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Meeting Information

Next Meeting  :  Monday 23rd February

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The next meeting will be a practical demonstration, led by Nick, looking at “Developments in optical glasses for modern telescopes”.  It’s sure to be both informative and entertaining.
The usual place & time; The upper room at the Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny at 7:30 pm.
I look forward to meeting up, all are welcome.                                                          

A reasonable number of people made it to the January meeting, our first AGM for some 6 years, despite the miserable weather. The draft minutes have been put on the website “Download” page, HERE.

We also had time for a general chat about the effect that the vastly increasing number of low earth orbit satellites (LEOs), eg Starlink etc, may have on observational astronomy.  The overall feeling was that although there is an issue for professional astronomy the impact on amateur observation is likely to be minor.  I guess time will tell.

Next Meeting Monday 26th January

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The next meeting will be a General meeting of the AAS.  The last General Meeting we had was 9th 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.

Meeting on 1st December

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Despite the weather on Monday, which reduced numbers slightly, we were treated to a very interesting talk from Tony about his experience with his ZWO S50 Seestar smart telescope.  Much discussion was generated. 
Part 2 of his easy astrophotography experiences, looking at using a star tracker & DSLR, is programmed (probably) for February.
If you would like to see some of the pictures that Tony has taken they are on the “Download” page at LINK

First Meeting of 2025 is on Monday 27th January

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First Meeting of 2025 is on Monday 27th January

Usual venue, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Flannel St. starting at 7:30pm.

The topic for the evening is

Gravitational Waves

Gravitational wave GIF

We will cover:-
A bit of the history of Observing,
A bit of GW History,
A bit of theory,
Recent Developments and
The future

Everyone welcome, members, strangers, indeed anyone with an interest in our Universe.
No knowledge necessary, just a curious mind.  Come along with questions, theories or to just listen.

Next Meeting 7:30pm, Monday 24th June

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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.