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…
In suppot of the BBC Two’s Stargazing Live shows on BBC2 on Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th, & Friday 20th (morning of partial solar eclipse) March, Sunderland Astronomical Society and other invited Astronomical Society’s will be running our own Stargaing Live events on Friday 20th & Saturday 21st March 2015, from 6:30 pm. Join local astronomers…
2014 Grubb Parsons Lecture – Ripples from the Big Bang Presented by Professor Jo Dunkley (University of Oxford). At Durham University, Appleby Lecture Theatre (W103 Geography Department). From 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Free Entry.
On the morning of 20th March 2015 we will witness a partial solar eclipse, though we won’t see totality in the UK. Recent total eclipse observations have enabled stunning images of the Sun’s corona to be recorded, spectacularly demonstrating that the magnetic field is the primary structuring force in the solar atmosphere. Fortunately, we no…
The Sunderland Astronomical Society AGM will be taking place on Sunday 16th November 2014 from 6:00 pm, prompt before the lecture. 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…