Julian Onions – Galaxies: One Gigayear At A Time
Online via ZoomWhat are galaxies, how are they classified, how are they formed, what we understand about their lives, and how many pretty pictures can I fit in one talk.
Mary McIntyre – Reflection, Refraction and Excitation
Online via ZoomThe Hunt For Atmospheric Optical Effects - Mary has been passionate about hunting for atmospheric optics for many years. In this talk she will show us lots of the common ... Read more
Mark Townley – Cycles on the Sun: Space Weather & the Earth-Sun Environment
Online via ZoomMark Townley looks at how activity on the sun varies through time and the implications for us all on Earth.
John Pitchford – Dr David Morgan’s Project and RETRAM
Online via ZoomDr Morgan and RETRAM are both working on the Recognition and Trajectories of Meteors using alternatives to Graves, Brams and Iper. This talk is an introduction to this topic and ... Read more
Steve Barrett – The Beginning of Everything
Online via ZoomRussell Parry – The Appley Bridge Meteorite
Online via ZoomThe fascinating story of the fall and find of the Appley Bridge Meteorite in 1914.
Mark Gibbons – Black Holes
Online via ZoomFrom being theoretical curiosities predicted by mathematics, to objects we now have direct observational evidence of: black holes. They have a surprisingly wide-ranging effect on the structures we see in the Universe. ... Read more
Mike Frost – Isaac Newton and The Surrey Pumas
Online via ZoomAn offbeat look at Newton's theory of gravity - featuring hollow Earths, counter-Earths Trojan asteroids, Kirkwood gaps, Lagrangian nodes, the three-body problem, and those mysterious beasts rumoured to haunt Surrey ... Read more
Paul Pope Lecture: Chris Lintott – The Crowd and the Cosmos
Online via ZoomWolverhampton Astronomical Society is proud to present it’s annual free public talk, the Paul Pope Lecture. This year we are delighted to welcome Chris Lintott, co-presenter of the BBC’s Sky at Night ... Read more
Tracey Snelus – Aurora: The Greatest Light Show On Earth
Online via ZoomPaul Fellows – Children of Another Sun
Online via ZoomIt is only in the last twenty years that we have been able to prove that the Sun is not unique in having a family of planets. This talk takes ... Read more
Damian Hardwick – Inventor, Investigator and Innovator: The life of Sir John Herschel
Online via ZoomThis talk looks back at the life of one the true greats of nineteenth century astronomy. An astronomer who was an inventor, he also investigated scientific problems, and found solutions ... Read more
Paul Money – Why Are There No Green Stars?
Online via ZoomWe often look up at the night sky and our first impression is one of white stars until we realise a few are actually coloured. Astro images clearly show coloured ... Read more
Robin Hague – Skyrora: Making space sustainable
Online via ZoomRobin Hague is the Head of Launch at Skyrora
Andy Briggs – How to photograph a Black Hole: the Story of the Event Horizon Telescope
Online via ZoomFREE PUBLIC TALK In 2019, humanity's first image of a black hole was revealed to the world. Join Andy Briggs as he reveals exactly how the image was acquired by ... Read more
Dr Steve Barrett – The ABC of Galaxy Evolution
Online via ZoomWhat are the three factors (the ABC) that determine how galaxies form and how they grow? A = Accretion – Galaxies were formed by matter accreting; B = Black Holes ... Read more
Steve Wootton – The Scale of the Universe
Online via Zoom“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but ... Read more
AGM & Adam Foster – My Astronomy Journey
Online via ZoomProf Ian Morison – Wonders of the Southern Sky
A talk which will look at some of the most interesting objects in the southern skies and how the Small Magellanic Cloud helped solve a fundamental question about the Universe.