The Lives of Stars by Hugh Allen Plus Night sky guide/ Astronomy news WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH 7.30PM OTHERY VILLAGE HALL TA7 0QU Also Streamed via Zoom Contact –somersetlevelsstargazers@hotmail.com Hugh Allen is Chairman of The Wells and Mendip Astronomers, his last talk for us on Spectroscopy was very well received and we look forward to this […]
Space Sustainability: The Time to Act is Now. By Andrea Stewart of Astroscale. Thursday 6th October at 20:00 hrs BST on Zoom This is a free event for World Space Week. Participants should register using the following link:https://astroscale.eventbrite.co.uk The Talk: Space sustainability has become a growing environmental and economic concern – the UK government announced […]
From SAS Secretary Aprill Harper SAS Presents Prof Martin Hendry: Listening to Einstein’s Universe – the Exciting Dawn of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time produced by the most violent events in the cosmos: exploding stars, colliding black holes, even the Big Bang itself. They were by predicted in 1915 by Albert Einstein […]
Drystone Radio is a local community radio station located in North Yorkshire and brings you ‘The Astronomy Show’ with Martin Lunn MBE FRAS. Every Monday between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. But as Drystone Radio is available on all internet connected devices the show may appeal to astronomers all over the world. Ask your smart […]
Space Oddities is a weekly live panel show featuring an international panel of experts and enthusiasts that streams to You Tube at 8pm UK time on Monday evenings. The panel is made up of people who were regular members on Astro Radio’s Reach Out and Touch Space show. Now that Astro Radio is off air, […]
19:30 on the 26th July. Steve Tonkin FRAS Presents how to choose and use binoculars for astronomy. About this event: The binocular is not limited to being a beginner’s instrument and a subordinate adjunct to a telescope, but is an exceptionally valuable astronomical instrument in its own right Tickets are £3 via Eventbrite here
“The UK’s Role in the James Webb Space Telescope” by Dr Caroline Harper. Head of Space Science, UK Space Agency. Thursday 28th July at 8:00 pm UK. Synopsis: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day 2021 and has now reached operational orbit at the second Lagrange Point, roughly 1.5M km from Earth. During […]
The next meeting is 29th July 2022 – 8 p.m. Prof David Rees – Sprites, Elves and GnomesBredhurst Village Hall. Hurstwood Road. Gillingham ME7 3 JZ At some point, we have all stared with a combination of awe and dread at the impressive audible and visual spectacle of a powerful thunderstorm.Blinded by the overwhelming visual […]