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As in previous years there are no meetings of AAS in July and August. Our next scheduled meeting will be on the 23rd September.
Enjoy the summer, especially all you solar watchers, see you in the Autumn.
Hi to everyone,
Our next meeting will be at the usual time and place, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny at 7:30pm.
This month Andrew Lohfink will be talking about our own star, the Sun. Andrew’s talk about the Kuiper Belt in January was both interesting and entertaining. I’m looking forward to listening to his chat on our Sun.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
All are welcome – no knowledge or experience necessary! We look forward to seeing you there.
Hi everyone. The next scheduled date for our 4th Monday meeting is the 27th May.
Kevin & Nick will both be away that week so we would struggle to get a speaker.
It is also the Spring Bank Holiday weekend when many others may also be taking a break.
So we have decided to cancel the May meeting but, hopefully, the 24th June scheduled date will be going ahead.
Hopefully you are not too disappointed! See you in June.
Hi all, Next meeting, usual time & place, Upstairs in the Hen & Chicks, Abergavenny, at 7:30pm.
Topic this month will be the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
This is a multi-nation low frequency radio telescope situated in the S Hemisphere. The first of the planned 130,000+ SKA-LOW antennas have just started to be installed in W Australia.
They will be able to search for radio emission from neutral hydrogen in the very early universe, the time before the gas was ionized by the light of the first stars, galaxies and quasars, and the cosmic dark ages came to an end.
We will explore the progress of this huge project, the largest radio telescope in the world, and what its science objectives are including probing the cosmic dawn, dark energy, galaxy evolution etc.
Come along and join in the discussion – you don’t have to be an expert, just fascinated by our universe – all are welcome
The next meeting will be on the usual 4th Monday of the month, that’s February 26th.
Normal place and time:- Upstairs in The Hen & Chicks, Abergavenny, at 7:30pm
The topic will be “A beginners guide to the Moon”
One other matter that came up at the last meeting was the “Celestial Observing Group”. This is a WhatsApp group for those who enjoy observing the heavens. If anyone is interested in joining then email me at webmaster@abergavennyas.org.uk and I will pass your request on to the group administrator, Andrew Lohfink.
On Monday next Andrew Lohfink will be giving a talk on the Kuiper belt, the icy belt beyond Neptune which is the realm or short period comets.
This follows on from Kevin’s talk on the Oort Cloud – bringing things a bit “closer to home”.
