Plasma and Magnetism – 25th January 2001
Dr. Chris Owen gave a talk entitled “The Solar-Terrestrial Connection“ in which he described the interaction of plasma and magnetic fields. His talk was accompanied …
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 Earliest Sundial – 14th December 2000
Dr. Alan Hart gave a talk entitled “The Earliest Sundial“ as part of our Xmas meeting.
Sizes – 23rd November 2000
Greg Smye-Rumsby gave an entertaining talk entitled “What size is that?“ in which he described the effects of scale, and illustrated the comparative sizes of …
Starbirth – 26th October 2000
Dr. Geoff Macdonald gave a talk entitled “The Miracle of Starbirth“ in which he described the ways in which stars can be formed.
The Second Kenneth Budd Memorial Lecture – 20th October 2000
On 20th October 2000 Ewen A. Whitaker FRAS gave an interesting talk entitled “Fifty Years with Lunar Maps“. This in fact ranged back to the …
A Window Through the Universe – 28th September 2000
Peter Bull gave a talk entitled “A Window Through the Universe“ in which he covered the basics of a wide range of astronomical subjects.
Explosions from the Sun – 27th July 2000
Dr. Louise Harra of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory gave a talk entitled “Explosions from the Sun“ about observations made with various observatories, most of …