Observing Sections
| Section | Description | Director |
| Aurora | Observing the annual occurrence of the aurora and noctilucent cloud | Ian Brantingham |
| Comet | Information and observations of cometary objects | Jonathan Shanklin |
| Deep Sky | Everything beyond our solar system including double stars, galaxies, starclusters and nebulae | Darren Bushnall |
| Lunar | All things related to observing our natural satellite | Peter Grego |
| Meteor | Meteors and how to observe them | Tony Markham |
| Occultation | Observing and recording occultation events | Mell Jeffery |
| Planetary | Observing the planets of our solar system | Alan Clitherow |
| Solar | Info and advise on SAFELY viewing and learning more about our nearest star | Richard Bailey |
| Variable Star | The SPA Variable Star Section observes a mixture of naked eye, binocular and telescopic variables | David Scanlan |
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