Society for Popular Astronomy

Please note that I am posting this by request and can't answer any queries about the event. This info is pasted as received. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bradford, Keighley and Leeds Astronomical Societies, the RSPB and the National...

Paul Money (Lincs) has posted the following on his Facebook page. Anyone who comes across such a mounting under suspicious circumstances, or is asked to help set one up or help with obtaining the hand controller, should consider alerting their local police: Saddened to report that sometime overnight...

Here are two photos of the NLC display of 2-3 July, which I have resized and posted for David Frydman.

Hi Ann, I'm sorry that you haven't had a reply to your post so far. It may be that the reason is that you can't really get a worthwhile Go To telescope for around £250. There may be some on eBay but they will probably be of dubious quality and reliability. I haven't looked there but Go To is notorio...

I am posting this on behalf of the originators of this discussion group but can't answer questions about it: How far would you go for Space Weather? A public dialogue on the impact of space weather A new national public dialogue project on the impact of space weather was launched on 6 June. This pro...

British telescope manufacturer Dudley Fuller has died. Many members will recall buying their first telescope, or bits for it, from Fuller.

Story on the SPA website here.

Telescope House here.

Robin

I have used my Toucam to guide my HEQ5 Pro successfully. You need a reasonably fast guide scope (I used 60 mm f/5) so you can find guide stars down to about mag 6 or maybe 7. This considerably limits the number available so you need a fair amount of adjustment on the direction of the guide scope. As...

Nice videos! I was last in Tenerife on Las Canadas 15 years ago for the Leonids. In those far-off days we still only had film cameras! It seems hard to believe that it was so recent, but the digital revolution had still to take place for everyday purposes. But what strikes me is that the light pollu...

It seems that parts of the Alps are now being floodlit! What next!

There is a petition to sign:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/WW ... N/?nvkSVgb

The SOCIETY for POPULAR ASTRONOMY Electronic News Bulletin No. 368 2014 January 19 Here is the latest round-up of news from the Society for Popular Astronomy. The SPA is Britain's liveliest astronomical society, with members all over the world. We accept subscription payments online at our secure si...

Please note that I have been asked to post this item and cannot answer questions about it I would like to inform you about our International Astronomy Festival being held on Saturday Feb 1st 2014 at the Westwood House Hotel in Galway with speakers from the USA, UK and Ireland with the theme about h...

Thanks Dave, and to Stella, for very helpful information.

Robin

We hear that John Dobson, who devised the popular Dobsonian style of reflecting telescope as a cheap means of mounting a Newtonian reflector, died on 15 January. I will be writing a piece about him for Popular Astronomy which I need to get done very shortly. I know that John came to the UK to give t...

The SOCIETY for POPULAR ASTRONOMY Electronic News Bulletin No. 365 2013 November 24 Here is the latest round-up of news from the Society for Popular Astronomy. The SPA is Britain's liveliest astronomical society, with members all over the world. We accept subscription payments online at our secure s...

The SOCIETY for POPULAR ASTRONOMY Electronic News Bulletin No. 364 2013 November 10 Here is the latest round-up of news from the Society for Popular Astronomy. The SPA is Britain's liveliest astronomical society, with members all over the world. We accept subscription payments online at our secure s...