Recent Events

The society arranges a number of special events during the year. Below is a small selection of images taken at a number of society events and observing sessions.

20-Mar-08: A Lecture on "RHESSI and The High Energy Sun" by Professor John Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland.

07-Sep-06: Partial Lunar Eclipse

10-Apr-06: Simon Murray's pictures of the Solar Eclipse from Turkey

23-Mar-06: Pictures from the society's first telescope meeting!

Star Party 2005: Predictably, the weather was pretty horrible though a few observers were able to see the Moon and MarsOctober 20th 2005.

Star Party 2005: Another picture of Dave and his Observer's Chair, October 20th 2005.

Professor Stephenson talks about the first president of the Newcastle Astronomical Society, The Rev. Thomas Henry Espinell Compton Espin January 20th 2005.

Rev. Espin was the president of Newcastle Astronomical Society from 1904 until his death in 1934.

Partial Solar Eclipse, May 2003, Seaham Beach.

First attempts at Astrophotography, May 2007.

AstroFest 2004, Society Secretary Alf Petty introduces a prospective member...

AstroFest 2004, Commitee Member David Sinden talks telescopes...

Star Party 2004, Various members discussing the probability of snow in the next ten minutes...

Partial Solar Eclipse, May 2003, Seaham Beach.