Astrophotography – 22nd March 2007
For the March meeting we were joined by Nik Szymanek presenting to us his talk on Astrophotography. For those who do not follow the latest …
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For the March meeting we were joined by Nik Szymanek presenting to us his talk on Astrophotography. For those who do not follow the latest …
The February meeting included, as usual, the Society’s A.G.M. Our retiring Chairman Paul Whitmarsh gave us a talk on “Colour in Astronomy“. He began by …
Paul Money came down from Lincolnshire to give us an enthusiastic talk about “Uranus & Neptune“. Along the way he extolled the virtues of Celestia …
Plenty of snacks and beverages were provided by members. Tony Buick showed us the movie clips he’d not been able to show at the previous …
Gilbert Satterthwaite gave the first talk of the evening on “Airy’s Altazimuth Telescope“. This instrument was installed at Greenwich by Airy, and was used very …
Tony Sizer gave us a seasonal talk on “Ghosts and Poltergeists“. The astronomical ghosts he mentioned mostly turned out to be optical effects mis-interpreted by …
Glyn Collinson of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory gave us an interesting and well-received talk titled “Solar Orbiter – Journeying into the Unknown“ about the …