The topic will be DARK ENERGY – claimed to be one of the main constituents of the Universe
7:30 pm in the Hen and Chickens, Flannel Street, Abergavenny

At his talk on Dark Matter in February Nick said that DM was a difficult topic but that Dark Energy would be impossible to talk about.
That sounded like a challenge to me!
So – can I find enough information/speculation to keep us interested for an hour?
Come along with your own thoughts, ideas, speculation, or just to listen to see if we can meet the challenge.

The next meeting of Abergavenny Astronomy Society is on Monday 28th April at 7:30 pm in the Hen and Chickens, Flannel Street, Abergavenny. Nick Busby will give a talk on the Moon.

The Moon plays a hugely important part in our lives, it has great cultural importance- it affects our calendar; we have just celebrated Easter for example and that is a moveable feast whose dates depend on the phase of the Moon. It stabilises the Earth’s rotation and it gives us the tides. It is unique in our solar system as the largest satellite relative to its host planet and was an integral part of the way our Earth was formed and has developed. In this talk we will examine some of these aspects in detail to gain an appreciation of just how important it is.

All are welcome, no knowledge required just an enquiring mind.

It is spring already with the vernal equinox on 2025 20th Thursday and to astronomers that heralds the galaxy season. At this time of year we wave goodbye to the planets as they progressively set in the twilight. The “realm of the galaxies” is of course in the constellation of Virgo. To mark this, on Monday 24th March, Andrew Lohfink will give a talk on “Galaxies, their discovery, classification and observation.” The meeting starts at 7:30pm in the Hen and Chickens, Flannel street, Abergavenny. All are welcome whether a member or not.

The next meeting of the Society will be in the Hen and Chickens, Abergavenny on Monday 24th February at 7:30 pm. In this meeting Nick Busby will present on the subject of “Dark Matter”.

Dark matter is one of those enigmas in astronomy; there is plenty of evidence it exists, in fact if it doesn’t exist we need to come up with a bunch of other explanations for some real observational anomalies. The trouble is nobody knows what it is, yes of course there are plenty of theories and also alternative ideas – but none have a scrap of physical evidence to support them.

In this talk we will look into why dark matter has been invoked in the first place, the evidence it exists and some of the alternatives.

Next meeting is on Monday 27th January

The topic will be Gravitational Waves:-
A bit of history, A bit of theory, Recent Developments and The future

Usual Time & Place : 7:30pm, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Flannel St

Looking forward to meeting up in 2025