Simon Holbeche of Bath Astronomers has sent the following notice. On Saturday 19th June 2021 at 7:30pm, an online Zoom talk by Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke has been organised by Wells and Mendip Astronomers supported by Bath Astronomers. The talk is entitled “William Herschel – Discoverer of the Deep Sky – The epochal work of the […]
Exploring Astronomy through Philately Join Katrin Raynor – Evans FRAS on 10th April at 7 pm for an enlightening talk on stamps from around the World and how they have celebrated milestones in astronomy and spaceflight. Zoom meeting hosted by Newtown Astronomy Society, which is free to NAS members and £2 for guests. Please contact […]
Wednesday 31st March at 7:30 BST Dr James Carpenter (Exploration Science and Research Coordinator for the European Space Agency’s Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration):“The Once and Future Moon” A renaissance in lunar exploration is happening, with missions from around the world returning to the Moon to establish humanities first foothold beyond Earth and to […]
The Somerset Levels Stargazers next meeting is 31st March 2021 at 7:30PM This month their guest speaker is Bob Mizon FRAS, presenting Hours of the Night, Astronomical images through the years For a link to the meeting contact somersetlevelsstargazers@hotmail.com Their website is here
We are delighted to invite you to our Online Convention. Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to hold a physical event at the Institute of Astronomy in 2020, though we hope to be able to do so sometime this Autumn. In the meanwhile, we are holding an online Convention on Saturday, April 17, from noon until 4:30 pm. […]
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Somerset Levels Stargazers have a zoom meeting coming up this week. Their club members Richard and Sue Horsham will be taking us back to Observatories of old with their talk Ancient Windows on the Skies, John Martin will be continuing his famous figure from Astronomy section with a talk on the Comet Hunter Charles Messier […]
Dark Skies on the Isle of Man by Howard L.G Parkin Wednesday 17th February 2021 at 19:30 About the Lecture: Recently dark sky initiatives have been set up throughout the world. This lecture is based on the Howards involvement in setting up 26 Isle of Man Dark skies Discovery sites, and looks at the way […]