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A History of Women in Astronomy, Part 1
Talk by Mary McIntyre Throughout history astronomy has been very male dominated. There have been many trailblazing women, such as Caroline Herschel, who have worked to change that, but in addition there were countless women working in astronomy before Caroline. This talk tells their story and discusses some of the challenges women have faced historically and still face today.
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A Traveller’s Guide to the Stars – The Possibilities of Interstellar Exploration
Talk by Les Johnson With known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality. Physicist, author, and NASA technologist Les Johnson will describe the physics and techn
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Opposition of Mars
Mars at Opposition, best placed for viewing ie at its largest apparent diameter of 24.3 arc seconds, visual magnitude -2.8 and a distance of 57.8 million km. It transits at 1.15am but at a height of only 13.2 degrees above the horizon from London. Best bet is to get on a plane and head South!
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Total Lunar Eclipse
Longest eclipse in 21st century (103 mins) Will be visible in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, South America
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RSPB Big Wild Sleepout
WADAS outreach at RSPB Fairburn Ings for their Big Wild Sleepout event. Big Wild Sleepout [Stargazing] Location: RSPB Fairburn Ings (WF10 2BH) Date: Saturday 28th July Set up time: 21:00 onwards to set up ready for dusk. Event Time: 22:00 until probably around midnight. Notes: Matt Gough will be attending, ideally could do with a few other WADAS members with telescope/binoculars to
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RSPB Fairburn Ings, WF10 2BH, United Kingdom
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RSPB Big Wild Sleepout (Solar)
WADAS solar astronomy outreach at RSPB Fairburn Ings Big Wild Sleepout event. Big Wild Sleepout [Solar] Location: RSPB Fairburn Ings (WF10 2BH) Date: Sunday 29th July Set up time: 08:45 onwards, ready for 09:00 Event Time: 09:00 - 11:30 Notes: Matt Gough will be attending with the society PST solar scope and ED80/Lunt wedge to show adults and children views of the Sun. Any other WAD
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RSPB Fairburn Ings, WF10 2BH, United Kingdom
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