The Vulcan Affair – 22nd November 2017
Our arranged speaker Jeff Wagg was unable to attend November’s society meeting, so Tony Sizer stepped in to talk on ‘The Vulcan Affair’. Tony started …
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Our arranged speaker Jeff Wagg was unable to attend November’s society meeting, so Tony Sizer stepped in to talk on ‘The Vulcan Affair’. Tony started …
The ‘Members Evening’ was split into two parts with three presenters. The first part was a report of their visit to the USA for the …
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In November we scheduled an extra meeting “It’s About Time” presented by Professor Donald Kurtz. Don Kurtz is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of …
A talk by Greg Smye-Rumsby. The planet Uranus is named after the Greek god Ouranos, meaning ‘sky’ or ‘heaven’. It is the coldest of the …