Programme of meetings for 2009/2010

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

2009
Date

Speaker

Title / Organiser

Sep 11thClub Night

Simon Smith

Sep 25thClub Night

John Meacham

Oct 2nd

Dr Rodney Hillier. University of Bristol - Vice President BAS

What can clusters of galaxies tell us about the History of the Universe?

This meeting will be held in the Hawthorns Woodland Road

Oct 9th

Club Night

John Willis -

Meeting will be held in the Lower School Hall

Oct 16th

Dr Andew McLean - Bristol Astronomical Society

The search for exoplanets and The Kepler Mission. 

Oct 23rd

Club Night

Allan McCarthy

Oct 30th

Dr Vince Smith MBE - University of Bristol

CERN and Astronomy

Nov 6th

Club Night

Mike Cowles

Nov 13th

Prof Tim Sumner - University of London

Dark Matter

Nov 20th

Club Night

Janine Derry

Nov 27th

Dr Edward Gomez - Cardiff University

The Universe in Chaos

Dec 4th

Dr Seth Shostak Seti Institute, California

Prof Jack Cohen University of Warwick

Should we bother with SETI?

A lively debate on the subject chaired by Prof Malcolm MacCallum  Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol

Dec 11th

Club Night - BAS Christmas Party

Tricia Brown

2010
Date

Speaker

Title / Organiser

Jan 15th

Katy Lancaster - University of Bristol

The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Jan 22nd

Club Night

Simon Smith

Jan 29thDr Roger Moses University of BristolCosmic Al-Chemical Furnaces

Feb 5th

Club Night

John Meacham

Feb 12thAGM

AGM

Feb 19th

Club Night

 Nigel Tasker

Feb 26th

Club Night

Mike Cowles

Mar 5th

Prof Mark Birkinshaw - University of Bristol - Vice President BAS

From an Idea to a Radio Image

Mar 12th

Dr Chris Lintott - University of Oxford 

Too many ellipticals : Galaxy Zoo & Galaxy Formation

Mar 19thClub NightRichard Mansfield
Mar 26th

Prof Mark Simms - University of Leicester

European Mars Rover

Apr 2nd

Good Friday

No meeting

Apr 9thHaley Gomez - Cardiff UniversityHerschel: seeing the stolen starlight
Apr 16thClub Night

Apr 23rd

Andrew Lound - The Planetary Society

To See the Begining of Time

Apr 30thClub Night

May 7th

Andrew Burns Wiltshire AS

Reconnecting With the Skies: The Joys of Viewing

May 14th

Club Night

May 21st

Guy Hurst - British Astronomical Association

Professional & Amateur liaison in Astronomy

May 28thClub Night
Jun 4th

Prof Andrew Coates - University of London

The Cassini Mission

Jun 18th

Club Night