Cranfield Astronomical Society

Duncan Road, CranfIeld University, Bedford

Do you want to know the night sky?

Would it be nice to recognise the constellations and the Milky Way?

Have you seen the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter?

Are you interested in joining us to explore?

Come & join us:

The Cranfield Astronomical Society aims to provide a forum at Cranfield for the discussion of all astronomical matters, to encourage amateur observation and to operate, on behalf of the University, the observatory which was built to house the telescopes.  The observatory is equipped with the Loxham 16 inch Cassegrain telescope on a powered equatorial mounting along with a Newtonian telescope of 8.5 inch aperture. Facilities exist for simple astrophotography through the main equipment. Some computer software is available for demonstration and observation calculations.  There is also a range of portable equipment for offsite observation.

 

Throughout the years, we have helped many to gain and grow an interest in Astronomy.  The friendly group happily blend together novices and experts.

 

Basic Astronomy Course:

As part from our regular meetings, the Society is to conduct a 8 sessions course in Basic Astronomy and Observation on Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm starting on 18^th October 2011 in The CSA Lounge. The cost of the course is £10 for students of Cranfield University and £17 for non-students (this includes one year Society's membership).

 

Open Nights:

The Open Nights for the coming academic year are on 4th October in the CSA, and 11 October in the Loxham Observatory, starting at 8:00.

 

 

Contact:

Kamal Sehdev (8338): k.sehdev@cranfield.ac.uk

or

Ip-Shing Fan (5651/8385): i.s.fan@cranfield.ac.uk

Solar eclipse sequence , 22 July 2009, China, by Glenn Bates