Society for Popular Astronomy

Jeff I vaguely recall seeing a film possibly (?) -[...] hoards of people were escaping from cities taking to the hills. But I think the film ended with its two heroes a female & male) supposedly escaping by spaceship. Perhaps it was When Worlds Collide? A passing star (with orbiting planet) threate...

There are other ways but arguably more complicated.

Hi Mike,
It has been a while since I've posted an image but one way is this:
When starting a topic or replying click on "Choose file" in the "Upload attachment" window, below your text window. Navigate to where the image is stored on your computer to upload.

Oh no. That's a shock.

Well done Jeff.

Love it.

Yes, nice presentation. That aside, I do fear sometimes that quality writing and content is going to disappear if no one is prepared to put their hand in their pocket to pay for it. Facebook and the like have sucked up all of the advertising revenue, so that is a dwindling source of income for publi...

Always loved "Collins". Quality products jammed with information. You don't say whether you are interested solely in the science of astronomy or observing, although many astronomy books, including this one, cover both.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collins-Stars- ... 0007424426

In other words the SPA is not really worth bothering with ??? any more You are under no pressure to join the SPA. You have made your feelings known about an apparent lack of meetings outside of the South of England. Robin Scagell has explained the situation in his reply above. We'll leave it there ...

Skyhawk,
Could you please check your private messages? If you don't know where they are then look to the top left of this page and you will see "New Messages" next to your name.

Moved - The Management

A celestial calendar is a list of all the objects you might be able to observe in each month of the year (April in this case) - plus information on some of those objects. Some of it is a little technical but it's all very useful and interesting to observers who may want to know what's coming up. Dav...