Events - Members' programme
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:
- deep-sky objects based on Aquarius
- beginner's guide to telescopes and mounts
- the James Webb space telescope
- constellation Gemini
- Aquarius and Procession of the Equinox.
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 Members' Programme
| DATE |
SUBJECT |
| 27 March |
- The Effects of Solar Eclipses on Societies
- The Outer Planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto)
|
| 10 April |
- The Inner Planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars)
- Introduction to Spectroscopy
|
| 24 April |
Guest Speaker
with presentation on The Lifecycle of Stars, from Paul Fellows, Chair of Cambridge Astronomical Association
|
| 8 May |
- Telescopes - a review of the types of instruments available to astronomers
- What's in the night sky
|
| 22 May |
Guest Speaker
with presentation on The Rosetta Mission to Comet 67p, from Keith Townsend FRAS, Peterborough Astronomical Society
|
| 5 June |
- Beyond Neptune - The Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
- Isaac Newton and his contributions to science and astronomy
|
| 19 June |
Guest Speaker
with presentation on Hawking's Black Holes and The Edge of Physics, from Paul Fellows, Chair of Cambridge Astronomical Association
|
| 3 July |
- Astronomical instruments of early societies
- What's in the night sky
|
| 17 July |
- Jupiter
- Red shift and its role in astronomy
|
| 31 July |
Guest Speaker
with presentation on Impacts - the story of terrestrial and extra-terrestrial impacts, from Andrew Green, BSc (Hons), FRAS, FBIS
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