September 2024 – Greg Smye-Rumsby: If Venus had a moon
Report on the meeting of 25 September 2024 If Venus had a moon We all know that Venus doesn’t have a moon. Don’t we? OAS …
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Report on the meeting of 25 September 2024 If Venus had a moon We all know that Venus doesn’t have a moon. Don’t we? OAS …
Report on the meeting of 25 July 2024 Mapping Worlds President Greg Smye-Rumsby rescued the meeting following a late change of speaker. As a result, …
Report by Andrew Ramsay Graham Cluer was an early adopter. Cheerfully admitting his inability to recognise more than a few asterisms, he found the early …
A talk by Colin Stuart to the Orpington Astronomical Society on 24 January 2024 Report by Andrew Ramsay Colin Stuart’s talk did not disappoint. Beginning …
A talk by Prof. Clive Ruggles to the Orpington Astronomical Society on November 22nd 2023 Report by Andrew Ramsay Archaeoastronomy is a study of evidence …
A talk by Prof. Jon Butterworth to the Orpington Astronomical Society on July 26th 2023 Report by Hugh Alford FRAS. Astronomy is one of the …
A talk by Greg Smye-Rumsby to the Orpington Astronomical Society on October 25th 2023 Report by Tony Sizer. Being a teacher had the advantage of …