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Some observing suggestions until April 2024
Here are some of the amazing sights you can see in the northern hemisphere night skies from now until the end of April 2024: [...]
BBQ Under the Stars – Really was!
The Norwich Astronomical Society BBQ under the stars was actually blessed with a Super Moon and clear skies until late evening. The 40 or so [...]
Perseids BBQ was a success
The Norwich Astronomical Society held a BBQ on Friday 11th August to coincide with peak activity of the Perseid meteor shower. We had 27 people [...]
Explore the Night Sky with Us
As we are all too aware, our British weather is changeable (wet). Whilst the main focus of the Seething Observatory is observing the Night Sky [...]
Summer Events open to the Public
Normally, throughout the summer months we only open the observatory for members. However, this year we are making a change and on the 3rd Friday [...]
We were busy at the First Light Festival
The First Light Festival at Lowestoft was held on 17th and 18th June. The Norwich Astronomical Society supported and attended this event. We were kept [...]
The Norwich Astronomical Society 2024/25 Season ends 30th March
Our Astronomical Season ends when the switch to Summer time as it then gets dark a lot later. We will start our next Astronomical Season [...]
The 2022/23 Season has now Finished
Our Astronomical Season has now finished with the clocks going forward and summer-time in place. We took steps to try to get back to some [...]
NAS busy at Norwich Science Festival
We had 6 volunteers at the Norwich Science Festival manning our NAS stall and were virtually rushed off our feet the whole time. The event [...]
NAS keeps up its expert speakers presentations
Local groups and dwarf galaxies A great presentation by Emily Charles of the Astrophysics Department of University of Surrey last Friday night. Ranging from dwarf [...]
November Stargazing in Norfolk (postponed) – see full text
NAS are supporting this event on Saturday 26 November 2022. We have been before - some years ago! Presentations will take place in the [...]
NAS visits the Dinosaurs
Saturday night, 6 August, NAS members joined in the fun at the Roarr dinosaur park at Lenswade, Norfolk. It's been some time since our [...]