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
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
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
Our December meeting was, as usual, a less formal occasion, with more time to chat.
At our November meeting Tim Sumner gave us a talk about Searching for Cold Dark Matter. … Continue reading
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
At our September meeting Marek Kukula gave us a talk about Quasars and Supermassive Black Holes. … Continue reading
Our August meeting was a Members Evening. … Continue reading
At our July meeting Greg Smye-Rumsby gave us an enthusiastic fast-moving talk on the subject of Timings, in which he explored time-scales and the perception of events. … Continue reading
At our June meeting Carolin Crawford gave us a talk about The Science and Beauty of Nebulae. … Continue reading
The speaker originally booked for our May meeting was unable to come, and so Tony Sizer stepped into the breach and gave us a very interesting talk, The Backbone of the Night, about the Milky Way. … Continue reading
Our April meeting was a Members Evening, with two members giving us talks about things that interested them. Hugh Alford gave us a talk about the Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was convicted by the Roman Inquisition of heresy and … Continue reading