The Rambling Astronomer – previously The Astrognome and former Curator of Astronomy, Yorkshire Museum, York If your Society is looking for a talk, try the list below from Martin. Information sent in by Martin Lunn With gatherings seriously impacted by the pandemic, many astronomical societies are now using Zoom. I have been offering talks in […]

The Royal Society are hosting an on-line Zoom Webinar lecture. 9th February 2022 – 18:30 to 19:30 UK Local Dr Suzanne Imber (Department of Physics and Astronomy, LeicesterUniversity) will be giving her Rosalind Franklin Prize Lecture on the9th February on “Space weather and implications for life on otherworlds”. This public lecture will be followed by […]

January meeting will only be available on line and that for the time being is free to all.We of course hope to hold meetings in person starting with our February meeting of which details and fees will be given at a later date .We have an interesting and varied list of Speakers lined up for […]

2022 will take the UK into space from its own soil. Are you ready for the UK Space Boom. Join us at Go Space Watch for a look at the optimal alternative to the land based launch sites: The Sea! Paul Williams, Executive Director of Black Arrow Space Technologies will present our online lecture via […]

YouTube live-streamed event December 18th at 11am The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch later this month. UK scientists and engineers have played a key role in making Webb and will be among the first to make amazing discoveries with it. Travelling a million miles from Earth, Webb will show us our Universe […]

Astronomy for Everyone: Size & Scale of the Universe is an exciting family program for ages 8 to 100+ about the universe from the very small to the very large. It’s a virtual journey throughout the cosmos describing celestial objects and how they were formed as well as their relative sizes compared with each other. […]

Countdown to Launch – How Spaceport Cornwall and Virgin Orbit will deliver the UK’s historic first sovereign launch in 2022 by Ross Hulbert of Spaceport Cornwall 24th November 2021 at 7:30pm UK Synopsis: In 2016 the UK government started a process to identify suitable sites in the UK to become a spaceport. At that time […]

Paul Money presents Wonders of the Solar System 1st December 2021 at 7:30pm UK Take a tour of the major and minor bodies of our solar system and our nearest star, the Sun. The Speaker: Paul is an English Amateur Astronomer who has had a love for the night sky since he was ‘knee high […]