Meetings
For Our 60th Season
Meetings are held once every two weeks between September
and April, plus one meeting in May and one meeting in June. The current
meeting's programme has been compiled by
John Dee and is detailed below. For previous years' meetings
click here. *
indicates socitey member
Meetings
2010 - 2011
All Meetings will be held at
The Environmental Centre, Highfields Specialist School, Boundary Way, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4
4NT.
There are two entrances to the school
off Boundary Way. You need to take the entrance at the South end,
which has a sign 'Environmental Centre'. Having passed through the
entrance, the Environmental Centre and parking are to the left.
The Environmental Centre is the single storey modern building on the
southern edge of the school campus.
From 25th October 2010 we will be
holding observing sessions from 6.30pm onwards at Highfields arranged by
Simon Barnett using the society's 8'' reflector. Please feel free
to bring your own equipment along as well.
|
DATE |
SPEAKER |
SUBJECT |
|
13th Sep
10 |
Andrew Lound |
Carl Sagan a Man of the Cosmos |
|
27th Sep
10 |
Paul Pope* Presidential Address |
Heritage of Pythagoras |
|
11th Oct
10 |
AGM & Phil Barnard* |
Back To Basics |
|
25th Oct
10 |
Mike Frost |
Arms of Buddha |
|
25th Oct 10
|
2nd SEASON
BEFORE EVERY MEETING
|
At 6.30pm before the talks we
will be holding observing sessions with
the
society's 8'' reflector please bring your
own equipment as well. |
|
08th
Nov 10 |
Mandy Bailey |
Magulanic Cloud |
|
22th Nov
10 |
Peter Hingley |
English Mount |
|
06th Dec
10 |
Members Evening
Simon Barnett*
Chris Evans*
Craig Bradley*
John Dee* |
Subject
Two Winter Eclipses
Ursa Major
Cassiopia
Cepheus |
|
10th Jan
11 |
Damion Hardwick* |
Tunguska Event |
|
24th Jan 11 |
Gary Poyner |
Variable Star Observing &
Recording |
|
7th Feb 11 |
Frank Barretto* |
The Oort Cloud |
|
21nd Feb 11 |
Geoff Mansfield |
The Antikythera Device |
|
7th Mar 11 |
Special Event
Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell President of the
Institute of Physics, DBE, FRS, FRAS |
To be held at
St Peter's School Lecture Theatre
In Pursuit of Pulsars |
|
21nd Mar 11 |
John Dee* |
Jupiter's Weather System |
|
04 Apr 11 |
Mike Bryce* |
The Astronomical Legacy off the
Space Shuttle |
|
09th May 11 |
Dr Andy Newsam
(John Moores University) |
Talk to be confirmed |
|
13th Jun 11 |
Martin Filsak* |
Talk to be confirmed |
|
All
Meetings
are
subject
to
change.
All
changes
will
appear
on
this
web
page
wherever
possible. |
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