Artists impression of the E- ELT, credit for image the European Southern Observatory (ESO)

The next meeting of the Society will be on the 14th January 2021 at 7pm and by Zoom (as usual these days). 

The talk will be by Nick Busby on the World’s greatest telescopes.  Astronomy has been experiencing a renaissance […]

Wishing you a very happy, peaceful and healthy New Year.

It has certainly been a difficult and challenging year to put it mildly.  Out of necessity we have become used to staying in touch via Zoom but can look forward with hope that at some point this year we will be able to meet […]

Credit Evilkalla at English Wikipedia

The next meeting of the Society will be  on Thursday 17th December, Nick Busby will present the Mike Thomas  Christmas talk on “Aricebo remembered”.  The radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico made massive contributions to our astronomical knowledge over the 57 years that it operated.  This talk aims to celebrate […]

The next Society meeting will be on Thursday 26th November.  Bob Wright from Usk Society will present part one of “Worlds among the stars” a talk on exoplanets. 

Around 4200 exoplanets have been discovered to date,  they have been found in all shapes and sizes and have caused astronomers to completely rethink many of the […]

One of our founding members has pointed out to me that yesterday, the 8th November was the 10th birthday of Abergavenny Astronomical Society, it was 10 years since we first met in the Kings Arms in Abergavenny.  It certainly doesn’t feel like 10 years time has passed so quickly!  Looking forward to the time when […]