About us
NASTRO was founded in 2000 by a small group of local amateur astronomers. Initially meeting in a local pub and then a village hall, the club found an ideal location to meet at Hauxley Nature Reserve in 2003.
Funding was obtained for an ongoing outreach programme in its early years from Awards for All, Northumberland County Council, local businesses and private donors. We have delivered astronomy sessions to countless schools and many other local organisations.
We secured funding for a 14 inch research grade telescope and a custom made observatory was built to house it at Hauxley Nature Reserve in 2008.
Our regular meeting place at the Visitor Centre was destroyed by fire in 2010, but thankfully the observatory was unharmed. Our bi-monthly meetings are now held in the new Visitors Centre that opened in June 2017. See the Meetings and Events page for details.
Our members come from all walks of life. Our astronomical interests range from archeoastronomy to modern developments in cosmology. We have committed visual observers and advanced astro imagers. Beginners and advanced amateurs alike will find others to share their experiences at NASTRO.
Funding was obtained for an ongoing outreach programme in its early years from Awards for All, Northumberland County Council, local businesses and private donors. We have delivered astronomy sessions to countless schools and many other local organisations.
We secured funding for a 14 inch research grade telescope and a custom made observatory was built to house it at Hauxley Nature Reserve in 2008.
Our regular meeting place at the Visitor Centre was destroyed by fire in 2010, but thankfully the observatory was unharmed. Our bi-monthly meetings are now held in the new Visitors Centre that opened in June 2017. See the Meetings and Events page for details.
Our members come from all walks of life. Our astronomical interests range from archeoastronomy to modern developments in cosmology. We have committed visual observers and advanced astro imagers. Beginners and advanced amateurs alike will find others to share their experiences at NASTRO.
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