North Essex Astronomical Society have a Solar gazing afternoon on August 26th, at the University of Essex, Colchester Campus, CO4 3SQ. Tickets are on sale from Eventbrite (below) , along with more details of the day. Adult £8-00, Child £6-00 – plus fees Go to Eventbrite (opens a new window)
Hunting Outbursting Young Stars (HOYS) Citizen Science Project By Carys Herbert (University of Kent) Thursday 29 June at 8:00 pm via Zoom Bio: Carys Herbert is a final year PhD student at the University of Kent, studying star formation using citizen science data. She is a passionate science communicator, working to bring astronomy to young […]
Weekly YouTube Astronomy and Spaceflight Chat Show Special Guest: Astronaut Scott Poteet. Mission Pilot: Polaris Dawn Monday 26 June at 8:00 pm UK Click this link to watch at 8:00 pm UK on Monday 26 June 2023 Free ! We hope to see you there. Live on Space Oddities! Astronaut Scott Poteet, Pilot Of The Upcoming […]
From David Arditti President of the BAAA short survey asks for your help in planning the direction of the BAA Journal. It takes just five minutes to complete, you do not need to be a BAA member. It can be accessed by visiting – bit.ly/41Uxy5z, where a sample PDF copy of the Journal is also […]
The BAA Comet Section will be holding an all-day meeting at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on Saturday, 8th July 2023. This will include a comet-related planetarium show and a keynote talk on Exocomets by Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons. Registration details are here: https://britastro.org/event/comet-section-meeting-3 The page has links to TicketTailor to book your place. (£6 for […]
Mike has sent in the above file listing his talks and presentations, that may be of interest to any of our Societies. In person presentations are possible locally but also Zoom at “distance-no-object”. Hover over the lower part of the document display to see the back & forth scroll arrows.
GoSpaceWatch Online Lecture: “Tales of the Challenger” by Ben Evans Thursday 6 April at 20:00 hrs BST. Via Zoom Free to attend after registration at https://challengertales.eventbrite.co.uk The Lecture: When the Space Shuttle returned to Earth for the final time in July 2011, it wrapped up a 30-year voyage of exploration and discovery. But one member […]
Monday 13th March 2023 at 7pm Features Howard Davies’ presentation “Double Stars” Newtown Astronomy Society offers you a warm welcome to join them on Monday at 7pm for their next Zoom Meeting … To join this zoom meeting please see the info below. The talk synopsis:Never underestimate the beauty of double stars. What may first […]