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Our next meeting will be a presentation by Chris Starr, FRAS FBIS, IAAA. The title of his talk will be Journey to the dawn of the Solar System This will look at the history of the solar system focusing on NASA’s Dawn Mission. The Dawn Mission was launched in 2007 to study the asteroid belt objects […] The next meeting is next Monday evening, 12th November. Usual time and place, 7:30pm at the Kings Head, Abergavenny. It will be a “chat round the table” session. No fixed agenda, but an open meeting. However, there are a number of topics that I have read about over the last month, see below. Mission Updates:- […] Next Meeting Monday 22nd October : Amber Hornsby, Cardiff – “Detecting the Invisible Universe” Monday 12th November : Discussion/chat on various astronomy topics Monday 26th November : Chris Starr, FRAS FBIS, IAAA, Wells & Mendip Astronomers – “Voyage to the Dawn of the Solar System”. Usual Time and Place; 7:30pm, Kings Head, Abergavenny. Everyone most welcome The next meeting will be on Monday, 8th Oct. Usual time and place:- 7:30pm at the Kings Head, next to Abergavenny town hall. This month rather than mainly talk about a single item there are a number of topics that have caught my eye over the last few weeks that we can explore. I have […] For our next meeting we welcome back Andy Burns, Chairman of the Wiltshire AS and co-director of the Griffin Educational Observatory, Andalucia. The title of his talk is “Welcome to the Dark Side: Dark nebulae, discovery and views“ It should be of interest to everyone, with plenty of pictures I am sure. Andy may […] “The trouble with telescopes” Amateur telescopes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, have you ever wondered why there are so many different types and what they all do? In this session we will look into the intrinsic shortcomings of many designs and what has been done to overcome them. If you are considering […] The South west astronomy Fair is held each year at the Norman Lockyer Observatory at Sidmouth in Devon. This year it is being held on the 11th August. Sidmouth is about 2.5 hour drive away. It is a good day out with vintage telescopes on display in the domes, talks and trade stands. Admission is […] Prof. Mike Edmunds is always one of our most popular speakers – this is one certainly not to be missed – he is lead academic on the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, a device made in Greece 2,000 years ago. In this talk he will discuss how much was known about astronomy in ancient times, before […] Unfortunately the weather forecast is not looking good for Tuesday night with over 90% low cloud until about 11pm when it drops to about 60% cloud cover over Abergavenny. There is also chance of light rain. We will therefore have to look for another date to do some observing, watch this space as they say! Pushed the wrong button and sent out a email by mistake – Apologies, K First the reminder:- Next meeting tomorrow, 9th April, Kings Head, Abergavenny at 7:30pm. Topic “Where did all the stuff come from?”. Elements used to make a smart phone are HERE. Notes I prepared in December for this topic are HERE. And […] |
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