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Outreach Event – Haslemere Cub Scouts

Farnham AS will be assisting Haslemere Cub Scouts this year by hosting an evening observing session on 20th March . The members-only session will run from 8pm-10pm but members will need to  arrive in good time to allow set-up - which may need to take place in semi-darkness. If any members are able...
March 8th, 2010 | Featured Articles, Forthcoming events | Read More

Blue Moon in December 2009 by Danny Thomas

Most years have twelve full moons, which occur once in each month, but the cycle doesn’t take a complete year and there is about eleven days left over.   The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years there is a thirteenth extra full moon which is known as a “blue moon.” As...
December 1st, 2009 | Featured Articles, Forthcoming events, Sky Diary | Read More

Winter Solstice at Stonehenge

The RAS Heritage Committee is organising an event at Stonehenge over 4 days about the Winter Solstice. The idea is that after the closure of the main public access there will be pre-booked visitors (about 50 each night) who will be given access to the area within the stones after sunset. What they would...
September 21st, 2009 | Featured Articles, Forthcoming events | Read More