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Radio Astronomy Section Day Meeting
3 October 2026

Full programme of speakers to be announced. Demonstrations: observing from home with modest instrume

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SPA
SPA Meeting – Northampton
24 October 2026

SPA meeting on Saturday 24 October at the Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton NN1 1LD,

Non-BAA Meeting

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BAA Meeting and Annual General Meeting
28 October 2026

View FullscreenWe will be holding our Annual General Meeting  on Wednesday 28th October from 17:00 t

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The International Astronomy SHow
31 October 2026

About the International Astronomy Show Graham and Martin are long-time friends who share a passion f

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Society for the History of Astronomy – AGM and Autumn Conference
7 November 2026

The Society for the History of Astronomy (SHA) holds its annual conference on Saturday 7th November

Non-BAA Meeting

SPA
SPA residential weekend 2026
13 November 2026

SPA residential weekend course, Preston Montford Hall, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire Friday 13 Novembe

Non-BAA Meeting

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18 September 2026

Autumn 2026 Meeting

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have had to move the Saturday venue to the Holiday Inn in

BAA Meeting

25 July 2026

SPA Meeting

The main speaker will be Dr Noelia Noël of the University of Surrey, on Reading the Fossil Record of

Non-BAA Meeting

10 July 2026

RAZoom – The Transient Array Radio Telescope: An open-source aperture synthesis imaging radio telescope

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] The T

BAA Meeting | Webinar | Radio

27 June 2026

Federation of Astronomical Societies Convention 2026

Full details at https://fedastro.org.uk/fas/convention-2026/  

Non-BAA Meeting

20 June 2026

The Webb Deep-Sky Society Annual Meeting 2026

The doors will open at 9:30am (BST) with tea and coffee available. There’s no need to book in advanc

Non-BAA Meeting

5 June 2026

RAZoom – Observations and instrumentation using home built modular 3 metre L-band dish.

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] Edwar

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