On Friday 12th January 2024, the Bristol Astronomical Society hosted the official opening of the “StarChair” and “StarShed”. The powerful wide field 6” binoculars and StarChair setup were donated by former Chairman Andy Stephens. Andy travelled down from Cheltenham to do the honours of officially declaring the new observing platform. The whole system; the shed, base, StarChair […]
It is with great sadness that I inform the society of the passing of Maurice Brain. Maurice passed away on 18th August after a short illness, at the age of 94. Maurice was a member of the society in the early days of its formation. He and his friends soon joined the committee and helped […]
The society is very sad to announce the news that Professor Mark Birkinshaw has passed away, after a short illness. Mark was a member and Vice-President of the society for many years. He was also a regular on our programme of talks, presenting every year. His talks were always engaging, interesting and often on the […]
Our new talks season starts soon! Join us in person at BPS, or over Zoom! See our Events page or Calendar for details.
The technical issue with Online Payments has now been fixed, so Memberships for the 23/24 season can now be paid by going to the Membership Page.
We are pleased to confirm public Stargazing nights for November have been scheduled for Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th, Saturday 19th, Monday 21st, Thursday 24th and Monday 28th as weather permits. Tickets can be obtained from Eventbrite on the day of the event. Please visit our Observing page for full details. We will be delighted to see […]
Images of the Partial Solar Eclipse taken at our Cyril Swindin Observatory and other locations in the West country can be found here: Stunning photos from South West show partial eclipse | ITV News West Country web site! We must thank ITV researchers and their cameraman who visited the observatory during the eclipse and mentioning us in […]
Handouts and feedback form from Stargazing for Beginners available here! Feedback form Buying a telescope Astrophotography 101
In order to stop non-members self registering for a Login for our website we have had to remove this facility. We apologies for this inconvenience. Members may request a Login from our Membership Secretary, which we will provide as quickly as possible.
It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of Eddie Carpenter. Eddie was a long term member of the society who played many roles. Always humorous, deep thinking, enthusiastic, eclectic, knowledgeable, and insatiable in his desire to understand all aspects of the cosmos. His lifetime’s experience with astronomy, whilst amateur in tone, was […]
