Cosmology – 22nd January 2009
The speaker at our January meeting was Alan Longstaff. He gave us an interesting introduction to the subject of Cosmology.
Meetings Reports
We meet every month, usually on the fourth Thursday of the month, (the December meeting will generally be on the third Thursday). Meetings start no earlier than 7:30pm and end before 10:00pm. Here you’ll find brief reports of many of our meetings. In these we try to include any web links or other pointers to further information that were provided by the speaker at the meeting. If you were at one of our meetings and would like to correct or expand the report relating to it then please email our webmaster.
The Solstice Quiz – 18th December 2008
As is traditional, the OAS Christmas meeting had no formal speaker. However, we did have a healthy quantity of Christmas food ranging from nibbles to …
The Story of Jodrell Bank – 27th November 2008
The evening started with a short report by Jim Mehta of our recent visit to Mill Hill Observatory. After coffee, Prof. Ian Morison gave us …
Galileo and his Telescopes – 23rd October 2008
This evening’s main talk on “Galileo and his Telescopes“ was given by Steve Ringwood. He began by setting the historical context. Italy consisted of a …
Members Evening – 25th September 2008
Mark Shelley followed on from his talk about using digital SLRs for astrophotography (at the June Members’ Evening) by explaining the various image processing steps …
Impact Cratering – 28th August 2008
This evening’s main talk on “Impact Cratering“ was given by Dr. Emily Baldwin. She showed us examples of impact craters of various sizes from the …
The Calendar – 24th July 2008
This evening’s main talk, “The History of the Calendar“, was given by Keith Brackenborough. The main purpose of a calendar is to keep track of …