Hinode and STEREO – 27th March 2008
The Society’s first meeting at the new High Elms Nature Centre was the occasion of Lucie Green’s talk about the “Latest Results from the Hinode …
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.
AGM and Chairman’s Address – 28th February 2008
The Society Annual General Meeting was held at Red Hill School, Chislehurst. At the meeting it was announced that we would be returning to High …
Discovering Supernovae – 24th January 2008
On this clear evening just after full moon Tom Boles gave us an interesting talk on “Discovering Supernovae“. He began by explaining the differences between …
Sids Whispers and Pings – 25th November 2007
Alan Bell’s talk “Sids, Whispers and Pings“ explored some of the effects of astronomical phenomena on radio communication. He began by giving us a short …
Meteorites – 25th October 2007
In Alan Longstaff’s talk “What have meteorites ever done for us?“, we heard a great deal about the composition and structure of meteorites, about element …
The Moons of Saturn – 27th September 2007
Once again, Jerry Workman of Loughton Astronomical Society gave us an extensive and detailed tour of the major moons of Saturn, revisiting images from Voyager …
The Universe in 3D – 23rd August 2007
At our August meeting at the Scout Hall in Green Street Green, Greg Smye-Rumsby presented us with a fine selection of three-dimensional image. Some were …