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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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It is with deep regret that on Sunday evening, surrounded by family and friends, John Wade from Brighton, sadly passed away after a long illness. John had been involved with SAGAS for many years through his association with Brighton Astronomical and Scientific Society. He was a frequent attendee at the numerous SAGAS events over the [...]
The Society for the History of Astronomy is holding its Spring 2012 on Saturday 28 April at the National Maritime Museum’ Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF The speakers are: Gilbert Satterthwaite MSc FRAS – Being an Astronomer at the Royal Observatory in the 1950s Roger Davies (Philip Wetton Professor of Astrophysics, Oxford and President [...]
On Friday April 20th the BAA Campaign for Dark Skies is holding a one day conference on Planning, Exterior Lighting and the Environment at de Montfort University (DMU), Leicester The conference runs from 10.00 to 4.30 and will be opened by on video by the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees. The conference is free to CfDS members [...]
In our January meeting John Murrell of Croydon Astronomical Society reminded members of the risks associated with the use of laser pointers and brought to our attention some recent guidance on the use of lasers at night published by the Civil Aviation Authority. This guidance is known as CAP 736: Operation of Directed Light, Fireworks, [...]
Astronomical Societies across the South of England held public astronomy events in partnership with the BBC and timed to coincide with the second series of Stargazing LIVE presented by Professor Brian Cox and Dara O’Briain. The popularity of these events demonstrate just how interested the public are in things astronomical. In fact, the first Stargazing Live [...]
SAGAS maintains a central calendar of meetings and events organised by member societies as well as interesting astronomical events.
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