The Gravity Zoo – 28th July 2005
Allan Bell of the Loughton Astronomical Society gave us a talk with the title “The Gravity Zoo“. In it he talked about tides and stellar …
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.
What are Terrestrial Planets made of? – 23rd June 2005
Alan Longstaff‘s talk “What are Terrestrial Planets made of?“ began with a short lesson in basic geology; it’s as well to know a bit about …
Meteors – 26th May 2005
Neil Bone, director of the British Astronomical Association’s Meteor Section came to talk to us about “Meteors“. His talk included anecdotes about deck chairs, cameras, …
Members Evening – 28th April 2005
Our spring Members Evening was the occasion for three talks. The first, by Tony Buick, was an update on his earlier talk “My Camera and …
Mars Revisited – 24th March 2005
Our newest Honorary member, Greg Smye-Rumsby gave this evening’s talk; a retrospective look at observations and explorations, called “Mars Revisited“. His illustrations ranged from drawings …
AGM and Chairman’s Address – 24th February 2005
On the occasion of the Society’s Annual General Meeting our chairman Paul Whitmarsh gave us a short address on the highlights of the Society’s year …
Imaging the Universe – 27th January 2005
Robert Massey from the Royal Observatory , Greenwich, gave a talk called “Imaging the Universe“. Since telescopes were first turned to the heavens they’ve been …