Partial Eclipse
Predicted poor weather conditions on the morning of the partial eclipse, did not deter over 20 keen stargazers turn out at Rodington VH,...
The Shropshire Astronomical Society (SAS) is a county-wide group, run by volunteers for anyone interested in astronomy, star-gazing or space exploration. We meet once a month for observing sessions at Rodington and Little Ness Village Hall's. We also meet periodically at various venues for special events and outreach work thoughout Shropshire
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- Oct 23
- 1 min
Music of the Spheres
We try and mix and match the various activities and speakers at our monthly meeting. Pete Williamson provided this months musical...
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- Oct 10
- 1 min
Little Ness rides again
Little Ness rides again! The return of Little Ness for the winter season, Ten adult observers attended with two teenagers. Three of these...
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- Sep 18
- 1 min
Viewing the Autumn Sky
SAS monthly meeting for September, saw a presentation by chairman Steve Szwajkun entitled ‘Viewing the Autumn Sky’ Following a...
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- Sep 4
- 1 min
Whittington Castle Hosts a Group of Astronomers
A constellation of astronomers were invited to meet and greet after emerging from a COVID-19 induced hibernation period. Visitors from...
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- Aug 14
- 1 min
Perseid Watch
With a little creative jiggling we managed to arrange our monthly meeting to coincide with the Perseid Meteor Shower. With so many...
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- Aug 6
- 1 min
Southall Special School Welcome the SAS
Youngsters at Southfields Special School were given the unique opportunity to actually touch a piece of space rock, as they were allowed...
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- Aug 6
- 1 min
Summer Social
The SAS annual ‘summer social’ took place at RVH with all the usual enjoyable entertainment. As a special treat this year we acquired the...
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- Aug 6
- 1 min
Meteorites Discovered In Shropshire
Salopians of all ages got their hands-on rare samples of moon rocks and meteorites recently, which were truly out of this world. ...
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- Jun 20
- 1 min
Try Before You Buy
One of the benefits of being a member of the SAS is to be able to borrow from the wide variety of instruments available from its...
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- Jun 20
- 1 min
SAS Crash Jubilee Celebrations
Needless to say we jumped at the opportunity to offer our services to help make the village jubilee celebrations go down well. As...
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- May 23
- 1 min
Are TWO Eyes Better Than ONE?
Telescopes show only a small area of the night sky. Binoculars, with their wider field of view, let you scan the sky for targets. Also...
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- Apr 7
- 1 min
Observing at Little Ness takes a Break
Saturday March 12th saw the final scheduled observing session at Little Ness. During the day there were some broken clouds but by the...
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- Mar 22
- 1 min
Astronomy In The Community
A mixture of SAS members, guests and passing public were treated to a range of talks and activities including topics on the Moon, JWST,...
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- Mar 13
- 1 min
SAS Storm Comer Woods
At the invitation of the National Trust the Shropshire AS paid a return visit to Comer Woods, part of the Dudmaston Estate. In a...
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- Mar 12
- 1 min
Cub Scouts Go For Their Astronomy Award
Over 40 cub scouts from Wellington, Admaston & Preece signed into Zoom for a session with the Shropshire AS. Our outreach team provided...
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- Feb 20
- 1 min
Does Cold Dark Matter matter?
As the season develops and we open up more, members, guests and interested residents of Shropshire were invited to our February meeting...
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- Jan 16
- 1 min
January Monthly SAS Meeting
The chairman reports that 30 hardy stargazers, many members but with a sprinkling of keen starters, turned out for the second meeting of...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 1 min
April 2021 - Monthly Meeting
Our April Zoom meeting is now available on our Youtube channel where you can watch great presentations including Heroes of Astronomy by...
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