SAGAS constitution Accepted at the AGM 28 April 2012 The following constitution was proposed and accepted at the SAGAS Annual General Meeting at held at the South Downs Planetarium, Chichester on 28th April 2012. A PDF version can be dowloaded here 1. TITLE The organisation shall be called “Southern Area Group of Astronomical Societies” (SAGAS). [...]
BAA Summer Meeting 2012
The BAA is holding its 2012 Summer Meeting in Bexley, Kent on 7th July 2012 from 10:00 to 17:30. Note that this meeting is taking place in the SAGAS area and SAGAS is supporting this jointly with the BAA. The theme for the BAA summer meeting is European involvement in planetary exploration. The programme will include [...]
SAGAS Society Features in Sky at Night
SAGAS Society Features in one of the two 55th Anniversary Broadcasts of the Sky at Night The BBC recently requested that they use the Clanfield Observatory for one of the two 55th Anniversary broadcasts of the long running Sky at Night. The producer requested the opportunity for the BBC to film a [...]
A Meteor Observation Network for the UK
At the SAGAS meeting on 28 May, Peter Campbell-Burns gave a short talk on behalf of Richard Kacerek on the subject of a proposed meteor observation network for the UK. Unfortunately, Richard could not be there in person. Richard’s aim is to establish a collaborative project involving astronomy societies as well as perhaps schools and colleges to create network [...]
FAS Proposal for a Remotely Sited Telescope
Posted by admin on May 9th, 2012
Proposal for a Remotely Sited Telescope for the Use of FAS Member Societies The FAS Council is exploring the idea of providing for member societies a high quality remote operation telescope located in southern Spain where the observing conditions are more favourable than here in the UK. It is only a proposal and at this point in [...]
Sale of Telescopes and Other Equipment
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2012
Eastborne AS is selling off some of its current stock of instruments, initially to members and later, if necessary, to the wider astronomical community: Telescopes and Binoculars 10” Meade LX200 SCT with tripod, 3 eyepieces and spotter scope. £400 (Needs hand control and power supply unit available from BCF for » £150). 150mm f/6 Skywatcher [...]
Break in at the Astronomy Centre, Todmorden
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2012
Dear Astronomer/Astronomical Society If you see any of the items below for sale on e-bay or second hand, please be wary and check on their source very carefully as you may be purchasing stolen goods. Only by stopping a market for stolen astronomical equipent will the intrinsic value to thieves be reduced, and thus reduce [...]
Light Pollution ePetition in support of the Campaign for Dark Skies
Posted by admin on April 5th, 2012
In 2011 the government launched its Directgov ePetition website replacing the old 10 Downing Street petition web site launched under Brown’s government and promising that ePetitions with over 100,000 could be debated in Parliament. An ePetition has been posted calling on government to give official support to the British Astronomical Association’s Campaign for Dark Skies (CfDS), [...]
The Moore Marathon
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2012
This month sees the 55th anniversary of Sky at Night which had its first airing on 24 April 1957. It is remarkable that in all these years Sir Patrick Moore has missed only one show. Sky at Night is not only one of the longest continuously-aired television programmes in the UK (I think Panorama holds [...]
