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At 21:47 on 8th May a bright meteor was seen over the South of England. Two of the ever-vigilant UKMON stations caught the event (The Church Crookham Station operated by Farnham AS member Peter Campbell-Burns and the Sidmouth Station operated by the Norman Lockyer Observatory S.P.A.M. team). This meteor caught the media’s attention, unlike the [...]
The Foredown Tower Astronomers were foiled by poor visibility on March 16th for their Sir Patrick Moore “Memorial Moon Watch” at Hangleton Manor. However, the Emmaus Community, Brighton, made their grounds available for the FTA to have a second attempt at this “Memorial Moon Watch” on April 23rd. This time the weather was perfect with [...]
Crawley Astronomical Society has had a busy Winter promoting Astronomy. We have held three Star Gazing events at Oriel High School ,Maidenbower, Crawley where Astronomy is taught as part of their Science package. We have been very fortunate in that the weather was clear on each of the scheduled nights there. The students were well [...]
Communicating astronomy is a passion of mine, and to this end I look after the astronomy outreach done by Guildford AS for local schools, Scouts, Guides etc. Communicating Astronomy was also the title of an excellent conference mounted in October 2011 by Newbury AS. This was part of their 30th anniversary celebrations and was held [...]
Sadly the January snow prevented Farnham Astronomical Society from holding an event at Frensham Heights School in support of the BBC’s popular Stargazing LIVE programme. However on Saturday 16 February, the weather proved kinder and the Society was able to set out their telescopes under the dark sky of Alice Holt Forest. The evening started [...]
The safety of members and visitors is high on the agenda when organising and running observing events. Farnham Astronomical Society has a couple of tips that it would like to share with other societies. The Farnham Astronomical Society faced a greater than usual challenge at its observing event in Alice Holt Forest, a dark woodland [...]
The Hampshire Astronomical Group is selling some surplus equipment for one of its members. If any astronomer is interested in any of the items listed in the attached spreadsheet they need to contact Graham Bryant on 02392 241764. Download list of items (PDF file)
Robin Durant (Adur Astronomical Society) sent us this image of the Pleiades or M45 taken using his 4 inch refractor and a Canon 450D digital SLR. We are delighted to showcase this wonderful image. Not only does it show Robin’s talent, it also demonstrates beautifully what is achievable under a clear sky (not that we are [...]
Many visitors to the area of Wadhurst comment on our dark sky which has an average darkness of 20.08 with the best area measured at 21.09. This is a very good reading for a village in the Southeast of England. However, we felt we could not afford to sit back and hope it stays that [...]
At our February meeting SAGAS delegates were able to enjoy a display and presentation by the UK Meteor Observation Network (UKMON) team. The UKMON team set up a display in the main lobby of the South Downs Planetarium where delegates gather before the main meeting. Their display included a static demonstration of a CCTV monitoring [...]
Our astronomy group, Foredown Tower Astronomers, are working with the Brighton Emmaus Community to build an analemmatic sundial in their grounds which are open to the general public. We moved our location to Emmaus when the Brighton and Hove City Council closed the ForedownTower. This Brighton Emmaus Community have a web-site that explains their aims [...]
Basingstoke Astronomical Society has launched a new look web site and complementary Facebook page. Their web site has been built using press using a very tidy template. Wordpress is becoming more prevalent across the astronomy community, which has to be a good thing because we are able to share knowledge and ideas. We hope you [...]
SAGAS maintains a central calendar of meetings and events organised by member societies as well as interesting astronomical events.
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