BAA Weekend Meeting, Dundee Sept 9 to 11

[JeremyS]

Just a reminder that the BAA Dundee week-end is coming up. You don't have to attend the whole week-end. There will be talks on the Friday evening and all day Saturday. On Sunday morning there'll be a tour of the Mills Observatory.

Speakers include:

 Prof. Andrew Cameron, St Andrews - Discovery and Characterisation of Extrasolar Planets

    Dr Alexander L MacKinnon, Glasgow – Space Weather

    Prof. Colin Mcinnes, Glasgow - Setting Sail for Orbit: Physics, Technology & Mission Applications of Solar Sail Spacecraft 

    Prof. Clare Parnell, St Andrews - Solar Magnetic Skeletons

    Dr Dave Gavine, BAA - Aurora in History 

The meeting will be hosted by the BAA and Dundee Astronomical Society

You can find more details and a booking for here: https://britastro.org/node/7198

Bookings need to be made by August 30. You don't have to be a BAA member to attend.

Hope to see you there!

Jeremy

Edited August 26, 2016 by JeremyS

[baggywrinkle]

Will be there!

I will start my travels up this Sunday. I have 4 night booked in a B&B (Sorbierres) near Newcastleton on the Borders. Adjacent to Kielder NP. So tomorrow I am packing kit in the off chance of getting some clear nights as well as visit the Kielder Observatory.

ED70, Mak 127, portable Goto mount, wine, SW Star Adventurer mount, Canon 650D, wine, binoculars, Lumix Micro 4/3rds camera, wine.......