Tag Archives: SAAF
Meeting in Uppsala
Looking forward to SAAF:s meeting in Uppsala on October 12-13.
Searching for a meteorite
The Swedish Allsky Meteor Network tracked a bolide on November 28, 2016 that could possibly have produced a fall. Calculations by Eric Stempels, coordinator of the network, gave coordinates on the ground, should the bright meteor have produced meteorites. On … Continue reading
Meeting with SAAF
Last weekend SAAF, the Swedish Association of Amateur Astronomers, met in Beddingestrand, for a couple of days of talks, observing &c. Great meeting old and new friends!
Variable star observers meet in Gothenburg
I spent last weekend attending the 2013 spring meeting of SAAF/V, the variable star section of SAAF, the Swedish association of amateur astronomers. First, variable star observer extraordinaire Hans Bengtsson received SAAF’s Amateur Astronomy Award for his longtime work in … Continue reading
Värmland Star Party
I spent last weekend in lovely Lysvik, where the annual Värmland Star Party takes place under a dark sky. Everything was great! Got to meet interesting people, hear interesting talks – not the least Johan Warell’s on comets and how … Continue reading
Neglected miras
Here is a status report (in Swedish) for the project on 50 neglected miras observed by SAAF/SVO observers. Update: Thomas Karlsson has made a page that gives an overview of the observations in SAAF V/SVO programme of neglected Miras.
