Programme of meetings for 2007/2008

Click here for the programme in PDF format.


These meeting all begin promptly at 7.15 pm please make sure you arrive in plenty of time

2007
Date

Speaker

Title

Sep 14thClub Night

Sep 28thClub Night

Oct 5th

Dr Rodney Hillier. - University of Bristol Vice President BAS

How far away are the Stars?

Oct 12thClub Night

Roger Steer

Oct 19th

Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe. -Cardiff University 

Astrobiology

Oct 26thClub Night

Mike Cowles

Nov 2nd

Andrew McLean. - Bristol Astronomical Society

Some Unusual Galaxies

Nov 9thClub Night

Nov 16th

Dr. Roger Moses. - University of Bristol

A Thin Hard rain from Outer Space           The Story of Cosmic Rays

Nov 23rdClub Night

Mike Newman

Nov 30th

Dr Richard Miles. - President of the BAA

Photometry from Hipparchus to Hubble

Dec 7th

Club Night

Christmas Party

Dec 14th

Fraser Lewis. - Cardiff University 

Micro-quasars ,Jets & Neutron Stars

2008
Jan 11thClub Night

Nigel Tasker

Jan 18th

Nick Hart Cardiff Astronomical Society

Astrophotography

Jan 25th

Club Night

Terry Flower

Feb 1st

Club Night

John Willis

Feb 8thDr Katy Lancaster - University of Bristol 

Cosmology from the Cosmic Microwave Background

Feb 15th

Andrew Lound. - The Planetary Society

Chariots of Fire

Feb 22nd

AGM

AGM

Feb 29th

Club Night

John Meacham

Mar 7th

Club Night

Mike Haynes

Mar 14th

Prof Mark Birkinshaw. - University of Bristol Vice President BAS

Gravitational lensing: magnification and mass
Apr 4thClub NightSimon Smith
Apr 11th

Steve Parkinson. - Astronomy Lecturer

Star Tales from Around the World

Apr 18th

Club Night

Richard Mansfield

Apr 25th

Club Night

Last minute change

May 2nd

Club Night

Mike Cowles

May 9th

Guy Hurst. - Editor of The Astronomer

Novae and Supernovae - after the explosion

May 16th

Club Night

Roger Steer

May 23rdDr. Rhodri Evans. - University of GlamorganAstronomy from a Boeing 747

May 30th

Club Night - Amateur Radio Telescopes

Aziz Alareedh

Jun 6thWill Gater - BBC Sky At Night MagazineNot just pretty pictures - the science behind Hubble's greatest images

Jun 13th

Twinkle twinkle Quasi-star

Telescopes & Observing

Dr. Omar Lopez-Cruz

Tony Smith

Jun 27th

Club Night

Phil Siviter

Jul 11th

Martin Lunn - Aurora Books

Viking Astronomy (rearranged from Apr 25th)

Jul 25th

Club Night

Tricia Brown

Aug 8th

Club Night

Nigel Tasker

Aug 22nd

Club Night

Simon Smith

Sep 5th

Club Night

John Willis

Sep 19th

Club Night

John Meacham