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Prime Space
Our magazine within a magazine for young space cadets!
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News Circulars
Keep up with latest discoveries and observations. Printed and issued up to six times a year
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A ball of stars
This superb photo of the globular cluster M13 in Hercules was taken by SPA member Christopher Hill, of Manchester, using a Pentax K100D DSLR through a Sky-Watcher Explorer 200 reflector. See more here on the Forum.
If you have an observation that could be spotlighted here, contact the webmaster.
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 Mars disappears: There is a chance for telescope users to find Mars in broad daylight on May 10, with the aid of the nearby Moon. The planet actually gets covered for a time from most of the UK. See Sky Diary in Popular Astronomy for details.
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 Ringed wonder: The magnificent planet Saturn reached opposition on February 24 and is now well placed in Leo for observing throughout the evening, shining at mag 0.3. A small telescope will be enough to reveal the wonderful and famous rings encircing the planet. |
 Giant on view: The king of the planets, Jupiter, can be seen again by early morning observers. From the UK, you will find Jupiter lying low in the sky in Sagittarius before dawn. A small telescope is enough to show its belts.
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| April 26, 2008. Khalili Lecture Theatre of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Quarterly meeting, starting at 2:00pm. The main speaker is Prof Ian Morison (Jodrell Bank) on "The Unseen Universe". Additional speakers will include Mike Hezzlewood on "The 2007 Mars Opposition", followed by Jerry Workman presenting "Spirit Rover at Mars". |
| July 26, 2008. Khalili Lecture Theatre of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Quarterly meeting, starting at 2:00pm. The main speaker is Dr Chris Davis (Rutherford Appleton Lab) on "STEREO and the Sun". Additional speakers will include Ian Morison on "Fun With Refractors". |
| October 25, 2008. Khalili Lecture Theatre of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Quarterly meeting, starting at 2:00pm. The main speaker is Dr Derek Ward-Thompson on "Star Formation and Long Wavelength Astronomy". |
Click here for details and maps of SPA meeting venues
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