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
At our March meeting Allan Bell gave us a talk about Meteor Echoes, in which he explained how radio (and radar) could be used to watch for meteors, and how meteor trails could be put to other uses. Meteors produce … 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 second installment of his memories: Bobb Webber … Continue reading
The speaker at our January meeting was Doug Ellison. He gave us a fascinating talk about the exploration of Mars, with particular emphasis on the various missions sent there in the last twenty years or so. A large part of … Continue reading
As is traditional, the OAS Christmas meeting had no formal speaker. However, we did have a healthy quantity of Christmas food, and whe had the now-traditional Solstice Quiz, set this year by Tony Sizer. It was a close-fought and sometimes … Continue reading