Newcastle upon Tyne Astronomical Society

15/01/2024

Image captured by member Alistair Bartlett

24/06/2023

Trip to the members observing site today. Solar Observing and BBQ. We even had a look at the moon and Venus in daylight.

14/05/2023

Largest blast ever seen.

Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected.

20/04/2023

Dear Joseph
There will be a national test of the UK’s new Emergency Alerts system on Sunday April 23rd at 15:00.
The test alert will be sent to most mobile phones across the UK. Devices will make a distinct, siren-like sound for up to 10 seconds, including on phones switched to silent mode. Phones will also vibrate and display a message about the test. You can hear an example of what the test will look and sound like in our explainer video.
As a member of the resilience community, we would like you to consider communicating the details of the upcoming national test of the UK’s Emergency Alerts system across your internal and external channels.
Our aim is to alert the country to the test and reassure them that no action needs to be taken. We would be grateful if you could:
Share news of the test across your community, include our copy in your newsletters, post on social media, verbally mention the test in key meetings and print off leaflets to leave in public spaces. Use our folder of comms assets to do this.
Share the asset across your internal and external networks and ask to promote it.
It would be really helpful if you could feed back on the actions you have taken through our online form – because it helps us build up a picture of the campaign and the audiences we are reaching.
Many thanks once again for your continued support.
Kind regards
Government Communication Service
Cabinet Office

12/01/2023

Image from one of members Stephen Lynn of M31 Andromeda Galaxy. Stephen has been working very hard on the craft as you can see.

17/12/2022

An incredible image of Pleides taken from Newcastle by member Alistair Bartlett