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Welcome to Nastro:  The Website of the Northumberland Astronomical Society

 

 

 

 

Dark Planets

Tonight there is no moon to see,

The clouds obscure the stars,

No guiding lights above us,

No distant gleam from Mars,

No Venus to excite us,

And make us dream of love,

No wondrous rings of Saturn,

To thrill us from above,

The giant planet Jupiter,

Is hidden from our view,

I wonder if they can see Earth,

Our planet of brilliant blue.

Poem by Matt Donoghue

Northumberland Astronomical Society was founded in January 2000 and has approximately 25 regular members. We are a friendly, active society of professional and amateur astronomers. 

 We welcome new members to come and join us in our bi-monthly meetings and observing sessions where you can learn and experience new things- you can take a short course in astronomy, you can have access to a wide range of astronomy equipment, participate in or lead sessions, have your own personal tour of the night sky, join us in our famous observing night barbeques, meet people with similar interests and make life long friends!

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Latest News

 

Some of our members went Geminid Meteor  Observing on Sunday 13th December down at Druridge Bay beach. Tim managed to take a photo of one of the shooting stars. See his Gallery to have a look.

 

 

Our Dr Adrian Jannetta visited Sunderland Astronomical Society and gave a talk covering the Astro highlights of 2009 and what we can look forward to seeing in 2010.

INTO Newcastle University Astronomy Club came to Nastro on Saturday the 28th of November 2009

Malcolm Robinson attended the Dalby Forest Star Camp and took this fantastic image of the Milky Way through Cygnus

 

 

 

Nastro Observing Nights

 

We have a very active Yahoo group which is our preferred way to communicate with other members of the society and local astronomers outside of the monthly meetings.  Astronomy discussions and the organising of observing sessions can be found here. We welcome you to join. For more information please visit NASTRO and sign up. The most recent posts from the discussion group are shown below:
 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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Last site update: 21st December 2009

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