Sunderland Astronomical Society Announcements
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…
The next star camp runs from Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th October with spaces already filling up! The Kielder Forest Star Camps are run twice a year, in the spring (usually in Feb/March) and in the autumn(usually in October). All activities on the main day (Saturday) are free. Update: as of 22/09/14 non-electrical pitches are available.
From humble beginnings and as a pre-season event, the annual SAS Starbeque event has now become the stuff of legend. Held on Saturday 29th August 2015, starting at 6:30 pm until late. This is our traditional celebration of the return of darker nights and, as in previous years, will take place at our Millshields Dark Sky…
The Cygnus Observatory now has a Skywatcher EQ8 mount – yippee!!. This will considerably help SAS to promote the study of Astronomy in the local community. This has been achieved from the fundraising efforts from members Sunderland Astronomical (you know who you are) & the from kind donation from the Community Foundation’s “Frank Acfield“ Endowment fund.…
The society now supplies SAS Membership Cards to all new & current society members, with a membership card holder and lanyard (if required). All members are encouraged to use/display membership cards at our meet ups, visits and events. The printed & laminated membership cards, holders and lanyards are stored in the Discovery Room’s “SAS hobbit hole” and available on request. Note: Membership…
Jupiter Nights is part of our annual two night astronomical extravaganza, which also coincides with the Stargazing Live shows on BBC2, and that also promotes the BBC’s local astronomy events on the “Things To Do” website. Held on Friday & Saturday, 10th & 11th January, from 6:30 pm at our Cygnus Observatory and inside WWT Washington Wetlands Centre.…
We have started to create our member resources on the website. You can find the first instalment of Useful Astro Links at http://www.sunderlandastro.com/useful-astro-links Access is currently open to all. Be sure to become a member of the SAS and join the dark side to support all the ongoing society work. May the force be with…
The Cygnus observatory is open tonight from 6 pm. We are expecting a photographer from the Echo tonight for some SAS Fundraiser Promo. Please bring your best looking telescopes and Binoculars with you.
Observing at Nissan has been cancelled. Members are still welcome to attend and dish out leaflets for the Society.
All that are going to be involved with the event being held at Nissan on the 2nd if November please read the below and then message via Facebook/text/email to Paul Meade so he knows what kind of numbers we will have. It is suggested that we all meet in the WWT car park for 15.30…