The Clouds of Magellan – 27th May 2004
Konrad Malin-Smith stepped in at short notice to give us a talk about “The Clouds of Magellan“, starting with a few slides taken while on …
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 Transit of Venus – 22nd April 2004
Our members’ evening about “The Transit of Venus“ started with Jeff, our Observing Officer, giving us a run-down on the night sky around the date …
When the Sun Lost its Spots – 25th March 2004
In “When the Sun Lost its Spots“, Tony Sizer first gave us some basic solar observing tips, went on to explain the main solar features …
AGM and Chairman’s Address – 26th February 2004
Our Annual General Meeting was followed, as is traditional, by a talk from our retiring chairman, Greg Smye-Rumsby. He gave us a talk on “The …
The Sun and the Weather – 22nd January 2004
Our first meeting of 2004 was addressed by Piers Corbyn and was about “The Sun and the Weather“. He started by explaining how the Sun’s …
Creating Space – 18th December 2003
Mat Irvine dodged the jams on the M25 and brought a selection of models along to our Xmas meeting to illustrate his talk, Creating Space, …
Harrison’s Clocks – 27th November 2003
Our President Gilbert Satterthwaite gave us a talk about the Longitude Problem, and in particular about Harrison’s Clocks. He illustrated it with many slides, and …