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
21st September and it’s the first public astronomy session of the season. Located at the Sportsman pub, on Redmires Road, West of Sheffield, we had lots of visitors. Importantly though, we had a clear sky! We set up in the … Continue reading
Now the dust has settled and we can draw breath again it’s time to post an update from our Eclipse event. Our preparations for the event started in January, when we formed an organising sub-committee, with our acting Vice President, … Continue reading
A few brave society members travelled about as far as you can go without leaving the mainland to experience the partial solar eclipse of 20th March 2015 at over 95% of totality. Observing from a cottage overlooking the sea near … Continue reading
A full house of children and adults enjoyed a great evening of astronomy at Lydgate Junior school. They learned about Jupiter and Orion and found out what it takes to be an astronomer.
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We were invited to Totley Library to give a few talks as part of the Sheffield ‘Off the Shelf’ festival – a festival of words. An audience of about 30 turned up and enjoyed a talk by Mike on ‘Navigating … Continue reading
Record temperatures of 29 degC and a only partially cloudy sky attracted many visitors to our Sungazing Live event at Mayfield. Lots of flares seen through our H-alpha scope and some decent astrophotographs taken too. A local newspaper reporter was … Continue reading
A lovely sunny day greeted us at the Bole Hills bowling green when we set up our solar viewing equipment ready for Sungazing Live. This was part of the Walkley Festival and after 3 hours in the Sun, we retreated … Continue reading
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Our first “Astronomy in the Pub” venture went very well with an enthusiastic audience of over 100 people who managed to see Jupiter and Orion during cloud breaks as well as be entertained by several talks in the pub.
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Over 150 of us enjoyed a great talk in Sheffield University’s magnificent Firth Hall from the first British ESA astronaut, Tim Peake. He told us about the life and the tough training of an astronaut and how the future of … Continue reading
