Observing the Sun – 25th May 2006
John Chapman-Smith, a member of the council of the Society for Popular Astronomy, and a past director of its Solar Section, gave us a talk …
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John Chapman-Smith, a member of the council of the Society for Popular Astronomy, and a past director of its Solar Section, gave us a talk …
Simeon Barber, who gave tonight’s talk entitled “Landing on a Comet“, stood in at short notice for Andrew Ball, who was called away to a …
Our second meeting at the Bonus Pastor School in Downham co-incided with a parents evening, so we met in a classroom upstairs rather than in …
The High Elms Nature Centre was closed just before our Annual General Meeting. An alternative meeting place at the Bonus Pastor School in Downham was …
Our speaker this evening was Kevin Johnson from the Science Museum, who gave us a talk about Astronomical Treasures. The museum has a collection of …
This is traditionally an evening with a festive theme, with a little more than the usual refreshments. After the coffee break Tony Sizer marshalled us …
This evening the usual notices included some brief reports from the recent Deep Sky Camp. After the coffee break Helen Walker gave us a talk …