This years astrophotography competition on 15th May 2016 had two main categories Solar System, Deep Sky Three classes of astrophotography for: Beginners, Intermediates. Advanced . The images in all categories were of a very high standard this year and in some cases between the intermediate and advanced classes the votes separating the winner and runner-up…
It is that time of the year again, the Sunderland Astronomical Society’s Astrophotography Competition will held on Sunday 15th May 2016, 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…
Back by popular demand, Sunderland Astronomical Society and other invited Astronomical Society’s will be running our annual Jupiter Nights events. Dates:Friday 18th & Saturday 19th March 2016. Times: from 7:00 pm. Free Entry (Contributions to Society fundraising nonetheless welcomed). Join local astronomers from across the North East for a fun night of assorted astronomical treats at the Cygnus…
SAS have been invited by North Shields Customer First Centre (i.e. the North Tyneside Libraries) to participate in this event: observing, talks & SAS stuff at St Mary’s lighthouse on Wednesday 9th March 2016. Date: Wednesday 9th March 2016. Event Times: 7 pm to 10 pm. Location: St Mary’s Island causeway, Whitley Bay. NE26 4RS.
Professor Shaun Cole from the Department of Physics at Durham University and winner of 2014’s prestigious Shaw Prize, will give a general review of the Hot Big Bang and the accelerating expansion of the universe. Shaun will then focus on how sound waves from the early universe can be used as a yard stick to measure…
For our 21st February Lecture, Professor Wallace Arthur from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a volunteer at Kielder Observatory will be giving an evolutionary biologists view of possibilities of Extra-Terrestrial Life. The rate of exoplanet discovery over the last 20 years has been incredible. But do any of these newly-discovered worlds act as a…
Raffle Prize Draw The raffle for the stargazing live events were drawn on the 16th January at the end of the lectures. The raffle for the Stargazing Live Events raffle held over the 15th and 16th of January 2016 was drawn at the end of the lectures on the 16th January 2016.
Many great breakthroughs in astronomy have come as the direct result of the applications of new technology. In this talk Professor Ray Sharples from the Department of Physics at Durham University, will review the development of astronomical technology over the last 300 years.
In support of the BBC Two’s Stargazing Live shows on BBC2 on 12th to the 14th January 2016, Sunderland Astronomical Society and other invited Astronomical Society’s will be running our own Stargazing Live events on Friday 15th & Saturday 16th January 2016, from 6:30 pm. Free Entry (Contributions to Society fundraising nonetheless welcomed). Join local astronomers from across…
Sunderland Astro Xmas Benker night. Traditionally the Saturday between Christmas and New Year has been our night (if you attend we will enlighten you on what the Benker Night means), nothing wrong with an incentive to try to get people to go. Due to available Saturday dates over the festive period it has been suggest…