Member Events/Info
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| SAS at the Gower Show 2/8/2026 |
3rd Aug 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Outreach at the National Botanical Garden of Wales: The Sun in white light, the Whirlpool galaxy and the Ring nebula |
24th Jun 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Visit to the Penllergare Equatorial Observatory, |
30th May 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing and imaging at the Brian Stokes observatory May 24th |
28th May 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing and imaging nebulae, meteor, galaxy and star trails |
14th May 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Yesterday evening at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
7th Apr 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| From our members viewing night on the 18th March |
26th Mar 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing/Imaging session at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
19th Mar 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Images from an SAS field trip to Alentejo Portugal: |
20th Oct 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Helios art installation at Swansea Minster |
12th Oct 2025 |
Gaynor Thomas |
| Members viewing and imaging evening 8th October 2025 |
11th Oct 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members viewing night at Fairwood 21/9/25 |
23rd Sep 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| August 9 SAS members at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
10th Aug 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members observing session at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory May 2nd |
3rd May 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members viewing and imaging 1st April: |
3rd Apr 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Is what you are looking at correct? |
12th Feb 2025 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Jan 31, SAS members' observing session at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory. |
2nd Feb 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members viewing and imaging evening at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory 2/1/25 |
4th Jan 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Merry Christmas |
22nd Dec 2024 |
John Beer |
| Members observing and imaging, Dec 19th |
21st Dec 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members observing session at the Brian Stoke Cygnus Observatory November 27 |
28th Nov 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
12th Nov 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| October Artist of the Month winners and runners up |
6th Nov 2024 |
John Beer |
| Observing at the Brian Stokes Cygnus observatory |
20th Sep 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing and imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
10th Jun 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing and imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
2nd Jun 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| The Night of May 19th: SAS members at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
21st May 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| March 15th Observing and imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
16th Mar 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| A night at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory on the 26th February |
28th Feb 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members' observing and imaging session January 6th |
8th Jan 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members observing at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory December 1 |
3rd Dec 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| SAS members' observing session at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory on Friday 24th November |
26th Nov 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory on Nov 3 |
4th Nov 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Starlink satellites as seen from the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory during Workshop 2. |
16th Oct 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| First workshop held at Fairwood last Friday (22nd September) |
26th Sep 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Obervatory |
6th Aug 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members observing and imaging night July 19th |
21st Jul 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| 7/7/23 – Penmaen field trip |
8th Jul 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Solar viewing and imaging day |
4th Jun 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Imaging at The Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
20th May 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing and imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory on the night of the 11th May |
13th May 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Some images from the last members viewing and imaging evening at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
17th Apr 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members session at the Brian Stokes Observatory |
9th Apr 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Recent footage of Society observing activities |
15th Feb 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members' viewing and imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory on the 13th February |
14th Feb 2023 |
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| Link |
25th Jan 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members' observing session December 15th |
1st Jan 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
18th Oct 2022 |
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| Members observing and imaging meeting at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory Oct 5/6 |
6th Oct 2022 |
Chris Bowden |
| Imaging session at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
26th Sep 2022 |
Chris Bowden |
| Members observing evening August 26th |
28th Aug 2022 |
Chris Bowden |
| Perseids at Fairwood |
12th Aug 2022 |
Chris Bowden |
| Solar observing at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
25th Jul 2022 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing session at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory Sept 23rd |
24th Sep 2021 |
Chris Bowden |
| 6th September 2021 – Fairwood Observing night |
7th Sep 2021 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing last night at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
25th Aug 2021 |
Chris Bowden |
| Observing/imaging session at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory |
16th Aug 2021 |
Chris Bowden |
| Maintenance and solar observing at the Brian Stokes Cygnus observatory |
14th Jun 2021 |
Chris Bowden |
| Post Zoom Meeting observing at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory at Fairwood |
7th May 2021 |
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| Merry Christmas 2020 from the Swansea Astronomical Society! |
18th Dec 2020 |
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| Telescope for Sale in the Buy and Sell section of this website |
20th Oct 2020 |
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| Live Zoom meeting from the SAS Fairwood Observatory |
20th Sep 2020 |
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| Zoom introductory meeting for SAS members |
20th Sep 2020 |
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| Observing log for 2020 March 22nd |
26th Mar 2020 |
Howard Davies |
| Food for thought |
13th Mar 2020 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Observing session after the SAS meeting |
29th Mar 2019 |
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| Testing the refurbished scope at the SAS observatory |
27th Mar 2019 |
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| Observing at the SAS Fairwood observatory Jan 28th |
28th Jan 2019 |
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| Celestron Sky Prodigy 130 computerised telescope for sale |
20th Jan 2019 |
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| New Venue for the Swansea Astronomical Society. Trallwn Community Centre, Bethel Road, Llansamlet, Swansea SA7 9QP |
2nd Oct 2018 |
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| The Night Sky in July 2018 |
20th Jun 2018 |
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| SKYWATCHER 250PDS 250mm Reflector and Synscan mount for sale |
30th Jan 2018 |
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| BAY TV and the Swansea Astronomical Society |
20th Sep 2017 |
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| SAS on Bay TV |
15th Sep 2017 |
Phil Hoyles |
| Perseid meteor peak from the Fairwood observatory |
14th Aug 2017 |
Howard Davies |
| The Yearbook of Astronomy 2018 available for pre-order |
13th Jul 2017 |
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| Yearbook of Astronomy 2017 reminder of your chance to get a copy |
20th May 2017 |
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| Altair Wave Series 130 F7 ED Triplet APO For sale |
20th Apr 2017 |
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| 2017 Yearbook of Astronomy revived. |
3rd Apr 2017 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Starlight Xpress MX716 cooled ccd camera for sale |
23rd Feb 2017 |
Anne Startup |
| Stonehenge 1 Decoded, an eBook by Roger Davies |
26th Jan 2017 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Swansea's youngest Astronomer |
20th Nov 2016 |
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| First meeting of 2016/7 session |
20th Oct 2016 |
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| Fine telescope donated to the Swansea Astronomical Society |
4th Oct 2016 |
Steve Wainwright |
| AGM |
20th May 2016 |
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| Wooden Astrolabe by Silas Higgon |
20th May 2016 |
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| A Horologium nocturnum, educational model of an ancient chronometer |
20th Feb 2016 |
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| A date for your diary |
20th Jul 2015 |
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| A resurrected imaging blog |
2nd Jun 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Gallery of Swansea Astronomical Society astronomical images on the South Wales Evening Post Website |
20th Apr 2015 |
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| Feature on Swansea Astronomical Society astronomical imaging in the South Wales Evening Post |
20th Apr 2015 |
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| Buy and sell |
20th Feb 2015 |
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| Another look at Henry the Space Cadet children's stories |
20th Nov 2014 |
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| Children's Book about the Adventures of Henry The Space Cadet |
13th Nov 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Supporting Usk Astronomical Society at the Usk show on Saturday |
15th Sep 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Solar astronomy class at Fairwood Airport |
17th May 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| SAS on S4C Dibendraw |
14th Feb 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Filming for TV |
12th Jan 2014 |
Colin Miles |
| Save the Sky at Night by complaining directly to the BBC as well as signing the online petition |
3rd Oct 2013 |
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| BBB to axe the Sky at Night ! please help stop them |
23rd Sep 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Keep the Sky at Night |
20th Sep 2013 |
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| Swansea Astronomical Society to get a new observatory |
11th Sep 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| A date for your diary |
10th Sep 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Swansea Astronomical Society mugs |
21st Aug 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| An exhibition by south Wales astronomer and artist Chris Williams |
22nd Jul 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| A Kindle Book of possible interest to astronomers |
24th Jun 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| 8 children's Kindle Books by Ron Clarke of the Swansea Astronomical Society |
29th May 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| A Card for the Chairman |
3rd May 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Gazing with Brian Stokes |
5th Feb 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Radio Mumbles and Star Gazing Live with Swansea Astronomical Society |
7th Jan 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Testing the Fairwood Observatory 12" SCT |
18th Nov 2012 |
Chris Playle |
| Help get International Dark Sky Status for the Brecon Beacons |
6th Sep 2012 |
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| An MBE for Dave Powell, south Wales astronomer |
17th Jun 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Inaugural meeting of SOG, the Swansea astronomical society Solar Observing Group |
28th May 2012 |
Brian Stokes |
| Virtual Galleries |
9th May 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Dome rotation repairs at the Fairwood Obserevatory |
21st Feb 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Update on the Fairwood Observatory facilities |
17th Feb 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Course date update |
20th Dec 2011 |
Brian Spinks |
| Astronomy Course in Swansea Starts Jan 11, 2012 |
6th Dec 2011 |
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| SOG session 2 |
27th Nov 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| A visit to the Spaceguard Observatory at Knighton in Powys |
13th Nov 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Swansea's new Solar Observing Group: SOG |
5th Nov 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Fairwood observatory observing |
28th Oct 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| News from the Penllergaer Trust and the Dillwyn Llewellyn Observatory etc. |
13th Oct 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| A wireless PA system for the Swansea Astronomical Society |
1st Oct 2011 |
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| Astronomy Course in Swansea Starts Oct 5 |
16th Sep 2011 |
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| Astronomy Art in Swansea |
8th Jun 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| SAS representatives attend the opening of the Usk Astronomical Society new observatory |
20th May 2011 |
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| Heads up. More items on the SAS buy & sell page |
20th Jan 2011 |
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| A You tube compendium of modified SDC-435 images |
8th Jan 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| The DARK, a short story that might do some good |
4th Dec 2010 |
Steve Wainwright |
| The Ghost of a once great Observatory |
3rd Nov 2010 |
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| Fairwood Dome in Dry Dock |
21st Jul 2010 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Gower Golf Club |
20th Jun 2010 |
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| White light solar scope now at Fairwood |
30th Mar 2010 |
Steve Wainwright |
| New letterhead |
29th Mar 2010 |
Brian Spinks |
| First Light for a white light solar scope for Fairwood |
28th Mar 2010 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Friday night Observing and Imaging at Fairwood |
13th Mar 2010 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Weekend observing at the Fairwood Observatory |
8th Mar 2010 |
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| Leaving Marina Towers |
27th Feb 2010 |
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| BBC website |
20th Feb 2010 |
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| Fairwood 29th Jan |
1st Feb 2010 |
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Memorials
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| Obituary of John Thomas Swansea Astronomical Society member |
20th Feb 2021 |
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| The Late Brian Stokes, past Chairman of the Swansea Astronomical Society, leader of the Observatory Project and much more |
20th Jun 2019 |
Steve Wainwright |
| The Late Brian Spinks a much loved member of the Swansea Astronomical Society |
15th Jun 2019 |
Steve Wainwright |
| A sad loss to the Swansea Astronomical Society |
20th Jan 2017 |
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| Sad news |
20th Aug 2016 |
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| Sad losses for South Wales Astronomy |
16th Feb 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Death of a society member, Don Morgan |
7th Dec 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Sad news for the Swansea Astronomical Society |
27th Jun 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
Society Outreach
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| Solar Observing outreach at the Penllergare Equatorial Observatory 22 August 2026 |
22nd Aug 2026 |
Chris Bowden |
| Swansea Astronomical Society at the Swansea Science Festival held at the National Waterfront Museum over the weekend of the 26th and 27th October. |
28th Oct 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Swansea Astronomical Society weekend of outreach at the National Waterfront Museum |
31st Oct 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Swansea Astronomical Society at Swansea’s National Waterfront Museum’s “Super Science Sunday” event on the 19th March |
21st Mar 2023 |
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| Astronomical event at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, Saturday Jan 18th |
18th Jan 2020 |
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| Astronomy event at the National Waterfront Museum Sat Jan 12th |
20th Jan 2019 |
Phil John |
| Astronomy at the National Waterfront Museum Swansea |
29th Oct 2018 |
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| Star Party/Astronomical Exhibition Three-Society event at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea |
20th Jan 2018 |
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| Wales in Space at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea |
6th Oct 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| BAA Exhibition Meeting in St David's Hall, Cardiff, Saturday June 27th |
28th Jun 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Astronomy Day at the National Museum of Wales, |
20th Jan 2015 |
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| Quiz night |
28th Nov 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Swansea Astronomical Society at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff |
12th Jan 2013 |
Rhian Roberts |
| The SAS meets the public in Swansea's Waterstones |
16th Dec 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| August 18 and 19, Solar Days at the Waterfront Museum Swansea |
19th Aug 2012 |
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| Astronomy Exhibition at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff on Sat. Jan 21 |
23rd Jan 2012 |
Phil John |
| Meeting the public at Waterstone's Swansea |
8th Jan 2011 |
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Society Talks
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| Astrophotography A Guide to Terms and Types; Zoom and on-site talk by John Beer |
12th Jun 2025 |
John Beer |
| Kuiper belt objects and other distant minor planets Zoom talk by Prof Dr Nik Whitehead |
3rd Apr 2025 |
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| Dr David Whitehouse; Zoom talk on 'Searching for life and what it means' |
20th Mar 2025 |
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| Dark Nebulae by Paul Howat |
20th Mar 2025 |
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| Dr Simon Helan (SAS) gave a live and Zoom talk on "Asteroids Harbingers of Death And Life" |
6th Feb 2025 |
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| Chris Followell gave a live and Zoom talk on Robotic telescopes |
23rd Jan 2025 |
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| Dr Andrew Mclean gave live and Zoom talk entitled A Pulsar Miscellany |
9th Jan 2025 |
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| Observing the Herschel 400 |
28th Nov 2024 |
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| Barry Fitzgerald gave a Zoom talk on 'Lunar Geology from the safety of your own home' |
14th Nov 2024 |
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| The Perils of Time Travel Zoom Philip Wallace (CAS) Zoom and live |
31st Oct 2024 |
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| Dark energy and dark matter by Prof David Bacon |
17th Oct 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Exotic and Hypothetical stars. In person and Zoom talk by Dr Nik Whitehead |
3rd Oct 2024 |
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| Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas. Mike Frost (Director of the BAA Historical Section) gave a talk via Zoom on 'Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas' |
19th Sep 2024 |
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| "Bumps in the Night" Listening to the Universe with gravitational waves, Zoom lecture by Dr Christian Chapman-Bird |
22nd Aug 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Artificial Satellites live and Zoom talk by Paul Spurr |
25th Jul 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Jenifer Millard - Galaxies and the Infrared: In person and Zoom talk |
27th Jun 2024 |
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| A Life in Astronomy and Space Research: Prof David Rees Zoom lecture |
13th Jun 2024 |
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| Roger Pittock gave a talk on Smart Telescopes- Introduction & Comparison |
30th May 2024 |
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| A Very British Meteorite Zoom only talk by Martin Lunn MBE FRAS |
2nd May 2024 |
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| Prehistoric Astronomers and the value of their legacies IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom |
18th Apr 2024 |
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| Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena - Historical & Current Perspectives Alan Foster (Cardiff A.S.) IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom |
4th Apr 2024 |
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| Open Star Clusters Live and Zoom talk by Howard Davies (Swansea Astronomical Society) |
21st Mar 2024 |
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| Talk by John Beer 'I Did It My Way' |
7th Mar 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Live and Zoom talk by Dr Simon Helan on the Constellation Cepheus |
22nd Feb 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Getting Payloads into orbit Live and Zoom talk by Prof Nik Whitehead |
8th Feb 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Zoom lecture on Globular star clusters by Owen Brazell |
25th Jan 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Live and Zoom lecture on Planetary nebulae |
11th Jan 2024 |
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| Ed Cooper (Cardiff A.S.) A live and Zoom presentation on the UK Meteor Monitoring system |
14th Dec 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Jonathan Gale - Observing the lunar 100. |
30th Nov 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Accuracy, Innovation and the Advance of Astronomy 1923 - 2023 by Professor Mike Edmunds. |
16th Nov 2023 |
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| Neutrinos in Astronomy by Dr Andrew McLean |
2nd Nov 2023 |
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| A Stairway to Heaven (Space Elevators) Phil Wallace FRAS Thursday October 19th |
20th Oct 2023 |
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| Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell's lecture to the Swansea Astronomical Society on 'Bursts, bangs and things that go bump in the night' |
29th Jul 2023 |
Chris Bowden |
| Planetary Protection Live and Zoom lecture by Dr Nik Whitehead. |
29th Jun 2023 |
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| From Mars to the Multiverse Zoom lecture by the Astronomer Royal |
23rd Feb 2023 |
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| Cracking Starlight's Hidden Code; Zoom lecture. |
9th Feb 2023 |
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| Closed Loop Life Support Systems |
26th Jan 2023 |
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| FRBs and ORCs: some recent ‘oddities’ in Radio Astronomy by Andrew McLean SAS |
12th Jan 2023 |
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| The Story of Jodrell Bank; Zoom lecture by Prof Ian Morrison |
27th Oct 2022 |
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| 13 Oct 2022 - David Richards - 'Building and Operating a Dome Observatory' |
13th Oct 2022 |
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| Seeing a Black Hole with the Africa Millimetre Telescope |
28th Jul 2022 |
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| June 30th Astrolabes and how to use them |
30th Jun 2022 |
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| Zoom talk on The Isaac Newton Telescope. |
20th Apr 2022 |
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| The James Webb Space Telescope Zoom lecture |
7th Apr 2022 |
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| Astronomy in the Mediterranean; Zoom talk |
24th Mar 2022 |
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| Zoom talk on Cosmic Multi-Messengers, Astrophysical Particles |
10th Mar 2022 |
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| Infrared Astronomy Zoom talk by Professor Matt Griffin |
20th Feb 2022 |
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| Active galaxies and Black Holes |
20th Dec 2021 |
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| Zoom talk on Observing planetary nebulae |
20th Dec 2021 |
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| Stellar Evolution Part-2 |
20th Nov 2021 |
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| Using Remote Telescopes. Zoom Talk |
4th Nov 2021 |
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| "Meteors: from comet to camera". Zoom talk by Dr Colin Steele. |
21st Oct 2021 |
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| Celestial Mechanics, Zoom lecture by Paul Spurr |
20th Oct 2021 |
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| Crazy interstallar rockets; Zoom talk by Dr Julian Onions |
9th Sep 2021 |
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| The Solar System from a backyard, talk by Howard Davies |
12th Aug 2021 |
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| Mary McIntyre FRAS Zoom lecture to the Swansea Astronomical Society: 'A History of Women in Astronomy'. |
15th Jul 2021 |
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| Zoom Meeting with Bob Mizon |
17th Jun 2021 |
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| Zoom Meeting of the SAS with Dr D.L. Clements giving a lecture on Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus. |
20th May 2021 |
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| Zoom Meeting and AGM of the Swansea Astronomical Society |
6th May 2021 |
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| Professor Garry E Hunt Zoom meeting about the Voyager missions and his part in it all. |
22nd Apr 2021 |
Chris Bowden |
| Zoom meeting of the Swansea Astronomical Society. Dr Nik Whitehead talked about Missions to Comets |
20th Apr 2021 |
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| Eclipse chasing: A Zoom talk by Chris Bowden (SAS) |
25th Mar 2021 |
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| Astronomical Cycles and Climate Change, Zoom Lecture |
20th Mar 2021 |
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| Zoom meeting: Into The Cosmic Sea (Andrew Lound) |
20th Feb 2021 |
Andrew Lound |
| Zoom meeting talk on Astrophysical Particles: Cosmic Multi-Messengers by Jeff Zorko |
12th Feb 2021 |
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| Professor Chris Lintott - A State of the Universe |
28th Jan 2021 |
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| Zoom talk on Double Stars by Howard Davies |
14th Jan 2021 |
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| The Star of Bethlehem by Stephen Tonkin, a Swansea Astronomical Society Zoom meeting. |
10th Dec 2020 |
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| SAS Zoom lecture by Dr Nik Whitehead |
27th Nov 2020 |
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| Society Talk: Review of Astro Imaging Techniques with Alan Jefferis |
20th Nov 2020 |
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| Stellar Evolution Part-1 (Society Talk - Via Zoom) |
22nd Oct 2020 |
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| Radio Astronomy with Paul Spurr (Society talk - via Zoom) |
8th Oct 2020 |
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| Zoom meeting with guest speaker James Fradgley |
24th Sep 2020 |
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| Timekeeping on Mars. A Zoom lecture by Dr Nik Whitehead |
4th Apr 2020 |
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| What's that planet doing there? |
9th Jan 2020 |
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| Deep Sky Observing in Cassiopeia (Society Talk) |
24th Oct 2019 |
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| The Physics of the Impossible |
11th Apr 2019 |
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| Astronomy in an Age of Revolutions |
20th Mar 2019 |
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| The Faulkes Telescope |
20th Mar 2019 |
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| Gravitational Waves |
14th Feb 2019 |
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| Andrew Lound at the Waterfront Museum |
20th Jan 2019 |
Andrew Lound |
| Globular Clusters |
20th Jan 2019 |
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| Messier and the Messier Objects |
20th Jan 2019 |
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| Broadband, Narrowband, a talk by Nick Hart |
20th Dec 2018 |
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| The Life and Work of Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin |
20th Nov 2018 |
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| 28 October 2018, 7pm Stargazing evening at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea |
20th Oct 2018 |
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| Thursday October 25th Society Lecture by Dr Simon Helan of Swansea Astronomical Society |
20th Oct 2018 |
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| Furzehill Observatory |
11th Oct 2018 |
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| Variable Stars |
26th Apr 2018 |
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| Meteorite Falls In Wales |
12th Apr 2018 |
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| "What Has Astronomy Ever Done For Us?" |
20th Mar 2018 |
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| Neutron Stars and other Extreme Matter |
20th Mar 2018 |
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| Andrew Lound at the Waterfront Museum |
20th Jan 2018 |
Andrew Lound |
| Emergent Gravity, Dark Matter and Dark Energy. |
24th Nov 2017 |
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| Telescopes through the ages |
20th Nov 2017 |
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| Following the SAROS with Nick Lewis FRAS FBIS |
12th Oct 2017 |
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| Swansea Astronomical Society talk to and present a telescope to the New Barry Astronomical Society. More power to astronomy in South Wales. |
13th Jun 2017 |
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| Binoculars |
28th Apr 2017 |
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| The Science of the Apollo landings |
20th Apr 2017 |
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| 'Under City Skies', Lecture by Nick Hart astrophotographer |
10th Mar 2017 |
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| Astronomy and Philosophy |
20th Feb 2017 |
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| The Event Horizon Telescope - Imaging the Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole |
20th Feb 2017 |
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| Mr Andrew Lound and Pluto |
20th Jan 2017 |
Andrew Lound |
| Maggie Collins talk |
20th Apr 2016 |
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| Observing Meteors by Dave Powell MBE |
14th Apr 2016 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Getting to grips with the Multiverse |
10th Mar 2016 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Feb 25th "Looking at the Atmospheres of Extra-solar Planets" |
20th Feb 2016 |
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| Black Holes and Quantum gravity |
12th Feb 2016 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Cosmology Lecture, Thursday January 28th |
29th Jan 2016 |
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| Grand Tour of the Solar System |
20th Dec 2015 |
Andrew Lound |
| This Wonderful World and Universe |
26th Nov 2015 |
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| Lecture on Solar-Terrestrial interactions, and the Autumn Night Sky |
20th Nov 2015 |
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| Black holes, White Holes and Wormholes |
22nd Oct 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Lord of the Rings, a dramatic lecture by Andrew Lound |
20th May 2015 |
Andrew Lound |
| Two short talks tonight (Thursday, April 10th) |
20th Apr 2015 |
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| Another look at Copernicus with Paul Bessette |
26th Mar 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Martin Griffiths talked on Joseph Harris of Breconshire, Astronomer and Assay Master of the Mint in the 18th century. |
20th Jan 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Andrew Lound gives the Swansea Astronomical Society Christmas Lecture. A fire in the Sky: Tunguska |
20th Dec 2014 |
Andrew Lound |
| Jon Laver FRAS of Bridgend gave a talk on the birth and death of stars |
20th Nov 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Calling the Cosmos |
9th May 2014 |
Andrew Lound |
| Constructing the Mechanical Universe |
11th Apr 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Massive Collisions in the Solar System |
28th Mar 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| History of telescopes and a new 8" Zerochromat, folded optics refractor. |
14th Mar 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Ancient Egyptian Astronomy |
27th Feb 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Citizen Science |
14th Feb 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Astrophotography Lecture by Nick Hart |
12th Dec 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Swansea Astronomical Society Christmas Lecture at Swansea Waterfront Museum |
8th Dec 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Giant Molecular clouds |
20th Nov 2013 |
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| A lecture on John Flamsteed by Dr John Birks |
15th Nov 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| An exhibition by south Wales astronomer and artist Chris Williams |
22nd Jul 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Dave Powell MBE talks on John Goodricke |
10th May 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Jim's Search for the Truth |
25th Apr 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Wherefore Art Thou? |
12th Apr 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| To See The Beginning Of Time |
28th Mar 2013 |
Andrew Lound |
| Lecture on negative refraction and invisibility |
15th Feb 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Maggie Collins gives a lecture on Caroline Herschel, First Lady of Astronomy |
25th Jan 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Prof Simon Hands and the Higgs Boson |
11th Jan 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| SAS Christmas Lecture at the Waterfront Museum, "Setting Sail to the Stars" by Andrew Lound |
20th Dec 2012 |
Andrew Lound |
| Lecture on "What is dark Energy" By Martin Griffiths |
22nd Nov 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Spellbinding lecture by Dr Rhodri Evans |
8th Nov 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| SAS lecture tonight |
10th May 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Radio Astronomy by Bob Greef |
12th Apr 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Herschel's Lunatick Friends, a dramatic lecture by Andy Lound |
20th Mar 2012 |
Andrew Lound |
| A walk down memory lane |
24th Feb 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| The SAS Christmas Lecture. "A Starry Night to Remember", An astronomical look at the sinking of the Titanic |
10th Dec 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Lecture on the Antikythera mechanism at the Waterfront Museum Tonight |
8th Dec 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Astronomical Art at the SAS |
24th Nov 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Yerkes Observatory, a palace for astronomers |
10th Nov 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Life membership of the Swansea Astronomical Society for Lon Shaw |
1st Nov 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Some aspects of Particle Physics talk |
20th Jan 2011 |
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| The Christmas Lecture of the Swansea Astronomical Society |
20th Dec 2010 |
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| Sir Isaac Remembers. A one man play starring Prof Mike Edmunds |
20th Dec 2010 |
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| Renaissance Astronomy at the Waterfront Museum |
28th Apr 2010 |
John Birks |
| An update on what's going on at CERN |
20th Apr 2010 |
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| Meteors (Astronomy or Geology) |
9th Apr 2010 |
Jon Laver |
| Cassini-Huygens: The Men and the Mission |
12th Feb 2010 |
John Birks |
| The Copernican Revolution |
20th Jan 2010 |
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Star Parties
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| Partial solar eclipse from Fairwood Airport, SAS outreach event. |
30th Mar 2025 |
Chris Bowden |
| Star party at Broughton Farm Caravan Park Llangennith 10th May |
13th May 2024 |
Chris Bowden |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales on Saturday 22nd October |
20th Oct 2022 |
Phil John |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales |
29th Feb 2020 |
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| Star party at the National Botanic Garden of Wales |
17th Nov 2019 |
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| 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing Lunar and solar observing event |
21st Jul 2019 |
Colin Miles |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales |
20th Nov 2018 |
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| Nov 24th Astronomical Event at Glyncorrwg Ponds Visitor Centre |
20th Oct 2018 |
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| Swansea Astronomical Society Solar day at the National Botanic Gardens for Wales June 19th |
19th Jun 2018 |
Chris Bowden |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden of Wales last Saturday, Feb 24th |
28th Feb 2018 |
Paul Smith |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden of Wales Sat. November 25 |
26th Nov 2017 |
Colin Miles |
| Star Party at Swansea Airport |
28th Oct 2017 |
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| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales on Feb 3rd. |
4th Feb 2017 |
Colin Miles |
| Plants in Space, Solar observing and Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales Sat Nov 19th |
20th Nov 2016 |
Phil John |
| Plants in Space, Solar observing and Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales, Sat Nov 19th |
20th Nov 2016 |
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| Plants in Space at the National Botanic Garden for Wales. Sat Nov 19th |
20th Nov 2016 |
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| Swansea's youngest Astronomer |
20th Nov 2016 |
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| Star Party CANCELLED Friday October 7th |
20th Oct 2016 |
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| Astronomy evening at the National Botanic Gardens for Wales |
20th Feb 2016 |
Phil John |
| Star Party at Glyncorrwg Ponds Mountain Bike Centre |
31st Oct 2015 |
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| Star Party at Swansea Airport |
23rd Oct 2015 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at Glyncorrwg Ponds Visitor's centre, Dark Sky Discovery site on October 30th |
20th Oct 2015 |
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| Swansea Astronomical Society Star Party at Swansea Airport on Friday March 27 |
20th Mar 2015 |
Phil John |
| Partial solar eclipse from the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea and an evening Star party |
20th Mar 2015 |
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| Star Party at the National Botanical Gardens for Wales |
28th Feb 2015 |
Phil John |
| Friday night Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales |
20th Nov 2014 |
Phil John |
| Star party that wasn't |
1st Nov 2014 |
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| Solar day at the National Botanic Garden for Wales |
25th May 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at the Garnswllt Activity Centre last night |
22nd Mar 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star party on Friday March 7th at Swansea Airport |
8th Mar 2014 |
Colin Miles |
| Star Party at the Waterfront Museum |
17th Jan 2014 |
Steve Wainwright |
| The show must go on |
14th Sep 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Solar Party on Saturday May 25 at the National Botanic Garden for Wales |
26th May 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at Swansea Airport |
22nd Mar 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Gardens |
23rd Feb 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at Oystermouth Castle, Mumbles, Swansea |
9th Feb 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at St Madocs Centre, Llanmadoc Gower |
4th Jan 2013 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party At Rhossili Village Hall, Gower |
8th Dec 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden of Wales |
20th Nov 2012 |
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| Star Party at Swansea Airport |
26th Oct 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at Lliw Reservoir |
13th Oct 2012 |
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| A Solar Day at the National Botanic Gardens for Wales |
5th Aug 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at Swansea Airport |
17th Mar 2012 |
Phil John |
| A Science Cafe evening. |
1st Mar 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales |
20th Feb 2012 |
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| Swansea Astronomical Society & Stargazing Live at Craig y Nos |
28th Jan 2012 |
Phil John |
| Star Party at the Waterfront Museum in Swansea tonight |
20th Jan 2012 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Advanced notice of a Star Party at Craig-y-nos country park on Friday January 27th |
20th Dec 2011 |
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| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales on Friday Nov 18th |
23rd Nov 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| SAS Meet and Greet at Waterstones in Swansea |
20th Nov 2011 |
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| Bonfires and telescopes at Llanmadoc |
15th Nov 2011 |
Keith Davies |
| Star Party at Swansea Airport Friday March 11th |
12th Mar 2011 |
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| Star Party Despite the rain |
13th Feb 2011 |
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| Star Party at the Park Slip Nature Reserve Bridgend Jan 28 |
29th Jan 2011 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Open Evening at Swansea Airport in association with BBC Stargazing Live |
15th Jan 2011 |
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| Star Party at the National Botanic Garden for Wales |
20th Nov 2010 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at Swansea Airport, Fairwood Common. |
15th Oct 2010 |
Steve Wainwright |
| Star Party at National Botanic Garden of Wales |
23rd Jan 2010 |
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