Furness & South Lakeland
Members area
The Furness Astronomical Society was founded in 1973 by Eddie Dixon. Eddie allowed members the use of his garden at Newton-in-Furness for any observation sessions with the society telescope, a 6" Newtonian Reflector.
Although Eddie has since moved, the land is still available for members' use today and enjoys a relatively dark location compared with town centre sites.
A purpose-built observatory stands on the site of Eddie's "chicken shed" with a rotating fibre glass dome sitting on top of 6 foot high walls.
The society has two 6" Newtonian Reflectors which are available for hire to members each month. The observatory is capable of housing a 10" Newtonian Reflector, purchased by a consortium of members, and a Meade LX90 12” on loan from a member but available to other members.
We have a library of books and videos available for hire for a nominal fee.
Explore the libraryOur online archive of Federation of Astronomical Societies Newsletters is avaliable to memebers and regularly updated with new release of the newsletter.
Monthly presentations delivered to the society are recorded and avlaiblee to memebers through our video gallery.
Meetings (usually with a guest lecturer/speaker) are held monthly at the:
Abbey Road Baptist Church,
Abbey Road (corner of Park Drive),
Barrow-in-Furness,
LA13 9BD
At 7:30pm on the first Friday of the month (except June, July and August).
See the programme