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Stargazing in the Cemetery

It’s been a while since we did an event at Sheffield General Cemetery. Saturday 1st February was unfortunately clouded out, so we had a variety of talks and some stellar musical interludes provided by SUSHI in the Samuel Worth Chapel. … Continue reading

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Sungazing

Despite some heavy cloud we managed to get some Sungazing in at The Sportsman on Redmires Road.

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Jellyfish Galaxies

Happy New Year! Here are the links from the excellent January 2023 Speakers Evening talk “Jellyfish Galaxies” by Dr Callum Bellhouse. Zooniverse project: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/cbellhouse/fishing-for-jellyfish-galaxies Blog: https://jellyfishgalaxies.wordpress.com/

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Observing Evenings

We are changing how we run observing evenings as both inclement weather and having enough committee members around to host these events is challenging. Observing events will now operate on an ad-hoc basis and details will be discussed on the … Continue reading

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Observing Evening at the Sportsman Inn

We had a clear night! After a healthy helping of the excellent food and drink in the Sportsman Inn on Redmires Road, we ventured outside to set up. An early ISS pass really kicked off the evening, with a 12″ … Continue reading

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Stargazing in the Cemetery

We were invited to bring some of our telescopes along to the Stargazing in the Cemetery event held on the evening of Saturday 12th March 2022 at Sheffield General Cemetery. In spite of the patchy clouds, everybody had a good … Continue reading

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Coronavirus Update

Firstly we hope you remain safe and well and are following the latest Government advice in these difficult times. Obviously all society activity has ceased for the foreseeable future – there will be no more meetings until the situation is over. Since we do … Continue reading

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Statement

The Society will follow the Government’s advice with regard to public safety relating to COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) precautions.  As such, we have taken the decision to cancel events until Government advice recommends otherwise. While our meetings in no way constitute a “mass … Continue reading

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The Observatory at Sheffield Cathedral

Unfortunately this event was cancelled early by the organisers due to the Coronavirus situation. It’s a shame because it was quite spectacular, however under the circumstances the organisers were left with little choice in the interest of public safety. We … Continue reading

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SHU Gazing Live!

We joined the fine folks from Sheffield Hallam University up at the Norfolk Arms on Ringinglow Road for an evening of talks and telescopes. Although the full moon and the street lighting were washing out deep sky objects, the waxing … Continue reading

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