Sungazing – Sheffield Astronomical Society

Category: Sungazing

  • Sungazing

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

  • Partial Solar Eclipse March 2015

    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, Geoff Charlton at its head. This involved a few “fact-finding missions” (or going to the…

  • Partial Solar Eclipse from the Frozen North

    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 the Caithness town of Wick, the eclipse was clearly visible from first to last contact.…