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14th May – Next Meeting is on Monday. Prof Mike Edmunds from Cardiff Uni. 7:30pm The Kings Head, Abergavenny 15th May – Abergavenny AS & Usk AS trip to Jodrell Bank. Pickup 9:30am at Maryport St., Usk. If you haven’t paid have your £16.50 (Abergavenny members) ready. Afternoon tea provided but no lunch. 29th May […] 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 […] Jodrell Bank Visit 15th May In association with Usk Astronomical Society we are arranging a trip to the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire. The date is Tuesday the 15th May. It will be a whole day trip leaving in the morning and arriving bank around 7pm. The cost of the trip is £7 per person […] Got one of these? Ever wondered where all the stuff that it takes to make one comes from? There is a diagram HERE showing the at least 41 elements that go into a common or garden (smart?) mobile phone. So the question is “How did a universe that started out with just hydrogen end […] Advance notice of next month’s meetings:- Monday 9th April : Cosmology Discussion Group – subject to be confirmed Monday 23rd April : Keith Mosely, MARS (Monmouth Astronomy Research Society) : Cassini or Giant Planets of the Solar System, final topic will be confirmed. Usual time and venue, 7:30pm at the Kings Head, Abergavenny. All are welcome. The next AAS meeting will be on the topic of January’s “Sky at Night” programme, The Invisible Universe
The currently accepted model of the universe suggests that normal stuff, that is me, you, the earth, the planets, stars etc, comprises only 5% of the total; the rest is Dark Something or Other.
[…] The next meeting of the astronomy society is on Monday 12th February. We will have another “back to basics” session with a beginner’s guide to the solar system. Using some very cool software, that models the solar system and beyond in beautiful 3D, we fly to each of the planets in turn and other objects […] For all those that got shiny new binoculars for Christmas or even a telescope or for those just starting out in astronomy, this session is to help you find your way around the night sky, identify constellations and patterns in the stars and remember them. Finding your way around the sky is a skill that […] |
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