June Events Asteroid Day 30th June Join the Asteroid Day global event organizer community! Asteroid Day is an annual global event which is held on the anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska event that took place on June 30, 1908, the most harmful known asteroid-related event on Earth in recent history. Proclaimed by the United Nations, […]
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May Meeting Report 2021
May Meeting Report 2021 Our speaker tonight was Dr Robin Wilson whose talk was ‘Monitoring the Earth from Space’ Rather than looking out from Earth towards Space, Robin introduced us to the amazing world of using Space to look towards the Earth. Many of his images showed us areas around us in Southampton in different […]
April Meeting Report 2021
Apollo 13 – Dave Eagle FRAS Our speaker this evening was Dave Eagle FRAS speaking about Apollo 13. Although you may think you know the story of Apollo 13, Dave told the story including many unknown facts. Using some wonderful animations we felt like we were watching it for real. Dave included video and radio […]
April Events
Federation Convention Saturday 17th April It’s my great pleasure to be able to announce the free FAS Online Convention on Saturday, 17th April 2021 starting at 12:00 noon. Our Meetings and Publicity Council Member, Jerry Stone, has organised four tremendous speakers for you: Prof Lord Martin Rees (The Astronomer Royal): From Mars to the Multiverse Greg Smye-Rumsby: Solar Eclipses Nik Szymanek: Overview of […]
March Upcoming Events
March Upcoming Events Worldwide Astrofest – 18th March 18th March 2021– Worldwide Astrofest – 19.30 With Dr. Emma Chapman of Imperial College London speaking on the search for the first stars and Dr. Stuart Clark on how the stars have shaped the history of mankind. You can book here. Merseyside Astronomy Day – 27th March Merseyside Astronomy Day 2021 on Saturday 27th […]