“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 […]

Please find attached details and link to the Free monthly meeting of Somerset Levels Stargazers which takes place on Wednesday 29th June. This Month we are joined once again by Bob Mizon F.R.A.S. with his talk Stars over the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Astronomy.  We will also have our usual Night Sky guide for the Month ahead […]

Cosmology, Galaxies & Exo-planets Nottingham Astronomical Society are hosting the BAA One Day Meeting Held in the Maths and Physics Building, University of Nottingham,University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Doors Open at 10:00 and the meeting will finish at approx. 18:00Closing date for booking is 22nd June 2022 Please book (£12 – £16 ) via Eventbrite […]

A two day webinar to discuss the challenges and mitigation of large numbers of Low Earth Orbit satellites. This will be a Zoom Webinar and held on the 7th & 8th of May 2022. Go to the Megaconstellation Page Free registration is available. Watch the website for more details.

An Evening with Scott “Kidd” Poteet. Commercial Astronaut, Mission Pilot, Polaris Dawn Scott “Kidd” Poteet describes the Polaris Program, Polaris Dawn, and how life experiences and inspiration led to his place on the mission. Polaris Dawn is a commercial crewed spaceflight mission with on a SpaceX Dragon capsule taking place towards the end of 2022. […]

Professor Belinda WilkesRoyal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow, School of Physics, University of Bristol, UK Senior Astrophysicist & Former Director, Chandra X-ray Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge MA USA This lecture is sponsored by The Friends of Pershore Abbey and will take place in Pershore Abbey WR10 1BB on the evening of 29th April 2022, at […]