The latest events with Sunderland Astronomical Society
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 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.
Mars is a barren desert world, so one might puzzle over the idea there being water. However, since 1877 there has been great speculation of water on Mars and ultimately what that implies. In this talk Ramin Lolachi looks at the history of hunting for water on Mars and the role water has played in…
Event Cancelled due to low bookings. On Saturday 18th October from 7 pm, enjoy seeing the night sky of Northumberland International Dark Sky Park. Similar to previous Kielder Castle Star Watch events but now the Star Watch event is in a new location at Stonehaugh near the river Warksburn. For directions see use the google…