Sheffield Astronomical Society, part of @fedastro, was established in 1934. We run Beginners and Speakers evenings, and Stargazing/Sungazing events every month.
Our Monthly Beginners' Evening : 8 pm on Tuesday 22nd July at Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ . A melange - 3 different talks plus our regular features, Monthly Notes, Astronews, APODOM. Musical Accompaniment by Sushi.
Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
Speaker's Evening. Tuesday 8th April, 8 pm, (Doors 7:30). Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ "Particle Physics for astronomers". We are delighted to welcome Dr Julian Onions of the University of Nottingham and @NottinghamAstro. Free refreshments , opportunity to join on the night.
Tonight’s Beginner’s Evening topic is Exoplanets.
Darren is trying to observe the telltale wobble of a star with an orbiting exoplanet.
He’ll have a job from that static PowerPoint slide! 🤣
Tuesday 25th March, Ranmoor Parish Centre S10 3GH. Monthly beginners' evening. "Exoplanets : Planets revolving around other stars". Doors open 19:30, 8 pm start. Talks by members. Also AstroNews, Monthly notes and APODOM. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
This is a talk about the women of the late 19th Century who worked as "computers" (carried out calculations) at the Harvard College Observatory and achieved great things.
Speaker's Evening. Tuesday 11th February, 8 pm, (Doors 7:30). Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ "The Harvard Computers". We are delighted to welcome Chris Suddick of the Altrincham and District Astronomical Society. Free refreshments , opportunity to join on the night.
Speaker's Evening.
Tuesday 11th February, 8 pm, (Doors 7:30).
Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ
"Astronomy without a Telescope"
We are delighted to welcome Colin Henshaw of the Altrincham and District Astronomical Society.
Free refreshments , opportunity to join on the night.
Speaker's Evening.
Tuesday 11th February, 8 pm, (Doors 7:30).
Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ
"Astronomy without a Telescope"
We are delighted to welcome Colin Henshaw of the Altrincham and District Astronomical Society.
Free refreshments , opportunity to join on the night.
Our regular monthly speaker's evening. Dennis Ashton, from Stardome, and a past-president of the society will be talking on "Amazing Space". Some wilder aspects of astronomy plus anecdotes of an old astronomer".
Our regular monthly speaker's evening. Dennis Ashton will be talking on "Amazing Space".
Tuesday 14thJanuary at the Ranmoor Parish Centre, S10 3HZ.
Doors open 7:30 in anticipation of an 8 pm start. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
Our regular monthly speaker's evening. Dennis Ashton will be talking on "Amazing Space".
Tuesday 14thJanuary at the Ranmoor Parish Centre, S10 3HZ.
Doors open 7:30 in anticipation of an 8 pm start. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
Finally, we will conduct a brief thought experiment, based upon the premise that other civilizations may think similarly and ask the question, what would we do if we met ETi? Come with an open mind!
Monthly Speaker's Evening with Martin Braddock.
8 pm on Tuesday 10th December at the Ranmoor Parish Centre, S10 3HZ
Talk abstract in next message.
Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
In the presentation, we will consider some of the possibilities which may make this possible and delve into the prospects of human robotics as potential mediators for deep space exploration.