A group from the Society attended Astrofest 2025 held in the Kensington Conference Centre, London on 7-8 February 2025. Astrofest is an annual international astronomy conference where both professional and amateur astronomers give talks (see photo). There’s also an exhibition of the latest telescopes and imaging instruments from astronomy equipment suppliers. More information on the […]
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.
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.
Hello and welcome to the new website for Bristol Astronomical Society (BAS). Work started on the site shortly after the big bang and now we’re live. BAS members will gain access to Forums. We’ll share society news via Blog updates, and promote our Events via the Event calendar section. Feedback gladly appreciated. Please contact tandaylor@gmail.com.
