Programme of meetings 2011 / 2012

The Society meets at Bristol Grammar School, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SR, in the Junior Common Room. There is free carparking onsite, access is via the University Road entrance .

Meetings are held on Friday's evenings and begin at 7.15, please arrive in plenty of time. 

Click here for a map.
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here for bus timetable from city centre and Temple Meads station.

iCal File of Programme of Club Nights.
iCal File of Programme of Guest Speakers.

 

2011

October 7 No Meeting  
October 14 Dr Rodney Hiller
University of Bristol and Vice President BAS
In Praise of White Dwarfs
October 21 Callum Porter
Costswold AS
The Merry Dance
October 28 Club Night Allan McCarthy
November 4 Club Night Various Members
November 11 Terry Flower
BAS
The Great 19th Century Hoax
November 25 Club Night Richard Mansfield
December 2 Prof. Bill Leatherbarrow
Director BAA Lunar Section
The Moon
December 9 Christmas Party Tricia Brown

2012

January 13 Andrew Lound A Starry Night to Remember
Astronomy and The Titanic
January 20 Dr David Boyd
BAA President
Observing Variable Stars - A Personal Journey
January 27 Club Night Mike Cowles
February 3 AGM AGM
February 10 Club Night  Allan McCarthy
February 17 Club Night  John Willis
February 24 Prof. Mark Birkenshaw
University of Bristol, Vice President BAS
Multi-Wavelength Images of Low-Redshift Galaxies
March 2 Club Night Roger Steer
March 9 Mike Frost
Director BAA Historical Section
Jeremiah Horrocks, Samuel Foster and Nathanial Nye
A Detective Story
March 16 Club Night Nigel Tasker
March 23 Charlie Barclay
Marlbrough College
Archeoastronomy
March 30 Club Night John Meacham
April 6 Good Friday No Meeting
April 13 Club Night Richard Mansfield
April 20 Dr. Helen Heath
University of Bristol
Cosmic Rays
April 27 Club Night Mike Cowles
May 4 Michael Foulkes
BAA
The Planet Saturn
May 11 Dr. David Whitehouse The Rainbow and Astronomy
May 18 Club Night Tricia Brown
May 25 Bob Mizon MBE 10 Targets for Light-Polluted Astronomers
June 1 Club Night Allan McCarthy
June 8 Dr. Marek Kukular
Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich
Quasars and Active Galaxies
June 15 Club Night John Willis