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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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This image of the asteroid Vesta in the constellation Leo was taken by Malcolm Robinson on the 2nd of March 2010 at Hauxley Observatory, 2.5 min exposure. |
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Some of our members went Geminid Meteor Observing on Sunday 13th December 2009 down at Druridge Bay beach. Tim managed to take a photo of one of the shooting stars. See his Gallery to have a look. |
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INTO Newcastle University Astronomy Club came to Nastro on Saturday the 28th of November 2009 |
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We have an 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.
The most
recent posts from the discussion group are shown below:
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To Join our mailing list please contact emma@nastro.org.uk
Last site update: March 8th 2010
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