Antarctic Astronomy – 24th May 2001
Dr. Jonathan Shanklin gave a wide-ranging talk entitled “An Astronomer in Antarctica“ in which he described a visit to Antarctica, with reference to the many …
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.
Mars and Meteorites – 26th April 2001
Dr. Monica Grady gave us a very interesting talk entitled “Mars, meteorites and the search for life“ in which she explained why she was sure …
Mars – 22nd March 2001
Geoff Epps stepped into the limelight at rather short notice, and gave a talk entitled “The early history and subsequent evolution of the planet Mars“ …
Plasma and Magnetism – 25th January 2001
Dr. Chris Owen gave a talk entitled “The Solar-Terrestrial Connection“ in which he described the interaction of plasma and magnetic fields. His talk was accompanied …
The Earliest Sundial – 14th December 2000
Dr. Alan Hart gave a talk entitled “The Earliest Sundial“ as part of our Xmas meeting.
Sizes – 23rd November 2000
Greg Smye-Rumsby gave an entertaining talk entitled “What size is that?“ in which he described the effects of scale, and illustrated the comparative sizes of …