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Events - Members' programme

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Dark skies aren't always clear, so in addition to (hopefully) lots of observing, we also run a members' programme during our fortnightly meetings, which run from 7.30pm on Wednesdays at Whepstead Community Centre.

Recent meetings have included presentations on:

If you're thinking of becoming a member, why not come along and join us? Your first two sessions will be free of charge, and if you decide it's not for you, then there's no obligation to stay.

2024/5 Members' Programme

DATE SUBJECT
8 January
  • An introduction to practical astronomy (Part 1)
  • What's in the night sky
22 January
  • Asteroids and near-Earth objects
  • What is magnitude?
5 February
  • Image processing
  • Club members' recent photographs
19 February
  • Vulcanism in the Solar System
  • What's in the night sky
5 March
  • Measuring the age of The Universe
  • Great astronomers - William & Caroline Herschel
8 March
  • Club visit to Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO), Cambridge
19 March
  • [To be confirmed]
2 April
  • An introduction to practical astronomy (Part 2)
  • What's in the night sky and what's topical
16 April
  • Guest Speaker
  • Presentation on The Search for Planet Vulcan, from Paul Fellows (Chair, Cambridge Astronomical Society)
30 April
  • Guest Speaker
  • Presentation on New Horizons for Mankind, from Keith Townsend (FRAS and member of Peterborough Astronomical Society)
14 May
  • Quasars and active galactic nuclei
  • What's topical
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