Xmas Quiz – 19th December 2002
At our Christmas meeting, Orpington met the Croydon Astronomical Society in a head-to-head quiz hosted by BBC Blue Peter Astronomer, Anton Vamplew. Both teams were …
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At our Christmas meeting, Orpington met the Croydon Astronomical Society in a head-to-head quiz hosted by BBC Blue Peter Astronomer, Anton Vamplew. Both teams were …
Our observing officer Jeff Harries gave us a short talk on the benefits of being able to recognise particular double stars, and using them as …
Fay Dowker gave us an intriguing talk entitled “Unifying the Universe“ which ranged from Newton and classical physics via General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics towards …
Murray Barber from Wadhurst Astronomical Society gave us an interesting and very informative talk entitled “V2 – First Dangerous Step into Space“. He illustrated it …
Gilbert Satterthwaite appeared in the BBC TV programme “What the Tudors Did For Us“, explaining the “Digges” telescope to the programme’s presenter Adam Hart-Davis. Another …
The Society’s President Gilbert Satterthwaite gave us an update on the “Digges” telescope. He worked on the possible optics for this scope with his friend, …
Dr Ian Crawford from the University College gave us a talk on “The Scientific Case for Human Spaceflight“. He outlined the highlights of the human …