I can't thank you enough for the excellent solar scopes, the two talks for the evening and the star gazing.
You have an amazing band of very committed astronomers, you must be very proud.
Hopefully we will run the event again next September and you will be the first on my list to call!
The event was a great success and has helped to raise awareness about our special dark skies.
Carol Williams, Sustainable Tourism Officer, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Excellent. Very informative and interesting "volunteers".
Sue and David
Super evening, glad we came.
John and Family
Our third visit, and just as interesting each time. The explanations are clear and the advice on equipment very helpful. Thanks.
Garth
Enjoyed seeing the telescope and realy enjoyed the Stellarium presentation. Very interesting. Thank you! xxx
Sophie and Philip
Very helpful and friendly group of people. Hopefully, I'll be able to find objects in my new scope now! Thanks!
Gareth
Fascinating - great to actually use and see through a telescope!! Thank you.
Joan and Mike
Public Events
The Cardiff Astronomical Society (CAS) organises regular night sky and occasional solar observing events at its Observatory in Dyffryn Gardens or at locations further afield. The events are either organised by CAS on its own or run in conjunction with other organisations.
In addition, the Society's public outreach team has also answered many hundreds of questions about space and astronomy from our young visitors! Society officers have also made visits to schools and scout etc meetings when requested.
If you have attended one of our events, we would appreciate your feedback:
You can find information on the Society's FUTURE public events here and below are links to some of our PREVIOUS public events:
Dark Skies Wales Festival Sept 23
Techniquest 17th July
NAM 6th July 2023
St David's Hall Family Prom 8th July 2023
Solar Viewing June 2023
HOVAS 25th March 2023
Museum After Dark
BBC Wales 100 at the National Museum of Wales
Partial Solar Eclipse 25th October 2022 Dyffryn Gardens
Dark Skies Festival 24th September 2022
Stargazing at Brecon 16th September 2022
Solar Viewing at Brecon Visitor Centre 25th June 2022
Transit of Mercury observations at Dyffryn Gardens - 11 November 2019
Stargazing with Dark Sky Wales at Brecon - 18 October 2019
Apollo 11 Fiftieth Anniversary Event at National Museum Wales, Cardiff - 20 July 2019
Night Observing with the Open University at Brecon - 28 June 2019
St David's Hall, Cardiff - 25 June 2019
Solar Observing at Brecon Beacons - 22 June 2019
Star Attractions at the Museum - 19 January 2019
Space Capsule Family Day - 17 November 2018
Stargazing with Dark Sky Wales at Brecon - 26 October 2018
CAS/SPA Lectures - Saturday, 29 September 2018
Public Events - From Another Perspective
Solar Observing at Brecon Beacons - 23 June 2018
Star Attractions at the Museum - 13 January 2018
St Fagans Stargazing Event - 18 November 2017
Stargazing at Dyffryn Gardens - 28 October 2017
Stargazing at Brecon - 14 October 2017
Solar Viewing at Brecon - 30 July 2017
St Fagans Event - 19 November 2016
Stargazing at Dyffryn Gardens - 29 October 2016
Tim Peake at Techniquest - 13 October 2016
Perseid Shower - 11 August 2016
Solar Viewing at Brecon - 30 July 2016
Oxford Away Day - 18 June 2016
Techniquest - 15 December 2015
Solar Viewing at Brecon - July 2015
What happens behind the scenes