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Events
Upcoming Events
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Tuesday 14th May - Speakers EveningLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Speakers Evening. Join us for our Speakers Evening with Professor Paul Crowther of the University of Sheffield.
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, meetings usually finish about 21:30.
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Sunday 19th May - Sungazing TBC
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Tuesday 28th May - Annual General MeetingLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Annual General Meeting.
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, usually finishing about 21:30.
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Tuesday 11th June - Speakers EveningLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Speakers Evening with Professor Ian Robson of the University of Dundee. The topic is "The Pluto Story".
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, meetings usually finish about 21:30.
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Sunday 16th June - Sungazing TBC
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Tuesday 25th June - Beginners EveningLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Beginners Evening. Topic TBC.
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, usually finishing about 21:30.
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Tuesday 9th July - Speakers EveningLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Speakers Evening with Michael Czajkowski of the Open University. The topic is "Oumuamua An Extra Solar system Visitor".
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, meetings usually finish about 21:30.
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Tuesday 13th August - Speakers EveningLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Speakers Evening with Owen Brazell of the British Astronomical Association.
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, meetings usually finish about 21:30.
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Tuesday 10th September - Speakers EveningLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Speakers Evening with Dr Susan Cartwright of the University of Sheffield.
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, meetings usually finish about 21:30.
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Tuesday 8th October - Speakers EveningLocation: The Ranmoor Parish Centre, Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Rd, Sheffield S10 3GX, UK
Join us for our Speakers Evening with Gary Poyner of the British Astronomical Association.
Doors open at 19:30 for a 20:00 start, meetings usually finish about 21:30.
Visitor Information
All of our events are open to the public – all ages and abilities are welcome.
For details about the different types of meetings we have see the Meetings Overview page.
Speakers and Beginners evenings meet at The Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Road, SHEFFIELD S10 3GX unless stated otherwise.
Members are entitled to free entry at all Sheffield Astronomical Society events.
Non-member visitor entry fees are as follows:
£3 … Adults
£1 … Children under 18 and students presenting a valid NUS card
Stargazing and Sungazing Live events are FREE to everyone unless stated otherwise. The locations of these events can vary so keep an eye on this website or the Facebook Group.
Observing Locations
We host observing events at a number of locations in and around Sheffield. For ease of setup, we have included latitude, longitude and elevation details below:
Sportsman Inn, 569 Redmires Road, SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire S10 4LJSungazing Events April-September
| Latitude: | 53° 22.274’N |
| Longitude: | 1° 34.635’W |
| Elevation: | 291m |
