Listed below are almost all the meetings we have held at various venues in the history of the Society. If you can help us fill in some of the gaps then please tell us.
Year | Month | Speaker | from | Title of talk |
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2021.02 | Feb | OAS | AGM (online) | |
2021.01 | Jan | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Solar Eclipses (online) |
2020.12 | Dec | Tony Sizer | OAS | The Star of Bethlehem (online) |
2020.11 | Nov | Philippa Browning | Uni. of Manchester | Solar Flares: the most powerful explosions in the Solar System (online) |
2020.10 | Oct | Roberto Botero | OAS | Automate Your Backyard Observatory (online) |
2020.09 | Sep | Melanie Davies | Creative Space | Titan: A Candidate for Evolution (online) |
2020.08 | Aug | Cancelled - COVID-19 Lockdown | ||
2020.07 | Jul | Cancelled - COVID-19 Lockdown | ||
2020.06 | Jun | Cancelled - COVID-19 Lockdown | ||
2020.05 | May | Cancelled - COVID-19 Lockdown | ||
2020.04 | Apr | Cancelled - COVID-19 Lockdown | ||
2020.03 | Mar | Cancelled - COVID-19 Lockdown | ||
2020.02 | Feb | OAS | AGM | |
2020.01 | Jan | Peter Grimley | Large Telescopes | |
2019.12 | Dec | OAS | "OAS Players" and Quiz | |
2019.12 | Dec | OAS | "OAS Players" and Quiz | |
2019.11 | Nov | Sanjeev Gupta | Results from the Curiosity Rover | |
2019.10 | Oct | Rupert Smith | Remote Observatory 2 | |
2019.09 | Sep | Tom Kerss & Brendan Owens | One Year of the Annie Maunder Astrographic Telescope | |
2019.08 | Aug | Chris Lintott | Weird Worlds: The New Science of Exoplanets | |
2019.07 | Jul | William Joyce | The Geology of the Moon | |
2019.06 | Jun | Tony Sizer | OAS | The Stars Like Dust |
2019.05 | May | Elmé Breedt | Gaia | |
2019.04 | Apr | Martin Hendry | Gravitational Waves | |
2019.03 | Mar | Colin Stuart | How to Live on Mars | |
2019.02 | Feb | OAS | AGM | |
2019.01 | Jan | Rupert Smith | Remote Observatory 1 | |
2018.12 | Dec | OAS | "OAS Players" and Quiz | |
2018.11 | Nov | Andrew Coates | Searching for Life on Mars | |
2018.10 | Oct | Roger O’Brien | Oumuamua | |
2018.09 | Sep | Jeff Wagg | The Square Kilometre Array | |
2018.08 | Aug | |||
2018.07 | Jul | Dhara Patel | How Special is Our Solar System? | |
2018.06 | Jun | Members' Evening | OAS | A focus on Imaging |
2018.05 | May | Joanna Ramasawmy | Galaxy evolution: black hole growth and star formation | |
2018.04 | Apr | Paul Money | Triumphs of Voyager part 1 | |
2018.03 | Mar | Carl Murray | QMUL | Personal recollections of Cassini (followed by A.G.M) |
2018.02 | Feb | (Cancelled because of bad weather) | ||
2018.01 | Jan | Ian Robson | ROE | The Discovery of Quasars |
2017.12 | Dec | OAS | Xmas Quiz | |
2017.11 | Nov | Tony Sizer | OAS | The Vulcan Affair |
2017.10 | Oct | Members' Evening | OAS | Ken Pearson and Iain Pringle on the Total Solar Eclipse, and Tony Sizer on the Golden Triangle in India. |
2017.09 | Sep | Ian Morison | - | The Magic of Astrophotography |
2017.08 | Aug | Colin Stuart | - | 13 Journeys Through Space and Time |
2017.07 | Jul | William Joyce | - | Interacting and Active Galaxies |
2017.06 | Jun | Francisco Diego | UCL | Aliens |
2017.05 | May | Geraint Jones | MSSL | Landing on Other Worlds |
2017.04 | Apr | Steve Fossey | - | How to discover a Supernova without even trying |
2017.03 | Mar | OAS | AGM | |
2017.02 | Feb | Dave Rothery | Mercury | |
2017.01 | Jan | Chris North | Cardiff | The Herschel Space Telescope |
2016.12 | Dec | Tony Sizer | OAS | Xmas Quiz |
2016.11 | Nov | Graham Dolan | ROG | Christie and his Legacy |
2016.10 | Oct | Tom Kerss | - | Ancient and Modern: Imaging with the Great Equatorial Refractor |
2016.09 | Sep | Tony Sizer | OAS | The Stars Like Dust |
2016.08 | Aug | Nigel Bannister | - | What saved Apollo 13 |
2016.07 | Jul | Tony Sizer | OAS | Why is Venus so Hot? |
2016.06 | Jun | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Timekeeping at Geenwich |
2016.05 | May | Malcolm Porter | - | Fred Hoyle |
2016.04 | Apr | Carolin Crawford | - | When Galaxies Collide |
2016.03 | Mar | David Mannion | - | The Future of Space Flight |
2016.02 | Feb | Tony Sizer | OAS | AGM, and talk: Stones from the Sky |
2016.01 | Jan | Ted Nield | - | Incoming!: Learning to Love the Dreaded Thunderstone |
2015.12 | Dec | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Xmas Quiz |
2015.11 | Nov | Members' Evening | OAS | Robert Mercer and Carole Pope on Imaging |
2015.10 | Oct | Radmila Topalovic | - | Spectroscopy in Astronomy |
2015.09 | Sep | Members' Evening | OAS | Ivor Lawrence and Mark Shelley on Imaging |
2015.08 | Aug | Tony Sizer | OAS | Ring of Mystery |
2015.07 | Jul | Tony Sizer | OAS | Ice Worlds |
2015.06 | Jun | Roger O’Brien | - | Rosetta – the mission to the rubber duck comet |
2015.05 | May | Louise Harra | UCL | The Current Solar Cycle: Is it Misbehaving? |
2015.04 | Apr | Jerry Stone | Spaceflight UK | The Day They Launched a Woodpecker |
2015.03 | Mar | Nik Szymanek | _ | Introduction to Image Processing |
2015.02 | Feb | _ | OAS | AGM |
2015.01 | Jan | Carl Murray | QMUL | Cassini at Saturn: Life at the Edge |
2014.12 | Dec | Tony Sizer | OAS | Xmas Quiz |
2014.1102 | Nov | Alan Longstaff | _ | Exoplanet Habitability |
2014.1101 | Nov | Donald Kurtz | UCLAN | It's About Time! |
2014.10 | Oct | Robin Catchpole | Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge | Asteroids, Comets and Impacts. |
2014.09 | Sep | John Murrell | _ | OB Stars |
2014.08 | Aug | Tony Buick | OAS | Aspects of the Orrery |
2014.07 | Jul | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Uranus – a story of planetary catastrophe |
2014.06 | Jun | Roy Easto | _ | A Quiz |
2014.05 | May | Tony Sizer | OAS | Violent Universe |
2014.04 | Apr | Andrew Norton | _ | Finding Exoplanets |
2014.03 | Mar | Mike Edmunds | _ | The Antikythera Mechanism and the Mechanical Universe |
2014.02 | Feb | Tony Sizer | OAS | AGM followed by short talk: Stonehenge |
2014.01 | Jan | David Arditti | _ | New developments in amateur planetary imaging |
2013.12 | Dec | Jeff Harries | OAS | Xmas Quiz |
2013.11 | Nov | Jack Carlyle | MSSL | Chariots of Fire: The Sun and its influence on Earth |
2013.10 | Oct | Margaret Penston | _ | Stars in the Solar Neighbourhood |
2013.09 | Sep | Mike Dryland | _ | The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other Grubbs |
2013.08 | Aug | Ed Bloomer | _ | Gravitational Wave Astronomy |
2013.07 | Jul | Members Evening | OAS | OAS visit to CERN |
2013.06 | Jun | Hugh Alford | OAS | How Big is Space? |
2013.05 | May | Alec Boksenberg | _ | The Intergalactic Medium and Other Things |
2013.04 | Apr | Paul Money | _ | Images of the Universe volume 1 |
2013.03 | Mar | Steve Ringwood | _ | The First Great Lunar Hoax |
2013.02 | Feb | Tony Sizer | OAS | AGM and President's Address |
2013.01 | Jan | Monica Grady | _ | Astronomy by Microscope |
2012.12 | Dec | Xmas Meeting | OAS | _ |
2012.11 | Nov | Andrew Coates | _ | ExoMars |
2012.10 | Oct | Brendan Owens | _ | Solar Secrets: Understanding Our Star, The Sun |
2012.09 | Sep | Nik Szymanek | _ | Photographing the Night Sky |
2012.08 | Aug | Alan Aylward | _ | Colouring the Sky |
2012.07 | Jul | Roger O'Brien | _ | Dark Matter and Dark Energy |
2012.06 | Jun | Dave Rothery | _ | Mercury - New Views |
2012.05 | May | Members Evening | OAS | _ |
2012.04 | Apr | Alec Boksenberg | _ | (venue was unavailable) |
2012.03 | Mar | Elizabeth Cunningham | _ | Nuclear Astrophysics |
2012.02 | Feb | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | AGM and President's Address |
2012.01 | Jan | Carl Murray | _ | Cassini Observations of Saturn's Rings |
2011.12 | Dec | Xmas Meeting | OAS | _ |
2011.11 | Nov | John Axtell | _ | Sputnik in Context |
2011.10 | Oct | David Hughes | _ | The Star of Bethlehem |
2011.09 | Sep | Chris Arridge | _ | Wandering Giants |
2011.08 | Aug | Members Evening | OAS | _ |
2011.07 | Jul | Jerry Stone | _ | Apollo Hoax |
2011.06 | Jun | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Timings |
2011.05 | May | Tony Sizer | OAS | When Planets Cross The Sun |
2011.04 | Apr | Stuart Clark | _ | Sun Kings |
2011.03 | Mar | Jan Drozd | _ | Earth, An Alien's Perspective |
2011.02 | Feb | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | AGM and President's Address |
2011.01 | Jan | Prof. Ian Robson | Royal Observatory Edinburgh | Supercool Astronomy |
2010.12 | Dec | Xmas Quiz | OAS | Xmas Quiz |
2010.11 | Nov | Tim Sumner | _ | Searching for Cold Dark Matter |
2010.10 | Oct | Helen Walker | _ | Mars Express |
2010.09 | Sep | Marek Kukula | _ | Quasars and Supermassive Black Holes |
2010.08 | Aug | Members Evening | OAS | _ |
2010.07 | Jul | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Timings |
2010.06 | Jun | Carolin Crawford | _ | The Science and Beauty of Nebulae |
2010.05 | May | Tony Sizer | OAS | Backbone of the Night |
2010.04 | Apr | Members Evening | OAS | Mike on Earthshine 1 and Hugh on Outreach |
2010.03 | Mar | Allan Bell | _ | Meteor Echoes |
2010.02 | Feb | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | AGM and President's Address |
2010.01 | Jan | Doug Ellison | _ | Mars Discovered |
2009.12 | Dec | _ | _ | Christmas Quiz |
2009.11 | Nov | Members Evening | _ | Mark on Imaging and Gilbert on Greenwich |
2009.10 | Oct | Robin Catchpole | _ | Are We Alone? |
2009.09 | Sep | Chris Lintott | Oxford | Who, What and When? |
2009.08 | Aug | Phil Uttley | Southampton Uni. | Black Holes |
2009.07 | Jul | Roger Pickard | _ | Variable Stars |
2009.06 | Jun | John Murrell | _ | Radio Astronomy: The Key to the Invisible Universe |
2009.05 | May | Members Evening | OAS | Jeff on Asteroids, Luke on Time Travel, Mike on Voyager 1 |
2009.04 | Apr | Mike McRoberts | OAS | Tycho Brahe and the Uraniborg Observatory |
2009.03 | Mar | Prof. Joanna Haigh | Imperial College | Solar Variability and Climate |
2009.02 | Feb | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | President's Address |
2009.01 | Jan | Alan Longstaff | _ | Cosmology |
2008.12 | Dec | _ | OAS | Chairman's Address and Quiz Night |
2008.11 | Nov | Prof. Ian Morison | _ | The Story of Jodrell Bank |
2008.10 | Oct | Steve Ringwood | _ | Galileo and his Telescopes |
2008.09 | Sep | Members Evening | OAS | Mark Shelley on processing astronomical images, and Ken Pearson on the Loughton Astronomical Society's observatory and telescope. |
2008.08 | Aug | Dr. Emily Baldwin | _ | Impact Cratering |
2008.07 | Jul | Keith Brackenborough | _ | The History of the Calendar |
2008.06 | Jun | Members Evening | OAS | Tony Buick on Tardigrades In Space, Mark Shelley on Digital SLRs for Astrophotography, and Mike McRoberts on The Phoenix Lander on Mars. |
2008.05 | May | Conrad Malin-Smith | Croydon | The Message of Starlight |
2008.04 | Apr | Chris Daniels | _ | Sundials |
2008.03 | Mar | Lucie Green | UCL/MSSL | Latest Results from Hinode and STEREO |
2008.02 | Feb | (AGM) Jim Mehta | OAS | A Visit to Siding Spring |
2008.01 | Jan | Tom Boles | BAA | Discovering Supernovae |
2007.12 | Dec | Various | OAS | The traditional Xmas Quiz |
2007.11 | Nov | Alan Bell | _ | Sids, Whispers and Pings |
2007.10 | Oct | Alan Longstaff | _ | What have meteorites ever done for us? |
2007.09 | Sep | Jerry Workman | Loughton A.S. | The Moons of Saturn |
2007.08 | Aug | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | The 3D Universe |
2007.07 | Jul | Members Evening | OAS | Chris Suddell on Cassini-Huygens and Tony Sizer on the naming of constellations |
2007.06 | Jun | Richard Westwood | _ | A History of Planetaria |
2007.05 | May | Andrew Coates | UCL/MSSL | Venus Express |
2007.04 | Apr | Various | OAS | Members Evening |
2007.03 | Mar | Nik Szymanek | Croydon | Astro-photography |
2007.02 | Feb | (AGM) Paul Whitmarsh | OAS | Colour in Astronomy |
2007.01 | Jan | Paul Money | _ | Uranus & Neptune |
2006.12 | Dec | Jim Mehta and Tom Meechan | O.A.S. | Xmas Astronomy Quiz |
2006.11 | Nov | Members Evening | O.A.S. | Airy's Altazimuth Telescope (Gilbert), Artificial Satellites (Tony Buick), and Planetary Occultations (Greg) |
2006.10 | Oct | Tony Sizer | O.A.S. | Ghosts and Poltergeists |
2006.09 | Sep | Glyn Collinson | M.S.S.L. | Solar Orbiter - Journeying into the Unknown |
2006.08 | Aug | Mike & Chris | O.A.S. | Members Evening - Deep Sky Imaging |
2006.07 | Jul | Roger O'Brien | _ | Cosmology |
2006.06 | Jun | Jack Martin | _ | Spectroscopy |
2006.05 | May | John Chapman-Smith | S.P.A. | Observing the Sun |
2006.04 | Apr | Simeon Barber | _ | Landing on a Comet |
2006.03 | Mar | Robin Scagell | _ | Film vs Digital |
2006.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | TLPs (Tony Buick), and The Universe in 20 Minutes (Greg Smye-Rumsby) |
2006.01 | Jan | Kevin Johnson | Science Museum | Astronomical Treasures |
2005.12 | Dec | Tony Sizer | O.A.S. | Astro-quiz |
2005.11 | Nov | Dr. Helen Walker | RAL | Exploring the Planets with Satellites |
2005.10 | Oct | Paul Murdin | 3rd Ken Budd Memorial | The Metre and the Shape of the Earth |
2005.10 | Oct | Various | O.A.S. | Members Evening |
2005.09 | Sep | Jerry Workman | Loughton AS | The Cassini Mission |
2005.08 | Aug | Tony Sizer | OAS | The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram |
2005.07 | Jul | Allan Bell | Loughton A.S. | The Gravity Zoo |
2005.06 | Jun | Alan Longstaff | _ | What are Terrestrial Planets made of? |
2005.05 | May | Neil Bone | B.A.A. | Meteors |
2005.04 | Apr | Various | O.A.S. | Members Evening |
2005.03 | Mar | Greg Smye-Rumsby | O.A.S. | Mars Revisited |
2005.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | 20 Yeas Ago |
2005.01 | Jan | Robert Massey | Royal Observatory, Greenwich | Imaging the Universe |
2004.12 | Dec | Paul, Mike and Gilbert | O.A.S. | Quiz and book auction |
2004.11 | Nov | Fay Dowker | Imperial College | The Science of Time |
2004.10 | Oct | Gilbert Satterthwaite | O.A.S. | Suns, Stars & Satchels |
2004.09 | Sep | Mike Leggett | _ | Exobiology: Life Beyond the Earth? |
2004.08 | Aug | Various | O.A.S. | Members Evening |
2004.07 | Jul | Ken Harrison | Loughton A.S. | Planetary Nebulae |
2004.06 | Jun | Peter Hingley | RAS | Astronomers & Oddities |
2004.05 | May | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon AS | Clouds of Magellan |
2004.04 | Apr | Various | OAS | The Transit of Venus - Members' Evening |
2004.03 | Mar | Tony Sizer | OAS | When the Sun Lost its Spots |
2004.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | The Craig Telescope |
2004.01 | Jan | Piers Corbyn | Weather Action | The Sun & the Weather |
2003.12 | Dec | Mat Irvine | Smallspace | Creating Space |
2003.11 | Nov | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | Harrison's Clocks |
2003.10 | Oct | Rob Warren | RGO | Robert Hooke |
2003.09 | Sep | Roy Easto | Croydon AS | The Dynamic Universe |
2003.08 | Aug | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Mars (Public meeting for NAW) |
2003.07 | Jul | Various | OAS | Members Evening |
2003.06 | Jun | Owen Brazell | _ | Planetary Nebulae |
2003.05 | May | Bob Mizon | CfDS | Light Pollution and the Campaign for Dark Skies |
2003.04 | Apr | Various | OAS | Members Evening |
2003.03 | Mar | Lisa Wright | Cambridge | Galaxy Formation: Painting by Numbers |
2003.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | A tour of the Solar System |
2003.01 | Jan | James Wilhelm | UKARANet | Amateur Radio Astronomy |
2002.12 | Dec | Many | _ | Quiz v. Croydon A.S. |
2002.11 | Nov | Various | OAS | Members Evening |
2002.10 | Oct | Fay Dowker | _ | Unifying the Universe |
2002.09 | Sep | Murray Barber | Wadhurst A.S. | V2 - First Dangerous Steps into Space |
2002.07 | Jul | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | The Digges Telescope |
2002.07 | Jul | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Image Enhancement |
2002.06 | Jun | Dr Ian Crawford | UCL | The Scientific Case for Human Spaceflight |
2002.05 | May | Brijen Hathi | OU | Cassini Huygens mission |
2002.04 | Apr | Dr. John Mason | _ | Destination Mars |
2002.03 | Mar | various | OAS | Members' Evening |
2002.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
2002.01 | Jan | Robin Scagell | SPA | Astrophotography |
2001.12 | Dec | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon AS | African Eclipse 2001 |
2001.11 | Nov | Dr Nial Tanvir | Herts. Uni. | Gamma Ray Bursts |
2001.10 | Oct | Book Auction | _ | Our thanks to the Stokes Family |
2001.10 | Oct | Universe Day | _ | Society's 21st Year - A Celebration |
2001.09 | Sep | Dr Stuart Clark | Editor Astronomy Now | Life on other worlds - how to find it |
2001.07 | Jul | Greg S-R & T Sizer | OAS | Venus Transit & Scale of Universe |
2001.06 | Jun | Dr. Helen Walker | ISO | Infra-red astronomy |
2001.05 | May | Dr. Jon Shanklin | BAS | An Astronomer in Antarctica |
2001.04 | Apr | Dr. Monica Grady | NHM | Mars, meteorites & search for life |
2001.03 | Mar | Geoff Epps | _ | History and evolution of Mars |
2001.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
2001.01 | Jan | Dr. Chris Owen | Mullard | The Solar-Terrestrial Connection |
2000.12 | Dec | Dr. Alan Hart | OAS | The Earliest Sundial |
2000.11 | Nov | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | What size is that? |
2000.10 | Oct | Dr. Geoff Macdonald | _ | The Miracle of Starbirth |
2000.10 | Oct | Ewen A. Whitaker | 2nd Ken Budd Memorial | Fifty Years with Lunar Maps |
2000.09 | Sep | Peter Bull | _ | A Window Through the Universe |
2000.07 | Jul | Dr. Louise Harra | Mullard | Explosions from the sun |
2000.06 | Jun | Dr. Ian Jupp | DERA | Next gen. of gamma-ray telescopes |
2000.05 | May | Dave Heather | UCL | The Moon |
2000.04 | Apr | Greg & Lyulph | OAS | _ |
2000.03 | Mar | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS President | Astronomers wearing glasses |
2000.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
2000.01 | Jan | Seymanet & Simmons | _ | _ |
1999.12 | Dec | _ | _ | _ |
1999.11 | Nov | Roy Easto | _ | Gravity |
1999.10 | Oct | _ | _ | _ |
1999.09 | Sep | _ | _ | _ |
1999.07 | Jul | _ | _ | _ |
1999.06 | Jun | Gilbert Satterthwaite | O.A.S. | Eclipses and Mirrors |
1999.05 | May | _ | _ | _ |
1999.04 | Apr | _ | _ | 50 Years of Amateur Astronomy |
1999.03 | Mar | Roderick Willstrop | Cambridge I.o.A. | Two funny (peculiar) telescopes |
1999.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1999.01 | Jan | _ | _ | _ |
1998.12 | Dec | _ | _ | _ |
1998.11 | Nov | _ | _ | _ |
1998.10 | Oct | _ | _ | _ |
1998.09 | Sep | Greg Smye-Rumsby | O.A.S. | Spacecraft |
1998.07 | Jul | _ | _ | _ |
1998.06 | Jun | Conrad Malin-Smith | _ | Eclipses |
1998.05 | May | _ | _ | _ |
1998.04 | Apr | _ | _ | _ |
1998.03 | Mar | John Maxwell | _ | Large Astronomical Optical Systems |
1998.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1998.01 | Jan | Dr. Ian Carstairs | OAS | Astronomy through the ages |
1997.12 | Dec | Quiz Night Special | OAS | _ |
1997.11 | Nov | Bob Turner | Worthing AS | The Sun in H alpha |
1997.10 | Oct | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | 3 Dimensional Astronomy |
1997.09 | Sep | Dick Taylor | Birkbeck Col | Cosmic Jets and Acretion discs |
1997.07 | Jul | Alan Drummond | Crawley AS | Perception in astronomy |
1997.06 | Jun | Nik Szymanek | Croydon | CCD on La Palma |
1997.05 | May | John Weller | OAS | Hawaii |
1997.04 | Apr | Pete Simmons | Croydon AS | La Palma |
1997.03 | Mar | Andrew Elliott | Reading AS | Occultations |
1997.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1997.01 | Jan | Michael Maunder | Woking | Astrophotography |
1996.12 | Dec | Members' Evening | OAS | Various seasonal topics |
1996.11 | Nov | Dr. Carl Murray | Queen Mary | Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft |
1996.10 | Oct | Gilbert/Greg | OAS | Any questions |
1996.09 | Sep | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | Discovery of Neptune |
1996.08 | Aug | Meteor Watch | OAS | Open Evening for the Public |
1996.07 | Jul | Naveed Moeed | Uni of Kent | Cassini-Huygens probe |
1996.06 | Jun | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon AS | Solar Eclipse, India, October |
1996.05 | May | Dr. Allan Chapman | Wadham Col | Lord Ross, Astronomer |
1996.04 | Apr | Peter Bull | Bromley | A Window on the universe |
1996.03 | Mar | Andrew Murray | RGO retired | The Hipparcos Mission |
1996.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1996.01 | Jan | Roy Easto | Croydon AS | Eta Carinae |
1995.12 | Dec | Members' Evening | OAS | Various topics |
1995.12 | Dec | Prof Stewart Malin | _ | Where on Earth |
1995.11 | Nov | Dr. Jonathan Maxwell | Imperial College | Spectroscopy |
1995.11 | Nov | John Mason | _ | Halley's Comet |
1995.10 | Oct | Pete Simmons | Croydon AS | A night on La Palma |
1995.09 | Sep | Dr. Iain Carstairs | OAS | Very high energy gamma rays |
1995.07 | Jul | Members' Evening | OAS | Various topics |
1995.06 | Jun | Alan Drummond | Crawley AS | How the Earth was formed |
1995.05 | May | Prof. Ruddock | Imperial Col | The eye as an instrument |
1995.04 | Apr | Prof. Chris Dainty | Imperial Col | Laser doppler adaptive optics |
1995.03 | Mar | Dr. David Gradwell | RAF Sch of Med. | Manned space flight |
1995.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1995.01 | Jan | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | _ |
1994.12 | Dec | Christmas Meeting | OAS | Quiz |
1994.11 | Nov | Roger Luther | Colfe's School | _ |
1994.10 | Oct | Pam Spence | FAS committee | Earth and the Solar cycle |
1994.09 | Sep | Dr. Nial Tanvir | Institute of Astro | The Hubble Constant |
1994.07 | Jul | Dr. RSL (Dick) Taylor | Birkbeck College | The Pluto missions |
1994.06 | Jun | Dr. Martin Heath | Greenwich Com. Col | Forests in space |
1994.05 | May | Dr. Andew Elliot | Reading AS | Video astronomy |
1994.04 | Apr | Dr. Mike Leggett | Milton Keynes AS | S.E.T.I. |
1994.03 | Mar | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Conquest of Space - The Film |
1994.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1994.01 | Jan | Dr. Peter Eggleton | Institute of Astro | Novae and supernovae |
1993.12 | Dec | Members' Evening | OAS | Various seasonal topics |
1993.11 | Nov | Dr. Jacqueline Mitton | Royal Astro Soc | Urania's Sisters |
1993.10 | Oct | Dr. Eric Zucker | London Uni | Dimensions of the Universe |
1993.09 | Sep | Dr. Mike Leggett | Milton Keynes | Exobiology |
1993.07 | Jul | Dr. Iain Carstairs | OAS | X-ray of Crab Nebula |
1993.06 | Jun | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | James Bradley |
1993.05 | May | Dr Simon Green | Uni of Kent | Giotto's extended mission |
1993.04 | Apr | Geoffrey Epps | London Uni | The origin of The Moon |
1993.03 | Mar | Colin Ronan | Consultant | Elizabethan telescope |
1993.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1993.01 | Jan | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | |
1992.12 | Dec | Dr. Chris Baddiley | Worcester AS | From imaging to imagining |
1992.11 | Nov | Dr. John Mason | BAA | Fireballs and meteorites |
1992.10 | Oct | Jerry Workman | AS of Haringey | Uranus |
1992.09 | Sep | Dr. Victor Clube | Oxford | Armageddon |
1992.07 | Jul | Neil Bone | BAA Meteors | Meteors |
1992.06 | Jun | Dr. Allan Chapman | Oxford | William Herschel |
1992.05 | May | Maurice Gavin | Ewell AS | Deep sky CCD work |
1992.04 | Apr | Ralph Lorentz | Uni. of Kent | The Cassini/Huygens probe |
1992.03 | Mar | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | War of the Worlds |
1992.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1992.01 | Jan | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | George Airy |
1991.12 | Dec | Norman Fisher | Croydon AS | His telescopes |
1991.11 | Nov | Prof. Chris Dainty | Imperial College | High resolution imaging |
1991.10 | Oct | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon | Binary stars |
1991.09 | Sep | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Jupiter |
1991.07 | Jul | Members' Evening | OAS | Various topics |
1991.06 | Jun | Dr. Jonathan Maxwell | Imperial College | Catadioptric telescopes |
1991.05 | May | Richard Fleet | Reading AS | Under Southern Skies |
1991.04 | Apr | Ernest Knagg | Maidstone AS | Astrocomputing |
1991.03 | Mar | Peter Gill | London Uni | The Sun part 2 |
1991.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1991.01 | Jan | Dr. Tony Cox | Oxford Uni | Chemistry of The Solar System |
1990.12 | Dec | Dr. Alan Johnstone | UCL | What comet missions found |
1990.11 | Nov | Peter Gill | London Uni | The Sun part 1 |
1990.10 | Oct | Astronomy Fair | (St. Olave's Sch.) | 10 th Anniversary |
1990.09 | Sep | Jerry Workman | AS of Haringey | Exploration of Mars |
1990.07 | Jul | Roger Pickard | Crayford Manor AS | Pro-Am co-operation |
1990.06 | Jun | Dr. RLS Taylor | Birkbeck College | Selenogany-a post Apollo view |
1990.05 | May | Peter Hunt | Maidenhead AS | The Sun |
1990.04 | Apr | Peter Duffett-Smith | Mullard Lab | Background microradiation |
1990.03 | Mar | Dr. Jonathan Maxwell | Imperial College | Optics |
1990.02 | Feb | Ian Griffin | University College | Carbon Stars |
1990.01 | Jan | Dr. Allan Chapman | Oxford Uni | RGO in Victorian era |
1989.12 | Dec | R.H. Tucker | RGO (retired) | Astronomer, man and boy |
1989.11 | Nov | Dr. Christine Sutton | New Scientist | Spaceship Neutrino |
1989.10 | Oct | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | RGO - The end of an era |
1989.09 | Sep | Norman Fisher | Croydon AS | The Sun |
1989.07 | Jul | Dr. Paul Phillips | Cen. London Poly | Supernovae |
1989.06 | Jun | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon AS | Astrophoto. from La Palma |
1989.05 | May | Alan Smith | Tunbridge Wells AS | Astrophotography |
1989.04 | Apr | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | The Image Makers |
1989.03 | Mar | Glen Cross | Queen Mary Col | Birth of stars (UV) |
1989.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1989.01 | Jan | Neil Bone | Astronomy Now | Atmospheric phenomena |
1988.12 | Dec | Lee Forbes | Junior AS | Birr Castle |
1988.11 | Nov | David Baker | NASA | Manned Space Flight |
1988.10 | Oct | Paul Sutherland | Junior AS | Astrophotography |
1988.09 | Sep | Robin Scagell | SPA | Sundials |
1988.07 | Jul | Alan Smith | Tunbridge Wells AS | Dwarf Novae |
1988.06 | Jun | John Rogers | BAA | Jupiter |
1988.05 | May | Nick Booth | Astronomy Now | Mars |
1988.04 | Apr | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Planets |
1988.03 | Mar | Astronomy Now | National Quiz | OAS v. Brighton AS |
1988.02 | Feb | Gilbert Satterthwaite | OAS | Mount Wilson |
1988.01 | Jan | Owen Brazell | OAS | Planetary nebulae |
1987.12 | Dec | Rosie Lopes | RGO | Vulcanism in the Solar System |
1987.11 | Nov | Alan Dowdell | BAA | Deep sky observing |
1987.10 | Oct | Paul Murdin | RGO | First light on WHT |
1987.09 | Sep | ? | _ | _ |
1987.07 | Jul | Members' Evening | OAS | Various topics of discussion |
1987.06 | Jun | Dr. Richard Taylor | Birkbeck Coll. | Mars |
1987.05 | May | John Griffiths | Science Museum | Astronomy from space |
1987.04 | Apr | Norman Fisher | Croydon AS | Mirror making |
1987.03 | Mar | John Mason | consultant | Halley's Comet/SN1987a |
1987.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1987.02 | Feb | Carl Murray | Queen Mary Coll. | Planetary Rings |
1987.01 | Jan | Owen Brazel | OAS | Variable stars |
1986.12 | Dec | Melvyn Smith | BIS | Bell X1-STS |
1986.11 | Nov | Gilbert/Greg | OAS | Any questions |
1986.10 | Oct | Roger Hutchins | _ | Other Worlds |
1986.09 | Sep | John Howes | Mid Kent AS | Measurement in the Solar System |
1986.07 | Jul | Chris Green | Brighton AS | Music and Astronomy |
1986.06 | Jun | Alan Drummond | Crawley AS | Perception of the Universe |
1986.05 | May | Mike Heskeys | Mid Kent AS | Stellar Evolution |
1986.04 | Apr | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Pluto |
1986.03 | Mar | Peter Gill | London Uni. | Solar Activity |
1986.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1986.02 | Feb | Ian Griffin | OAS | Ethel the Aadvark Measures the Universe |
1986.01 | Jan | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon AS | Relativity Explained |
1985.10 | Oct | Sq Ldr Nigel Wood | RAF | The Space Shuttle Programme |
1985.09 | Sep | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon AS | Relativity Explained |
1985.07 | Jul | Owen Brazell | OAS | The Interstellar Medium |
1985.06 | Jun | Quiz Evening | BAA | OAS vs Croydon |
1985.05 | May | Philip Taylor | Brighton AS | First Light on La Palma |
1985.04 | Apr | Ken Marcus | Brighton AS | Religion and Astronomy |
1985.03 | Mar | Brian van der Peer | Mid Kent | Galaxies |
1985.03 | Mar | Quiz Evening | OAS | Croydon AS vs OAS |
1985.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1985.02 | Feb | Cdr Henry Hatfield | BAA | The Spectrohelioscope |
1985.01 | Jan | Michael Maunder | BAA | Beginning Astrophotography |
1984.12 | Dec | Robert Christie | _ | The Russians do it first, but the Americans do it better |
1984.12 | Dec | Robin Scagell | SPA | Fascinating Perseus |
1984.11 | Nov | Norman Fisher | Croydon AS | Colour and the Eye |
1984.10 | Oct | Maurice Gavin | BAA | Comput., Spectro.& Building his Obs |
1984.09 | Sep | ? | _ | _ |
1984.06 | Jun | Quiz Evening | OAS | OAS vs Ewell AS |
1984.05 | May | ? | _ | _ |
1984.04 | Apr | Ian Griffin | OAS | The Messier Objects |
1984.03 | Mar | Christine Sutton | New Scientist | The New Astronomy (Neutrinos) |
1984.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1984.01 | Jan | Konrad Malin-Smith | Croydon AS | Pulsars |
1983.12 | Dec | Richard Eastlake | Questar UK | The Questar Telescope |
1983.11 | Nov | Film Night | OAS | Solar System, Nautical Almanac, and Luna Exploration. |
1983.10 | Oct | Nigel Henbest | _ | The New Astronomy |
1983.09 | Sep | (no meeting) | _ | _ |
1983.06 | Jun | Quiz Evening | OAS | OAS vs Croydon AS |
1983.05 | May | John Wall | Crayford A.S. | Constructing a Telescope |
1983.04 | Apr | Dr Justin Schove | St Davids School | Hist., Celestial and Auroral Pheno. |
1983.03 | Mar | Dr Peter Muller | UCL | Jupiter and Saturn |
1983.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | _ |
1983.01 | Jan | Gilbert,Greg & John A | OAS | The Apollo Experience |
1982.12 | Dec | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn |
1982.11 | Nov | Fim Night | OAS | Moon, Sun and Telescopes |
1982.10 | Oct | Greg Smye-Rumsby | OAS | Observing the Sky |
1982.09 | Sep | Ewen Whitaker | US Geol. Survey | The Moon |
1982.06 | Jun | Members' Evening | OAS | _ |
1982.05 | May | John Wall | Crayford MHAS | Making a 24 inch Telescope |
1982.04 | Apr | Trip to USA | Society Members | _ |
1982.03 | Mar | Gilbert Satterthwaite and Greg Smye-Rumsby | Society Members | NASA and Voyager's 'Grand Tour' |
1982.03 | Mar | Trip to USA | Society Members | _ |
1982.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | Royal Greenwich Observatory |
1982.01 | Jan | ? | _ | _ |
1981.12 | Dec | Members Evening | OAS | Christmas Meeting |
1981.11 | Nov | Norman Fisher | Croydon AS | Constructing the CAS Observatory |
1981.10 | Oct | Nigel Henbest | _ | Supernova - Death of a Star |
1981.09 | Sep | ? | _ | _ |
1981.06 | Jun | Dr. Alan Hart | OAS | Observing Minor Planets |
1981.06 | Jun | Keith Brackenborough | _ | Books for Beginners |
1981.06 | Jun | Tom McLeish | OAS | What shall we do with the 18 inch |
1981.05 | May | Patrick Moore | _ | The Depths of the Solar System |
1981.04 | Apr | Reg Spry | _ | Telescope Making |
1981.03 | Mar | Iain Nicholson | _ | Black Holes and the Fate of the Uni. |
1981.02 | Feb | AGM | Chairman's Address | Famous Observatories + Work |
1981.01 | Jan | Heather Couper | _ | Journey to the Centre of the Gal. |