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…
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.
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…
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…
The years around 1915 conjure up dark images of the Great War and the destruction that went with it. Yet 1915 was also the year that Einstein’s master work, General Relativity, first appeared and forever changed our view of this Universe we live in. SAS President Dave Newton will give a talk on the background…
From humble beginnings and as a pre-season event, the annual SAS Starbeque event has now become the stuff of legend and one largest turnout in 2015. Held usually on last Saturday in August, but due to the nearest new moon phase it’s the 3rd September 2016, starting at 6:30 pm until very late, observing afterwards if weather…
Starbeque 2015 From humble beginnings and as a pre-season event, the annual SAS Starbeque event has now become the stuff of legend. Held usually on last Saturday in August, but due to the site being used as Beowulf series filming location and the nearest new moon phase it’s the 12th September 2015, starting at 6:30…
The Derwent to Cygnus fundraising bike ride on the 9th August 2015 has been postponed until the new season, possibly September/October this year. This has been decided by the commitee due to a combination of factors: people’s unavailability to take part for this event date, lack of adequate uptake for required number of participants, a…
It is that time of the year again, the Sunderland Astronomical Society’s Astrophotography Competition will held on Sunday 17th May 2015, from 7:00 pm, where the best of our SAS astrophotography images will be displayed and voted on at this competition event. Traditionally, this is our end-of-season meeting and consequently enjoys something of a more relaxed…
A new generation of giant telescopes (Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs)) is being designed. They will have primary mirrors with diameters ranging from 25 metres to 39 metres. Professor Richard Myers of the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Durham University will look at the new astronomy that these systems will be…