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Members Evening – 25th August 2011

Our August meeting was a Members Evening. After the Chairman’s welcome and introduction, Mick Welham, our Observing Officer, gave us a slightly longer than usual observing report, including a selection of members’ images from the last two months. Then Carole … Continue reading →

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Apollo Hoax – 28th July 2011

Our July meeting was addressed by Jerry Stone, who gave us a longer than usual talk about Apollo Hoax stories. In the first half of the talk he presented a number of pieces of evidence cited by various individuals in … Continue reading →

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Timings (reprise) – 23rd June 2011

At our June meeting Greg Smye-Rumsby  gave us another version of his talk on Timings. … Continue reading →

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When Planets Cross the Sun – 26th May 2011

Tony Sizer gave a talk with the title When Planets Cross the Sun at our May meeting. In it he explored the history of the predictions and observations of transits of Mercury and Venus, explaining their importance in determining things … Continue reading →

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Sun Kings – 28th April 2011

The speaker at our April meeting was Stuart Clark. He gave us a talk titled Sun Kings. … Continue reading →

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An Alien’s Perspective – 24th March 2011

The speaker at our March meeting was Jan Drozd. He gave us a talk titled Earth, an Alien’s Perspective, in which he explained how Earth might appear to an alien looking for signs of life. … Continue reading →

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AGM and President’s Address – 24th February 2011

The Society Annual General Meeting was held at BEECHE, High Elms. After the normal business including officers’ reports and the election of the committee for 2010, our President Gilbert Satterthwaite gave us a third installment of his memories, entitled How … Continue reading →

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Supercool Astronomy – 27th January 2011

The speaker at our January meeting was Ian Robson. He gave us a talk titled Supercool Astronomy about discoveries made through observations using the sub-millimetre wavebands. He covered the history of this particularly challenging area of observational astronomy from early … Continue reading →

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Xmas Meeting – 16th December 2010

Our December meeting was, as usual, a less formal occasion, with more time to chat.

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Cold Dark Matter – 25th November 2010

At our November meeting Tim Sumner gave us a talk about Searching for Cold Dark Matter. … Continue reading →

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Mars Express – 28th October 2010

Our October meeting was an extended meeting with an earlier than usual start. The first half of the meeting included a talk about the founding and early history of the society. The main talk for the evening was given by … Continue reading →

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Quasars and Black Holes – 23rd September 2010

At our September meeting Marek Kukula gave us a talk about Quasars and Supermassive Black Holes. … Continue reading →

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Meeting Dates

  • Wed 24th Mar 2021
    • John Murrell
    • Hunting down Exoplanets or How Long is a Piece of String?
    • 19:30 - 22:00
    • Online
  • Wed 28th Apr 2021
    • Gregory Brown
    • Black Holes
    • 19:30 - 22:00
    • Online
  • Wed 26th May 2021
    • Graziella Branduardi-Raymont
    • X-ray Astronomy
    • 19:30 - 22:00
    • Online
  • Wed 23rd Jun 2021
    • Christopher Chen
    • The Parker Solar Mission
    • 19:30 - 22:00
    • Online
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