| Breckland Astronomical Society is based in the village of Great Ellingham in Norfolk. The society, founded in 1993, has its own observatory equipped with a 20″ reflector, along with a number of smaller telescopes for the use of members. The Society holds regular monthly meetings featuring talks given by visiting speakers or by the society’s own members. There are regular observing nights for members interested in either visual observing or astrophotography. |
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Please have a look around the site. You’ll find information about the history of the society, our meetings schedule for the year, and plenty of astrophotos taken by BAS members. If you wish to come along to a meeting or observing session, or join the society, you’ll find contact details here. |
Dark Sky Discovery
Our observatory in Great Ellingham is now part of the Dark Sky Discovery network – it’s been recognised as a Dark Sky Discovery site, Milky Way class!
Haw Wood Farm, the location for our Star Parties, is also a Milky Way class Dark Sky Discovery site!
Find out more about Dark Sky Discovery sites here.
Next Meeting
March 14th: Star Names Mark Hurn, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
BAS Star Parties!
The next BAS Star Party will take place at Haw Wood Farm in April 2014. See here for details.
The recent event held in September saw a wonderful run of lovely dark skies, and a great time was had by all who attended.
Latest Images
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- M38
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- M74
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- Orion Nebula
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- Supernova 2014J
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- Witch Head Nebula
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- Rosette Nebula
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- Sharpless 2-155 and M52
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- The Pleiades
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- M81 and M82
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- Supernova 2014J
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- Flame and Horsehead
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- California Nebula
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