Next meeting of Abergavenny Astronomy Society, Monday 30th June

Usual time and place : Monday 30th June, 7:30 pm in the upper room in the Hen and Chickens, Flannel Street, Abergavenny.
Nick will talk about “Exploring Asteroids”. He will explore ways in which we can get information about them and also what that tells us about the formation of the Solar System.

I look forward to meeting up with everyone for the last session before the 2 month summer break.

Next meeting of Abergavenny Astronomy Society, Monday 26th May

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.

Next meeting of Abergavenny Astronomy Society, Monday 28th April

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.

Next meeting of Abergavenny Astronomy Society is on the 24th March at 7:30pm

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.