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.
Click 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 |