexandria, to the present.

SAS AGM 2015

Sunderland Astronomical Society AGM – 29th November 2015

AnnouncementsBy Martin KennedyNovember 10, 2015Leave a comment

The Sunderland Astronomical Society AGM will be taking place on Sunday 29th November 2015 from 7:00 pm. SAS members are invited to attend, listen to chairpersons reports and vote in the election of the committee and nominations are asked from the SAS members. At the AGM all committee members stand down and members are nominated elected/re-elected.…

Sunderland Astronomical Society Members ID Badge

New Season Membership Subscription Renewals for 2016-2017

NewsBy Martin KennedyAugust 21, 2016Leave a comment

September is the start of our new season. SAS Memberships will be due from 1st September for this season 2016/2017. Joining/Renewing helps support your local astronomical society & community. So come on down to Cygnus Observatory join or renew your SAS membership. One of the largest & most active astronomical society’s in the North East,…

Grubb-Parsons Lecture

18th November: Grubb Parsons Lecture – Rosetta: To Catch A Comet

AnnouncementsBy Martin KennedyOctober 8, 2015Leave a comment

Part of the Grubb Parsons Lecture series. When: Wednesday 18th November 2015 at 4:30 pm. Location: Arnold Wolfendale Lecture Theatre (CLC013), Calman Learning Centre, Science site. Durham

25 years of Hubble

15th November Lecture: 25 years of Hubble

EventsBy Martin KennedyNovember 13, 2015Leave a comment

On the 15th November at 7 pm Washington Wetlands Centre Graham Darke from Sunderland Astronomical Society will be giving a talk celebrating 25 years of NASA’s Hubble telescope and its many achievements. On April 24, 1990, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from Earth with the Hubble Space Telescope nestled securely in its cargo bay.…

All Access Mount

20 November: “All Access” Mount – Official Opening by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

Announcements, EventsBy Martin KennedySeptember 19, 2015Leave a comment

On the 20th November we will be Honoured with the presence of Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson who will do the official opening ceremony of the new “all access” mount we have recent had built. Please note: This is an SAS members and invited guests only night. The SAS would like to thank Harry Herron and Dave…

Josh at Cygnus Observatory

21st November – Fundraising event for 4th Washington cub scouts

EventsBy Martin KennedyNovember 10, 2015Leave a comment

This is a fundraising event for 4th Washington cub scouts who are a recently formed pack (and the one that Graham Dark’s son belongs to). We are doing this as a favour to them to help them raise some funds. They are coming along with parents and other family members. There’s going to be a…

All Access Mount for Wheel chair users at Cygnus Observatory

SAS Celebrates All-Access Mount for Wheelchair Users-Members

UncategorizedBy Martin KennedyAugust 23, 2015Leave a comment

The SAS new “All-Access” Mount is now operational, which has been specically designed for wheelchair users/members that the SAS has designed and commisioned. And on the 20th November 2015, from 6 pm we will be Honoured with the presence of Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson who will do the official opening ceremony.

Dark Matter

18th October Lecture: The dark side of the Universe

EventsBy Martin KennedyAugust 23, 2015Leave a comment

The standard model of cosmology tells us that the Universe is mostly made up of ‘Dark Matter’, with normal matter contributing only about 15% of the total budget. However, direct detections have not yielded any results about the nature of this mysterious dark matter, leaving us with only indirect means of inferring its existence and…

Northumberland Park Stargazing Event

10th October: Stargazing Event (Northumberland Park)

AnnouncementsBy Martin KennedyOctober 4, 2015Leave a comment

SAS have been asked by the Northumberland Park (the park in North Shields) to hold a Stargazing event on Saturday 10th October from 7.00pm till late. It will be along the same lines of the St Marys event with talk(s) our merchandise table and telescopes. There will be plenty of room for everyone that wants…

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