27 July 2022: The Birth of the Solar System
Are we unique in the universe? Our speaker on Wednesday 27 July, Dr Radmila Topalović, posed the question during her fascinating review of how our …
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Are we unique in the universe? Our speaker on Wednesday 27 July, Dr Radmila Topalović, posed the question during her fascinating review of how our …
Our own Tony Sizer presented the lecture, which had been rescheduled due to the indisposition of the advertised speaker. Tony opened by explaining that the …
Synopsis of lecture entitled The Sun and Climate Change given by Dr Robin Catchpole at the April 2022 meeting of the Orpington Astronomical Society Robin …
In March, Taurus the Bull starts to dominate the southern sky. Dr Stuart Clark’s illustrated talk to the Society in late March kept returning to …
OAS Society Talk ~ July 2021 ~ Dr Matthew Bothwell A report by Andrew Ramsay It is not often that members of the OAS are …
OAS Society Talk ~ August 2019 ~ Prof. Chris Lintott FRAS Being on the society committee can have its golden moments and for me there …
OAS Society Talk ~ June 2019 ~ Tony Sizer Tony concluded his talk with the title, so perhaps I should start with the finish and …