African Eclipse – 20th December 2001
Konrad Malin-Smith of the Croydon Astronomical Society gave a talk entitled “African Eclipse 2001“.
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.
Gamma Ray Bursts – 22nd November 2001
Dr Nial Tanvir of the University of Hertfordshire gave a talk about “Gamma Ray Bursts“ in which he described the evidence that lead to the …
Book Auction – 25th October 2001
Book Auction. The Stokes Family very kindly offered a huge selection of astronomical books for the society. It was decided that the best way to …
Universe Day – 13th October 2001
Universe Day celebrated the Society’s 21st year. The event was was marked by an astronomical based meeting open to all with presentations by well known …
Life on other Worlds – 27th September 2001
Dr. Stuart Clark, who is Assistant Editor of Astronomy Now, and who also works part-time for the European Space Agency, gave a talk entitled “Life …
Transits – 26th July 2001
Greg Smye-Rumsby gave an entertaining talk about the forthcoming transits of Mercury and Venus, and Tony Sizer talked about the relative sizes and densities of …
Infra-red Astronomy – 28th June 2001
Dr. Helen Walker, who has worked for many years on the ISO project, gave a talk entitled “Infra-red astronomy“ in which she explained that IR …