Astronomy Meetings
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July 2009 - August 2009 - September 2009 - October 2009 - November 2009 - December 2009January 2010 - February 2010 - March 2010 - April 2010 - May 2010 - June 2010
July 2009
1 Castle Point Astronomy Club: Apollo - Did they really go? Debate
2 Guildford AS: AGM + short talks by members
3 Morays Astronomy Club Sigma: Birnie Village Hall nr Elgin, 7.30pm start, Beyond the Rainbow by Christopher Jennings, followed by the normal monthly programme; more info from www.sigma-astro.co.uk
4 Derby & District Astronomical Society: BBQ at the Society's Flamsteed Observatory
4 SAGAS: SAGAS Summer Meeting/Nightlife Event : Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth. Details and bookings via www.nightlife.demon.co.uk
6 St Neots AA: 2008 total eclipse Jerry Workman
6 Sheffield AS: David Whitehouse: Who Really Invented the Telescope?
6 Knowle AS: Members evening
8 Leeds AS: "Light Pollution from an Astronomical Point of View" Dr Jurgen Schmoll ; University of Durham
8 Castle Point Astronomy Club: Galaxy Zoo* Dr Chris Lintott
9 Cardiff AS: Stellar evolution Part 2. Roger Pickard. Herefordshire
10 Breckland AS: Anna Meek Breckland Astronomical Society Astronomy in Art
11 Carolian Astronomy Society: Year of Astronomy Open Day, King Charles School, Kidderminster DY10 1XA - talks, planetarium, exhibits, activities etc, 10-5
13 Bradford Astronomical Society: Solar Observing at the library - weather permitting (Please Note: This is a change to the advertised meeting)
13 Bradford AS: Cosmology by Dr Fred Stevenson
13 West of London Astronomical Society: 8pm at St John Ambulance Hall, North Harrow "Would you believe we put a man on the Moon?", talk by Jerry Stone
14 Farnham Astronomical Society: 'Remote control of your telescope' - Dr L.Hobbs
15 Castle Point Astronomy Club: Destination Moon ~ 1969 - 72 Terry Jacobs
15 Wycombe Astronomical Society: Dr. David Rothery from the Open University will give a lecture titled "Mercury - New insights into the Sun's innermost planet." at 8pm at Woodrow High House Amersham, Bucks.
20 Sheffield AS: Topic : 40th Anniversary of the Apollo Landing
21 Macclesfield astronomical society: The Society will hold a 'Telescope Show and Tell' at Goostrey Village Hall at 8pm
21 Solent Amateur Astronomers: Derek Haselden TBA
24 Vectis Astronomical Society: Exploring Titan - Dr. Axel Hagermann Open University
25 Cardiff AS: Cardiff Astronomy Festival-- National Museum Cardiff- Please note this festival is on a Saturday
26 Sheffield AS: Visit to Telescope 400 event at Syon Park
27 Bradford AS: Don't Follow Me - I'm Lost by Andy Batters
August 2009
7 Derby and District Astronomical Society: The Ghost Book of Manchester - Kevin Kilburn of the Society for the History of Astronomy
7 Morays Astronomy Club Sigma: Birnie Village Hall nr Elgin, 7.30pm start, Armageddon by Ian Brantingham, followed by the normal monthly programme; more info from www.sigma-astro.co.uk
8 Norman Lockyer Observatory: South West Astronomy Fair 2009. Lectures, planetarium shows, telescope tours, trade stands. More details: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/nlo/Astronomy_Fair~EN.php
10 Bradford AS: Diving for WIMPs by Dr Lee Thompson
12 Leeds AS: "Who was James Clerk Maxwell?" Mr John Singleton ; Hebden Bridge AS
12 Sheffield AS: Meteor shower observing
14 Breckland AS: Tony Fox-Carter BAS Chairman The Story of the Atom
18 Solent Amateur Astronomers: Jerry Workman - Apollo Revisted
18 Macclesfield Astronomical Society: Matt Shewbridge will be speaking on 'Team Starchaser' at Goostrey village Hall at 8pm
19 Wycombe Astronomical Society: Annual Barbeque and observing of Perseid Meteor Shower (weather permitting) at the Observatory at Woodrow High House Amersham. Bucks at 7pm
26 Letchworth & District AS: Guy Hurst, ‘IYA: Future Challenges for The Global Network of Observers’
28 Guildford AS + University of Surrey: The Big Look Up! Massive public outreach event, part of British Festival of Science. Venue - University of Surrey, details to follow
28 Vectis Astronomical Society: Colours in the Sky, Oddball Theories - Member's Night
September 2009
3 Cardiff Astronomical Society: did a welshman observe the moon with a telescope before galileo by Dr Allan chapman Oxford University
3 Guildford AS: "The Search for Novae and Supernovae: from visual to laptop" - Guy Hurst
4-5 Norwich AS: “Saturn in the 21st Century” David Cook
4-6 Leeds AS: Leeds AS 150th Birthday & BAA out of town meeting: Clothworkers Hall, University of Leeds
4 Derby and district Astronomical Society: The Biggest Bangs in the Universe - Professor Nial Tanvir
4 Morays Astronomy Club Sigma: Birnie Village Hall nr Elgin, 7.30pm start, How the Sun Got It's Spots by Brian Kelly, followed by the normal monthly programme; more info from www.sigma-astro.co.uk
7 Nene Valley Astronomical Society: Members Evening at the Friends Meeting House St.John Street, Wellingborough at 7.45pm. Details: eastnorthantsastronomy.org.uk
7 St Neots AA: Astronomy my way David Roberts
8 Farnham Astronomical Society: 'The English Mount' - P.Hingley (RAS)
10 Leeds AS: "John Harrison's Clocks" Mr Don Metcalfe
11 Breckland AS: Dr Carolin Crawford Int. of Astronomy (Cambs.) X-Ray Astronomy
14 West of London Astronomical Society: 8pm at St John Ambulance Hall, North Harrow "Pluto", talk by Prof. Barrie Jones
14 Clydesdale AS: venue: The Bankhall Community Centre, Climpy Road, Forth, 7.30 pm, speaker Duncan Lunan, "The Deep Sky". Non members £2.00, members £1.00, all are welcome to attend
14 West of London Astronomical Society: 8pm at St John Ambulance Hall, North Harrow, "Pluto", talk by Prof. Barrie jones
15 Solent Amateur Astronomers: Dr Somak Raychaudhury - The future of the Universe
15 Macclesfield astronomical society: Neil Shallcross will be speaking on 'Working with Big Scopes' at Goostrey Village Hall at 8pm
21 Nene Valley Astronomical Society: Observing Evening at Chelveston Village Hall at 8.00pm. Details: eastnorthantsastronomy.org.uk
21 Bradford AS: Rambling through the Autumn/Winter sky
21 Sheffield AS: Topic : Observing Jupiter
24 HoEAS: AGM followed by Geoff Mansfield and "The Antikythera Mechanism".
25 Vectis Astronomical Society: The Search for Novae and Supernovae - Guy Hurst
25 Liverpool Astronomical Society: Friday September 25th 2009 at 7pm. New Meeting Venue. - Quaker Meeting House, School Lane, Liverpool City Centre. Presidential Address followed by Welcome Buffet.
30 Letchworth & District AS: Jerry Workman, ‘Titan’
October 2009
1 Guildford AS: "Exploring Mars & Other Planets with Satellites" - Dr Helen Walker
1 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Luna-tick astronomy by Andrew Lound Ucoordinator for the Planetary Society
1 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Luna-tick astronomy by Andrew Lound UK coordinator for the Planetary Society
2 Derby & District Astronomical Society (DDAS): 7.30pm - Meteors - from Comet to Camera - Dr Colin Steele
5 Nene Valley Astronomical Society: 'Mars Mission Updates' by Steve Williams at The Friends Meeting House, St. John Street, Wellingborough at 7.45pm. Details from 01933 650331 or eastnorthantsastronomy.org.uk
5 St Neots AA: Aurora(e)/Solar Wind
9 Breckland AS: Dr Valerie Gibson Cavendish labs. Cambridge The Large Hadron Collider
10-12 SOVAFA and Humboldt Planetary: Encounter of astronomical Societies, Groups, and Profesionals
12 Bradford AS: Sky Phenomena by Mike Frost
12 clydesdale AS: venue: The Bankhall Community Centre, Climpy Road, Forth, 7.30 pm, speaker Dr helen Fraser, What's in the Universes Freezer. Non members £2.00, members £1.00, all are welcome to attend
12 West of London Astronomical Society: 8pm at Christ Church, Redford Way, Uxbridge "The view from Saturn: Images from the Cassini spacecraft", talk by Prof. Carl Murray, Queen Mary, University of London
12 West of London Astronomical Society: 8pm at Christ Church, Redford Way, Uxbridge "The view from Saturn: Images from the Cassini spacecraft", talk by Prof. Carl Murray
13 Farnham Astronomical Society: 'Latest from Galaxy Zoo' - Dr C.Lintott
14 Leeds AS: "Eta Carina" Dr Julian Pittard; University of Leeds
15 Cardiff Astronomical Society: The joys of viewing. A personal tour of the night sky by Andy Burns Wiltshire A S
16 Liverpool Astronomical Society : 2009 William Lassell Lecture: October 16th 7-9pm, The Quaker Meeting House, School Lane, Liverpool City centre. Guest Speaker Dr Allan Chapman, Oxford University, "The History of the Telescope". All welcome. More details: Tel 0151-794 5356 (24hrs) Email: ggastro@liverpool.ac.uk
19 Nene Valley Astronomical Society: 'The Green Flash' by Mike Frost at Chelveston Village Hall at 7.45pm. Details from 01933 650331 or eastnorthantsastronomy.org.uk
20 Solent Amateur Astronomers: AGM
21 Wycombe Astronomical Society: Annual General Meeting, 8pm, followed by observing (weather permitting) at Woodrow High House, Amersham, Bucks.
23-24 Norwich AS: “Apollo and the Moon” Dave Balcombe
23 Vectis Astronomical Society: TBA - TBA
26 Sheffield AS: Topic: Supernova!
26 Sheffield AS: Topic: Supernova!
28 Letchworth & District AS: Talk by Nial Tanvir.
28 HoEAS.: Talk and telescope observing at Kingsbury Water Park
29 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Astronomy and the new media by Robert Simpson . Cardiff AS
29 HoEAS: Prof. Nial Tanvir presents our "Roy Cooper Memorial Lecture" entitled "The biggest bangs in the universe"
November 2009
2 St Neots AA: Mars/Planetary
5 Guildford AS: "The Moon - a Biography", Dr. David Whitehouse
7 Leeds AS: Leeds Astromeet 2009; Clothworkers Hall, University of Leeds
7 Sheffield AS: Observing and Telescope Amnesty
9 Bradford AS: Our Active Sun by Dr Philippa Browning
10 Farnham Astronomical Society: ' History of Deep Sky Observing' - A.Dowdell
11 Leeds AS: "Optical Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" Dr Joachim Rose; University of Leeds
12 Cardiff Astronomical Society: small scopes-big skies by Martin Griffiths University of Glamorgan
12 Cardiff Astronomical Society: small scopes-big skies by Martin Griffiths University of Glamorgan
13 Breckland AS: QUIZ NIGHT
17 Solent Amateur Astronomers: Chris Baddiley -TBA
18 Wycombe Astronomical Society: Dr. Robert Lambourne will give a lecture titled "The Dark Side of Astronomy" at 8pm at Woodrow High House Amersham, Bucks.
23 Bradford AS: Spectroscopy
23 Sheffield AS: Topic : Space Disasters!
25 Letchworth & District AS: Talk by Prof Paul Hewitt from IOA
26 Cardiff Astronomical Society: not fare well- fare forward voyagers by Roger Butler. Chairman Cardiff AS
27-28 Norwich AS: “How our view of the Night Sky has evolved” Dave Balcombe
27 Vectis Astronomical Society: The Radial Velocity Experiment, the Gaia satellite & an historic coincidence - Dr. George Seabroke Open University
December 2009
3 Guildford AS: "The Host Galaxies of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts" - Dr.Patricia Schady MSSL
5 Sheffield AS: Observing
7 St Neots AA: Christmas Social
7 Bradford AS: My Astronomy
9 Leeds AS: President's Evening
9 Letchworth & District AS: AGM & quiz.
10 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Back to basics -first night out--tips on observing the night sky by David Powell Cardiff AS
11-12 Norwich AS: “The Christmas Star” Mark Thompson
11 Breckland AS: Andrew Briggs BAS member The Russian Moon
12 Sheffield AS: Observing
15 Solent Amateur Astronomers: TBA
16 Wycombe Astronomical Society: Annual Christmas Party and Quiz at 7.30pm at Woodrow High House, Amersham, Bucks.
17 HoEAS: Society Christmas dinner at "The Plough", Shustoke.
January 2010
7 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Three sides to the Sun by Nick Howes Avebury Wiltshire
8 Derby & District Astronomical Society: Cosmic Casualty - Farce & Fortuity in the Exploration of Space - Doug Ellison
21 Cardiff Astronomical Society: To infinity and beyond -the journeys of an Astronomer by Andrew Green Cambridge
February 2010
4 Cardiff Astronomical Society: 400 years of the telescope and the next 20? by professor Mike Edmunds , Cardiff University
5 Derby & district Astronomical Society: Society Quiz Night
18 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Can we take cosmology seriously ? The debate by Professor Mike Disney and Professor Steve Eales Cardiff University
25 HoEAS: Alan Wells with "Observing the Moon".
March 2010
4 Cardiff Astronomical Society: The star formation history of the universe-results from the blast experiment by Dr Enzo Pascale, Cardiff University
18 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Infrared space astronomy by Professor Matt Griffin -Cardiff University
25 HoEAS: Quiz Night, with John Williams as quizmaster.
April 2010
1 Cardiff Astronomical Society: AGM
15 Cardiff Astronomical Society: The Messier marathon by Grahame Carter of Cardiff AS
29 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Venus and Venus express by Professor Fred Taylor Oxford University
29 HoEAS: Dr. Nick Hewitt and "The Cygnus Project"
May 2010
13 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Practical astronomy by Brian Sheen, Cornwall
27 Cardiff Astronomical Society: How the outer planets wer enot discovered -Colin Steele Sheffield
27 Cardiff Astronomical Society: How the outer planets were not discovered -Colin Steele Sheffield
27 HoEAS: Martin Morgan Taylor presents "Astronomical alignments of Maltese temples"
June 2010
10 Cardiff Astronomical Society: Is the Sun really worth observing by Dr Steve Wainwright of Swansea
24 Cardiff Astronomical Society: mo D X -files by Nick Pope , London
