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 in
Nowton Park. The programme below may be subject to change at short notice.
As well as planning and hosting our ever-popular Star Parties in the park, we will also be arranging a social event this year and checking out
a potential new dark-sky site at West Stow.
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.
2017/18 Winter Programme
DATE |
SUBJECT |
12 October |
- What's in the night sky
- Hertz Sprung-Russell diagram and how it is used to classify stars according to their luminosity, type, colour, temperature and
evolutionary stage.
- What's topical in astronomy
|
26 October |
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27 October |
- Star Party 1 (set-up 3.30pm, main event 7-10pm)
|
28 October |
- Star Party 2 (set-up 6pm, main event 7-10pm, clear-up from 10pm)
|
9 November |
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23 November |
- Presentation on Saturn
- What's in the night sky
- What's topical in astronomy
|
7 December |
- Members' social event (quizzes, techno surprise, nibbles)
|
21 December |
- Christmas break - no meeting
|
4 January |
- Presentation on the 'Ice Giants', Neptune and Uranus
- What's in the night sky
- What's topical in astronomy
|
18 January |
- Talk on The Early Universe, by Dr Sarah Bosman, University of Cambridge. Venue to be confirmed (provisionally Nowton Park café)
|
1 February |
- Presentation on astronomy through art
- What's in the night sky
- What's topical in astronomy
|
15 February |
- Presentation on gravity (Part 1 - Classical Newtonian Theories)
- What's in the night sky
- What's topical in astronomy
|
1 March |
- Presentation on Mars
- What's topical in astronomy
- What's in the night sky
|
15 March |
- Overview/final checks for Star Parties
- The Moon
- What's in the night sky
|
23 & 24 March |
- Star Parties in Nowton Park
|
29 March |
- Presentation on astrophotography
- What's topical in astronomy
|
2018/19 Summer Programme
DATE |
SUBJECT |
12 April |
- Presentation on Venus
- What's in the night sky
|
26 April |
- How to do objects in the night sky
- What's topical in astronomy
|
10 May |
- Presentation on Mercury
- What's in the night sky
|
24 May |
- Equatorial mounts - the what, the why and how to set them up!
- What's in the night sky
- What's topical in astronomy
|
7 June |
- Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and the study of stellar evolution
- What's topical in astronomy
|
21 June |
- Sundials and astronomy
- What's topical in astronomy
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