Back by popular demand the SAS’s annual Water Rocket Competition Is being held on Sunday 1st July 2018 from 7:30 pm . Join Sunderland Astronomical Society for its Water Rocket Competetion 2018. Come on down to the Wetlands Centre, the prize in right. Prize criteria subject to panel of judges based upon: Design, Build Quality,…
For most astronomical societies, refurbishing an historic scope would be a dream come true. David Ettie of Sunderland Astronomical Society reveals how he and his fellow stargazers did just that. While the north east of England is well known for mining and heavy industry, until 1985 it also had a hand in producing quality telescopes,…
For over 400 years now astronomy prospers by the use of it’s most important tool, the telescope. In this lecture Dr Jurgen Schmoll will show how these wonderful instruments were once made and how they are made today, focusing on research telescopes as well as on amateur equipment where examples of mass production are shown as…
The Sunderland Astronomical Society’s Astrophotography Competition will held on Sunday 20th May 2018, 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 2017 Astrophotography Competition winners and runners up , also viewable from the Astrophotography Competitions drop down menu. Categories This…
Pint of Science is a global science festival that takes place in pubs across the world between the 14th and 16th of May. This year, they are having an ‘Atoms to Galaxies’ event at the Boat Club in Durham city centre; our members will likely be most interested in the talks on Gazing at galaxies:…
David Kidds’ talk will outline the secret history of Grubb-Parsons that deals with the Company’s work during and after World War 2 (WW2) on a variety of projects including: Supersonic aircraft, Radar, The British nuclear programme, Their design for a space telescope.
The Sun may appear placid at first glance, but a closer look reveals an incredibly active atmosphere. Some of the most spectacular eruptions in our solar system occur there every day. Some of these eruptions are relatively small, whilst others occur on a truly colossal scale. In this talk, Dr Peter Wyper and will explain…
The Kielder Forest Star Camp runs from Wednesday 14th to Sunday 19th March 2018. The Kielder Forest Star Camps are run twice a year, in the spring (usually in Feb/March) and in the autumn(usually in October). Originally setup and organised by members of Sunderland Astronomical Society(SAS), and now organised by the Kielder Forest Camp Site. All activities…
SAS visits Derwent Sailing Club. Date: 10th March 2018 Time: From 7 pm Location They are located on the North side of Derwent Reservoir (West of our Dark Sky site) just off the A68 between Corbridge and Consett, providing easy access by car from Hexhham, Newcastle and Durham. We also have many members travelling from Northumbria,…
“Exoplanets” or “extrasolar” planets are worlds that orbit stars outside the Solar System. There are myriad types ranging from the so-called “Hot-Jupiters” to Earth and Super Earth sized planets. This talk aims to give a brief introduction to exoplanetary science, an exciting field at the cutting-edge of astronomy; describing how we find these worlds and…