Members Evening – 28th May 2009
This evening was a Members Evening. The first half followed the usual pattern, with Society Notes from our Chairman Jim Mehta, and Sky Notes and …
Meetings Reports
We meet every month, usually on the fourth Thursday of the month, (the December meeting will generally be on the third Thursday). Meetings start no earlier than 7:30pm and end before 10:00pm. Here you’ll find brief reports of many of our meetings. In these we try to include any web links or other pointers to further information that were provided by the speaker at the meeting. If you were at one of our meetings and would like to correct or expand the report relating to it then please email our webmaster.
Tycho and the Uraniborg Observatory – 23rd April 2009
Our Observing Officer and past vice-chairman Mike McRoberts gave us some intriguing insights into the life and times of Tycho Brahe and the Uraniborg Observatory.
Sun and Climate – 26th March 2009
Joanna Haigh, Professor of Atmospheric Physics in the Space and Atmospheric Physics research group at Imperial College, gave us an interesting talk on the subject …
AGM and President’s Address – 26th February 2009
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 …
Cosmology – 22nd January 2009
The speaker at our January meeting was Alan Longstaff. He gave us an interesting introduction to the subject of Cosmology.
The Solstice Quiz – 18th December 2008
As is traditional, the OAS Christmas meeting had no formal speaker. However, we did have a healthy quantity of Christmas food ranging from nibbles to …
The Story of Jodrell Bank – 27th November 2008
The evening started with a short report by Jim Mehta of our recent visit to Mill Hill Observatory. After coffee, Prof. Ian Morison gave us …