2014
20th January 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : Kevin Houston (Keith Williams) : Astrobiology
27th January 2014 : AAS talk : Nick Busby : “Then & Now”, Robert Bell and the impacts of the Victorians on Astronomy and Cosmology
17th February 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : John Mallett : “Light-what is it?”, including a demonstration of the Double-Slit experiment
24th February 2014 : AAS talk : Prof Mike Disney, Cardiff : Galaxies and common sense cosmology
17th March 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : Gavin Creyke : The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Chile.
24th March 2014 : The Abergavenny Astronomical Society AGM.
14th April 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : Robert Gladstone : Gravitational Waves
28th April 2014 : AAS talk : Dr Rhodri Evans, Cardiff : Mt Wilson Observatory, USA
12th May 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : Kevin Houston : Spectra and Redshift
19th May 2014 : AAS talk : Nick Busby : Imaging Solar system objects
16th June 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : Sid Fewster : Dark Matter – an update: looking at developments since we last covered this topic in 2012
23rd June 2014 : AAS talk : David Thomas FRAS & Tony Pearce : Sunspots and other solar phenomena; what they are, what causes them and how do we know when we are in a period of maximum activity.
15th September 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : Nick Busby (for John Mallett) : The observation and use of cepheid variables and supernova for measuring the size of the universe.
29th September 2014 : AAS talk : Martin Griffiths, Uni of S Wales : Our nearest stars. : Plus a practical – telescope observation from the car park.
13th October 2014 : Cosmology Study Group : Tim von Pokorny : The formation of the solar system.
27th October 2014 : AAS talk : Nick Busby : Twinkle Twinkle little star – a look at the life of stars, from their birth, through their varied lives and final, sometimes dramatic demise, using the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, and images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
10th November 2014 : Cosmology Study Group :
24th November 2014 : AAS talk : Dr Rhodri Evans, Cardiff : Discovering the Cosmic Microwave Background – mistakes and missed opportunities.
8th December 2014 : AAS Social evening with Usk AS and HoV AS.