The usual time and place, 7:30pm upstairs in the Hen & Chicks, Abergavenny NP7 5EG

Philip Howell will be leading our discussion this month on the subject of

“Cosmic Rays : Messengers from the Extreme Universe”

Cosmic rays are high‑energy particles from space that travel at nearly the speed of light. Although it was known that there were ions in the atmosphere in the 18th Century it was over a 100 years later, in the 1900s, that it was shown that these rays came from outside the atmosphere.
Philip will explain what they are, where they come from and why they are important.

Come along and learn a bit more about these particles and share any thoughts you may have on their origin and importance.

“ALL ARE WELCOME” All you need is your curiosity!

Due to the Bank Holiday this month’s meeting will be a week earlier,
7:30pm, 18^th May, upper room in the Hen & Chicks, Abergavenny
Member Bob Lambert will introduce the subject entitled

“The Risk to Low Earth Orbit from Satellite Mega-constellations”

In 2023 there were some 7,500 active satellites in orbit.  Now there are more than 15,000 and companies are planning for 400,000 by the early ‘30s.

I look forward to Bob’s thoughts.  Come along and listen or join in with your own thoughts.
See you Monday evening – ALL ARE WELCOME!

Our next meeting is a presentation by Dr Leo Jenner, ex CERN, on astroparticle physics. The time and venue is as usual. 7:30 pm at the Hen & Chicks in Abergavenny.  Dr Leo will be appearing by Zoom on the big screen in the upper room.
However, if you are unable to get to the H&C you can log on via Zoom.  The details are:-

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85058353034?pwd=csfxHzbbo9HOZcG30qaM5KpSakMpEs.1
Meeting ID: 850 5835 3034     Passcode: 419869

The field of astroparticle physics evolved out of optical astronomy.  It investigates things like high energy cosmic radiation and its research seeks to contribute to understanding dark matter and dark energy, among other questions.

As usual all are welcome, either “face to face” or on Zoom.  Details have also been sent to Usk AS and HOVAS.

The next meeting will be a General meeting of the AAS.  The last General Meeting we had was 9^th March, 2020, just before COVID forced us to suspend meeting for 2.5 years. I’m sure that no one can remember the details of that 2020 session but I have put an abbreviated copy of the draft minutes on the “Download” page : HERE.

Following the General meeting the plan is to have an open discussion on a relevant topic.  As mentioned in the last post we need someone to introduce a subject.  Nothing complex, just a topic of interest to them, ie a subject – video – or whatever that we could have a round table chat on.

So – who is willing to introduce such a topic??  If assistance is required don’t worry, I am more than happy to provide equipment, backup or whatever.

Usual time and place : 7:30pm, upstairs in the Hen & Chicks, Abergavenny.

See you there.