by UKSEDS
on 27th June 2014
in Ecliptic, Events, Projects
A small and friendly team of robotics engineers at the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) are designing a cool new product for robotics and other applications like home automation. They are working on a generalised controller board with a lot of features integrated into a very small package. The board has all the functionality to drive a […]
by UKSEDS
on 31st March 2014
in International, News, Projects
It is not the sort of dilemma that one expects when you’re 250 miles above the Earth travelling over 17,000 miles per hour in a hailstorm of cosmic radiation, but the inescapable truth is that our bold astronauts are facing quite the financial pickle. In today’s complex financial age where every Earthling must manage an […]
by UKSEDS
on 10th March 2014
in Projects
You are invited to participate in an international astronomy programme called GLOBE at Night. You can join volunteers from 115 countries around the world by measuring light pollution effects in your area. E-mail: [email protected] if you are interested in joining the UKSEDS team. GLOBE at Night is free and easy for you, your friends and […]
by UKSEDS
on 10th March 2014
in Projects
You are invited to join the UKSEDS Asteroid Chasers team in its second year of running to participate in the International Astronomical Search Collaboration’s (IASC) Asteroid search campaign, running from between March 24th and April 28th. You will be participating in the discovery of new Main Belt asteroids and near-Earth objects, similar to asteroid 2012 DA14 that passed by us in […]
by UKSEDS
on 24th February 2014
in Projects, XRT
The UKSEDS National XRT-Station Project has recently took another step towards completion after being awarded £2,500 worth of funding from the CATALYST Seed fund for academic public engagement. The eXeter Radio Telescope Station aims to build a radio telescope for use by UKSEDS members for weighing the Galaxy through observations of 21cm line emission from […]
by UKSEDS
on 19th January 2014
in Projects
The Globe at Night programme is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen scientists to measure their night-sky brightness and submit their observations from a computer or smart phone. The programme is coordinated by Dr. Connie Walker from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). Light pollution threatens not […]
by UKSEDS
on 14th September 2013
in Projects
Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE) is a student organisation linked to the TU Delft in the Netherlands that has existed for a little over ten years now. They design, develop, build and launch their own rockets with the goal to get students more interested in rocket science. Over the years they have worked on a […]
by UKSEDS
on 8th May 2013
in Projects
SGAC is again partnering with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC=”Isaac”) for a SGAC Search Campaign, called “Find An Asteroid”. Up to 15 teams formed by SGAC members (aged 18-35) will be selected to participate in this campaign. The Search Campaign itself will last for five weeks from 14 August – 18 September, 2013. Typically […]
by UKSEDS
on 6th May 2013
in News, Projects
The 10th March to the 21st April saw UKSEDS’ continued involvement with the Pan-STARRS Asteroid Search campaign. Overall the campaign was a great success with a record 1219 preliminary asteroid discoveries and 274 provisional discoveries being made by fifty-six teams all across the globe. Our own members, Chris Lavis, Owen Roberts and Thomas Goodfellow were […]
by UKSEDS
on 4th March 2013
in News, Projects
Are you interested in learning rocketry? This year UKSEDS’ new committee are introducing a set of new projects aimed at teaching our members all the necessary skills to build and launch rockets! From the smallest model rockets up to the high power experimental engines, UKSEDS wants to see our members getting involved in this highly […]
by UKSEDS
on 4th March 2013
in News, Projects
You are invited to join the UKSEDS Asteroid Chasers team in its second year of running to participate in the International Astronomical Search Collaboration’s (IASC) bi-annual Pan-STARRS Asteroid search campaign, running from between March 10th and April 14th. You will be participating in the discovery of new Main Belt asteroids and near-Earth objects, similar to asteroid 2012 DA14 that past us […]