Welcome

Welcome to the University of Southampton Astronomy Society's website! Our member's experience ranges from people who like looking at stars to people studying astronomy.

Who?

We welcome anyone and everyone, especially those with an interest in astronomy or even an interest in what's out there. No prior exerience or knowledge is necessary, just keen interest and enthusiasm. We do offer guidance and teaching in observing the night sky and also in the use of telescopes.

What?

If the sky is clear we head to the physics building to pick up telescopes and take them out onto the common to observe the sky. If the weather isn't good enough to go observing we still meet up, but instead we do a range of activities from going for a drink in one of the local pubs (usually the Stag's head, the crown or the Highfield), building Rockets, or going on society trips to the Union Cinema.

When and where?

We meet every Monday during term time at 8PM in the internet cafe area just inside the SUSU concourse area.

If you're interested in joining or just seeing what it's like, then come along to one of our meetings. For the full year's membership we charge £2.50, but we don't require the fee immediately, so you can see if you like it before committing.

We have a yearly trip to London (usually just before the Christmas holidays) to visit the science museum or the natural history museum, as well as other trips to the Winchester Observatory and a camping trip to the New Forest. We also head up to Greenwich to look at the royal observatory

News

AGM Tonight

23/03/11

Just a reminder that our AGM is tonight, and it will be taking place in Meeting room 1 at 8pm. We will be meeting outside the SUSU building on the intercourse beforehand and then walking down to the room together so people do not get lost, or have the trouble of not being able to find us. Good luck to all of you standing, and we hope to see as many of you there as possible :-).

Happy New Year!

03/01/11

Hello everyone! Hope everybody has had a great Christmas, and a Happy New Year to you all :-). If you get a chance to watch it there is a great programme on this week starting at 8pm on Monday 3rd January (Tonight) and running at the same time until Wednesday called 'Stargazing Live' on BBC 2. Its hosted by Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain, and promises to be a good show.

First Social of the Year

19/10/10

Its Social time! This Wednesday (19th) we are having our first social of the year and it will be a good old fashioned pub crawl from the stags to the Hobbit but with an astronomical twist, as there are different challenges to complete during the night. We are meeting at 7pm at the Stags Head pub and then going on down to the Hobbit pub about 8pm where we're going to spend the majority of the night, stopping at Varsity on the way. If you can't make it to the stags between 7 and 8 but want to join us later on at the Hobbit or Varisty, then your more than welcome to; if you want to find out where we are during the night my number is 07599036490, just text me and I'll let you know. Looking forward to seeing as many of you there as possible!

P.S. Don't worry if your not a heavy drinker or don't want to drink too much, we have non-alcoholic challenges as well to be completed on the night so still come along and join in :-).

Hello Freshers!

30/09/10

Hello freshers! Firstly thanks to all of you who came to the bunfight and signed up it was great to see you all, and to those of you who emailed and got in contact with us in other ways, it was great to hear from you to. To all of you welcome to Astro Soc! Our first meeting will be next Monday (the 4th October) and we will be meeting at 8pm by the computers in the SUSU Concourse. This is an introductory session where you can come along and see if you enjoy it. Come whatever the weather as even if its cloudy we'll still be meeting. Hope to see as many of you there as possible!

P.S. We apologise for the confusion about the meeting times and place. Just to confirm we meet on Mondays at 8pm just inside the SUSU concourse by the computers.

Bunfight Stall!

25/09/10

Hello and welcome back Astro Soc! Hope everybody has had a great summer and is settling back in ok down in the sunny South. The Committee have been working very hard the last week to put together our stall for the Bunfight which takes place next week on Wednesday 29th, so if any members are free and would like to come and give us a hand promoting the society then your more than welcome to come round and give us a hand. Similarly if any new members would like to come to the stall to see what we're about and find out more about us then your very welcome as well.

Introductory Session

30/09/09

On Tuesday the 6th of October we will be having an introdoctory session where new members can come along and get more of an idea of what goes on in the society. We will be meeeting in the same place and time as usual (8PM in the internet cafe inside the SUSU building).

Hope to see lots of new faces there. Oh, and did I mention there will be free snacks? Come along!!

Camping Trip to the New Forest

30/09/09

Our trip to the New Forest was enjoyable, unfortunately it was cloudy both Friday night and Saturday night, so we were unable to do any observing

Camping Trip to the New Forest

22/06/09

We have organised a trip to the new forest in September (18th till the 20th). You can find information about the campsite here http://www.forestholidays.co.uk/camping_and_caravanning/our_sites__locations/england-1/new_forest/ashurst.aspx

More Photos!

16/06/09

There are more photos for your viewing on the photos page. Photos from the London trip, Christmas meal and pubcrawl are available. If there are any more photos you have, send them to our e-mail address astrosoc@soton.ac.uk

New Website!

14/06/09

The website has been overhauled and is up to date. More material coming now that the basic framework has been completed.

Telescope Building

13/06/09

We met up and started work on the telescope. Unpacked the glass for the main lens and prepared the glass we will use for grinding the lens into shape.

Aside from this we had a barbeque, watched terminator and enjoyed the good weather. Later on when the inevitable english summer rain kicked in, we all retreated inside to finish watching the movie. After this we all watched a couple of Jonathan Creek episodes, including the one where Sam appears.

As the holidays have now begun and no more exams need to be worried about, we decided that we will try to meet up during the week in the evenings to continue work on the telescope.

Upcoming Events

04/10/10 - Freshers Taster & Induction Session

20/10/10 - Astro Soc "Constellation Challenge" Pub Crawl Social

??/11/10 - Astro Soc Quiz

15/12/10 - Christmas Meal

23/03/11 - AGM

??/??/11 - Trip to Intech in Winchester

??/??/11 - Trip to London Museums and Royal Observatory

??/??/11 - New Forest Camping Trip