Members Evening – 26th June 2008
After the usual run of society notices, Mike McRoberts gave us his observing notes and astrophotography challenges for July. Tony Buick gave us a talk …
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.
Message of Starlight – 22nd May 2008
Conrad Malin-Smith gave us a talk on The Message of Starlight. In it he explained just how much it was possible to determine by examining …
Sundials – 24th April 2008
Chris Daniels began his talk on Sundials by showing us a slide of a curious pillar, and took us on a tour through the ages …
Hinode and STEREO – 27th March 2008
The Society’s first meeting at the new High Elms Nature Centre was the occasion of Lucie Green’s talk about the “Latest Results from the Hinode …
AGM and Chairman’s Address – 28th February 2008
The Society Annual General Meeting was held at Red Hill School, Chislehurst. At the meeting it was announced that we would be returning to High …
Discovering Supernovae – 24th January 2008
On this clear evening just after full moon Tom Boles gave us an interesting talk on “Discovering Supernovae“. He began by explaining the differences between …
Sids Whispers and Pings – 25th November 2007
Alan Bell’s talk “Sids, Whispers and Pings“ explored some of the effects of astronomical phenomena on radio communication. He began by giving us a short …