Robert Hooke – 23rd October 2003
Rob Warren from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gave us a talk about Robert Hooke. This year is the 300th anniversary of Hooke’s death, and there …
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 Dynamic Universe – 25th September 2003
Roy Easto gave us a talk about The Dynamic Universe this evening, using animated computer models to show how dynamic systems in our universe develop …
Mars at Opposition – 30th August 2003
At our second Public Meeting for National Astronomy Week, Greg Smye-Rumsby again gave us a talk about the planets, and Gilbert Satterthwaite explained some of …
The Planets – 28th August 2003
At our first Public Meeting for National Astronomy Week, Greg Smye-Rumsby gave us a talk about the planets, with particular emphasis on Mars, as it …
Members Evening – 24th July 2003
Another Members Evening started with Greg Smye-Rumsby giving us a quick overview of the results obtained from the Time Team Big Dig at the site …
Planetary Nebulae – 26th June 2003
This month’s talk, about “Planetary Nebulae“ was given by Owen Brazell. He started by telling us about the early observations of planetary nebulae by observers …
Campaign for Dark Skies – 22nd May 2003
Bob Mizon gave us an informative illustrated talk about light pollution and the Campaign for Dark Skies. Light pollution is an issue that is beginning …