Following on from our discussion in the Jan meeting re LEOs there was an Astrobites post last week

“Two satellite proposals threaten dark and quiet skies worldwide”.  (LINK HERE)

To quote from the article “The first proposal is from Reflect Orbital, a company with the stated goal of selling “sunlight after dark”. To achieve this, they propose to deploy a constellation of over 50,000 in-space mirrors by 2035 to redirect the sunlight back to Earth at night”. 
This sounds like a game changer to me!

In connection to this topic the campaign for dark skies is being re-launched, Nick is on the committee. More information on their website (LINK HERE)

As the 4th Monday is in Christmas week the next meeting will be in January.

There will be a “very short” AGM. Our last AGM was in March 2020 and some admin issues, ie our bank account, ask for minutes of our General Meeting to prove we are a proper society!
It is intended to be very short so don’t worry about there being a long boring (?) session. No doubt reports of what has happened since the last AGM will be circulated prior to the 26th.
By keeping it short we will have time to have a topic discussion as well.

As debated at the last couple of meetings it would be great if someone were to introduce a topic of interest to them, ie a subject – video – or whatever that we could have a round table chat on.

ANY VOLUNTEERS?

Drop a line to the webmaster, my astrogw8 or Nick’s email address with suggestions. Don’t be shy – I’m happy to help out if you want. it will be an especially short meeting otherwise!

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

Also at the Monday meeting we discussed the ongoing involvement of “members”.  There was a good response to keeping the Society active

In terms of topics for our evenings anything that is related to astronomy is valid, from a discussion around what someone may have read about, YouTube or similar videos that an individual found interesting, a specific topic presentation and possible visiting presenters.  In other words – any astronomical item someone would like to chat about is open.  Length is flexible, 5 mins or an hour or anything in between.  Whatever the individual would like to share.
I was asked to post a list of items I had read about in November that I put up as examples of “what caught my eye”. Any of these could be used to introduce as a discussion topic, or some as a longer exploration of the topic.
What do you think? Reply to the webmaster or astrogw8 email address.

Come along on Monday. Listen to Tony describing his experiences with a smart telescope, Have your input and help shape the AAS’s future.
All are welcome : usual time and place; upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny at 7:30.

See you there