{"id":189,"date":"2020-09-30T08:47:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/?p=189"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:37:42","slug":"introducing-astrosoc-our-astronomy-and-rocketry-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/2020\/09\/30\/introducing-astrosoc-our-astronomy-and-rocketry-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing AstRoSoc: Our Astronomy and Rocketry Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>AstRoSoc is the University of Leicester\u2019s Astronomy and Rocketry Society!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>  <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your <em>Curiosity<\/em> has led you to seek a deeper <em>InSight<\/em> into the Universe around you, we hold regular Observatory nights to allow you to become the Explorer of these <em>New Horizons<\/em>!\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to learn how to shoot for the stars then we will also be hosting online Rocketry sessions where you can learn to build a model rocket of your own! Whatever your skill set, we have a range of space-related events like Discord launch parties, space-themed baking competitions and socials, game nights, quizzes, attending the National Student Space Conference and much more!\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet AstRoSoc - Leicester Freshers 2020\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OYEJmq6_f6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>If you want to join in on the fun or find out more then follow us on Facebook (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/astrosocleicester\/\">AstRoSoc Leicester<\/a>), Instagram (uol_astrosoc), Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uol_astrosoc\">@UoL_AstRoSoc<\/a>), send us an email on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:su-astrosoc@leicester.ac.uk\">su-astrosoc@leicester.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0or find us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/SdUbRKd\">Discord server.<\/a>\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicesterunion.com\/opportunities\/societies\/findasociety\/astrosoc\/\">Find out more about AstRoSoc.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/files\/2020\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" width=\"286\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/files\/2020\/10\/image-1.png 565w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/files\/2020\/10\/image-1-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AstRoSoc is the University of Leicester\u2019s Astronomy and Rocketry Society!\u00a0 If your Curiosity has led you to seek a deeper InSight into the Universe around you, we hold regular Observatory nights to allow you to become the Explorer of these New Horizons!\u00a0 If you\u2019d like to learn how to shoot for the stars then we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":256,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astro","category-undergrad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}