Aurora – 10 Oct 2024

Aurora from Willingdon on 10th Oct 2024. This is the second time this year we have seen some great views of the aurora from as far south as Eastbourne. Why? It is solar maximum (an 11 year cycle) – so there are more sunspots and hence more chance of solar […]

Aurora – 10 May 2024

Hope you managed to spot the aurora on the night of Fri 10th May 2024 … think we should call it The Great Aurora of 2024! Here are a couple of Smartphone photos from Uckfield by one of our committee members. Credit: Roy Marriott

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

This looks more like the green comet than The Green Comet! Image: Alan Tidey – 10 minutes of 20 sec subs from Beachy Head – 24 Mar 2024

Orbits

All our Society Newsletters, Orbits, from the initial formation of EAS in October 1960 have now been scanned, and made available on the website. The page is password protected so that only members can access the page, in accordance with some of our presenters. Contact the membership secretary or webmaster […]

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) – The Green Comet

This has been in the news a lot – however it hasn’t brightened quite as much as was forecast – so hasn’t really been a naked-eye object. Maybe next time it comes to visit … in 50,000 years! This image shows it with star trails – so you get some […]

Library

The Library list (Member Information > The Library) has been updated. Contact Derek for any further information.