Galileo and his Telescopes – 23rd October 2008
This evening’s main talk on “Galileo and his Telescopes“ was given by Steve Ringwood. He began by setting the historical context. Italy consisted of a …
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.
Members Evening – 25th September 2008
Mark Shelley followed on from his talk about using digital SLRs for astrophotography (at the June Members’ Evening) by explaining the various image processing steps …
Impact Cratering – 28th August 2008
This evening’s main talk on “Impact Cratering“ was given by Dr. Emily Baldwin. She showed us examples of impact craters of various sizes from the …
The Calendar – 24th July 2008
This evening’s main talk, “The History of the Calendar“, was given by Keith Brackenborough. The main purpose of a calendar is to keep track of …
Members Evening – 26th June 2008
After the usual run of society notices, Mike McRoberts gave us his observing notes and astrophotography challenges for July. Tony Buick gave us a talk …
Message of Starlight – 22nd May 2008
Conrad Malin-Smith gave us a talk on The Message of Starlight. In it he explained just how much it was possible to determine by examining …
Sundials – 24th April 2008
Chris Daniels began his talk on Sundials by showing us a slide of a curious pillar, and took us on a tour through the ages …