Meetings

Mike Frost is Meetings Secretary.

If you wish to contact Mike please use meetings@shastro.org.uk

SHA MEETINGS IN 2026

SPRING CONFERENCE

This will be on Fri 24 Apr 2026 at 10 am–4.30 pm at the Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret St, Birmingham, B3 3BS.

Various circumstances have obliged us to have the event on a weekday. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Poster

Flier

Speakers and Presentations

Booking Form

SUMMER PICNIC 2026

The SHA Summer Picnic 2026 will be more ambitious than previous ones. It will be from Fri 12 – Mon 15 Jun 2026 and will be centred in Dublin with day trips to: Birr Castle, the home of Lord Rosse’s great reflecting telescope—the ‘Leviathan of Parsonstown ’; Newgrange World Heritage Site; and possibly, Dunsink Observatory.

Details

Booking Form (PDF)

Booking Form (WORD)

AGM & AUTUMN CONFERENCE

Further Details to follow

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The next online webinar is on Tue 17 Mar 2026 : 8pm

Title: Sightlines and site lines: astronomical research in south-east Utah

Speaker: James Krehbiel

Clic HERE for further details to follow

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The last online webinar was on Wed 14th January 2026

Title: “Marie Curie: A Place at the Table”

Speaker : Dava Sobel

Click on the link to view the webinar : Webinar

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A link to the SHA Youtube Channel can be found here

All the webinars are listed and can be viewed.