Astronomical Treasures – 26th January 2006
Our speaker this evening was Kevin Johnson from the Science Museum, who gave us a talk about Astronomical Treasures. The museum has a collection of …
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Our speaker this evening was Kevin Johnson from the Science Museum, who gave us a talk about Astronomical Treasures. The museum has a collection of …
This is traditionally an evening with a festive theme, with a little more than the usual refreshments. After the coffee break Tony Sizer marshalled us …
This evening the usual notices included some brief reports from the recent Deep Sky Camp. After the coffee break Helen Walker gave us a talk …
This Members Evening started with a short reminiscence about the Society’s past from our president Gilbert Satterthwaite. After coffee, Tony Buick showed us a selection …
Saturday evening saw members gathering at Newstead Wood School to celebrate the Society’s 25th Anniversary and to host the third public Ken Budd Memorial Lecture. …
Jerry Workman of Loughton Astronomical Society gave us a profusely illustrated account of some of the results returned by The Cassini Mission. He first showed …
Tony Sizer of the Orpington Astronomical Society and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gave us an informative talk about “The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram“. This diagram was developed …