Grant Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 All, We want to restart our weekly Zoom talks on the 10th January after a Christmas / New year break. Does anybody have any speaker suggestions or perhaps would like to give a talk themselves? If so, please post here or PM me Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seme Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 These might help. Buy ADVENT The New Vlogger Bundle - Speakers, Gorillapod Starter Kit, Webcam & Microphone | Free Delivery | Currys 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 lol! Not that kind!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seme Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Sorry I know just sitting hear Bored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveWolves Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 You could try the resources tab and look at who other societies are booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark at Beaufort Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Grant you may find this useful. http://astrospeakers.org/astro-speakers-list.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Jones Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 How long is a typical talk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 minute ago, George Jones said: How long is a typical talk? 45 minutes plus 15 mins Q&A is usually about right. Sometimes longer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Mark at Beaufort said: Grant you may find this useful. http://astrospeakers.org/astro-speakers-list.html Thanks Mark - I use this a lot already but there's nothing quite like personal recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Jones Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 In the months leading up to COVID, I gave a couple of public talks on gravitational waves. I don't know if a non-maths talk on what's below would be interesting or appropriate. Gravitational Waves and Gravitational Wave Astronomy Gravitational waves, first observed in 2015, are produced when compact objects like black holes and neutron stars merge. Just as useful information can be extracted from light wave signals, useful information also can be extracted from gravitational wave signals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvb Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I stand by my previous suggestion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Dr Rebecca Smethurst aka Dr Becky. She is an astrophysicist at Oxford University. Her bio states “MY RESEARCH IS FOCUSSED ON LOW-REDSHIFT GALAXY EVOLUTION STUDIES; PARTICULARLY THE MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUENCHING OF STAR FORMATION. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SDSS-IV MANGA DATA TO DETERMINE WHETHER NEGATIVE AGN FEEDBACK IS OCCURRING ON A POPULATION WIDE SCALE. COMPLIMENTARY TO THIS, I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND POWERING OF AGN IN GALAXIES WITH MERGER-FREE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES.” Her YouTube channel is excellent, very informative and entertaining and you can contact her through her website https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reezeh Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 15:27, Seme said: These might help. Buy ADVENT The New Vlogger Bundle - Speakers, Gorillapod Starter Kit, Webcam & Microphone | Free Delivery | Currys I heard Linn Isobariks are going for a good price if you can find any 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reezeh Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) On 30/12/2020 at 12:26, Grant said: All, We want to restart our weekly Zoom talks on the 10th January after a Christmas / New year break. Does anybody have any speaker suggestions or perhaps would like to give a talk themselves? If so, please post here or PM me Thanks! Is Brian Jones, author and founding member of Bradford Astronomical Society available? I do know he is online because he has a twitter account. I'm not sure if he'll respond to there or what his personal contact details are. Perhaps a talk could be arranged via Bradford Astro Soc secretary. Just a suggestion Edited January 6, 2021 by reezeh "I don't know what his personal contact details are" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottletopburly Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I’m sure Startools developer Ivo Jager @jager945 may be up for showcasing the excellent Startools 1.7 maybe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 18:07, George Jones said: In the months leading up to COVID, I gave a couple of public talks on gravitational waves. I don't know if a non-maths talk on what's below would be interesting or appropriate. Gravitational Waves and Gravitational Wave Astronomy Gravitational waves, first observed in 2015, are produced when compact objects like black holes and neutron stars merge. Just as useful information can be extracted from light wave signals, useful information also can be extracted from gravitational wave signals. There's a lot of interest in this area so a talk would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 18:36, TerryMcK said: Dr Rebecca Smethurst aka Dr Becky. She is an astrophysicist at Oxford University. Her bio states “MY RESEARCH IS FOCUSSED ON LOW-REDSHIFT GALAXY EVOLUTION STUDIES; PARTICULARLY THE MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUENCHING OF STAR FORMATION. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SDSS-IV MANGA DATA TO DETERMINE WHETHER NEGATIVE AGN FEEDBACK IS OCCURRING ON A POPULATION WIDE SCALE. COMPLIMENTARY TO THIS, I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND POWERING OF AGN IN GALAXIES WITH MERGER-FREE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES.” Her YouTube channel is excellent, very informative and entertaining and you can contact her through her website https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk Thank you - will drop her a line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) Just watched a YT talk by Dr Robin Glover, he of Sharpcap fame, on Imaging with CMOS cameras and the mysteries of gain / offset and imaging times unfortunately he ran out of time so perhaps he could be persuaded to do the whole talk for SGL. Dave Edited January 10, 2021 by Davey-T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianO Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Happy to give some talks if you are still looking, I have a few - let me know. Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark at Beaufort Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, JulianO said: Happy to give some talks if you are still looking, I have a few - let me know. Julian Hello Julian glad to see you offering talks. I chaired the meeting when you gave your zoom talk 'Cold Dark Matter' to Herefordshire Astro Society. Hopefully, Grant will pick up your offer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfamily Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) Steve Barrett of Liverpool University is an excellent speaker, and has been welcomed back several times by the Mid Cheshire and North Wales Astro groups. His last Mid Cheshire talk was done online and went very well. His talks are listed on his web page. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~sdb/Talks/ Edited March 7, 2021 by Gfamily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroRuz Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I'd find giving a talk about something fun Just gotta figure out what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 18:28, wimvb said: I stand by my previous suggestion. I've contacted Jasem but not heard back, is there anybody else who could give a talk on INDI, Ekos/Kstars etc..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 5 hours ago, JulianO said: Happy to give some talks if you are still looking, I have a few - let me know. Julian Thanks Julian - PM coming 1 hour ago, Gfamily said: Steve Barrett of Liverpool University is an excellent speaker, and has been welcomed back several times by the Mid Cheshire and North Wales Astro groups. His last Mid Cheshire talk was done online and went very well. His talks are listed on his web page. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~sdb/Talks/ I saw a great talk by him debunking some of the common Moon hoax myths out there! Good suggestion. 1 hour ago, AstroRuz said: I'd find giving a talk about something fun Just gotta figure out what Shout when you come up with something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfamily Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I've given a couple of talks that seemed to go down well. "How we didn't get to the Moon" is one I enjoy giving*, and a couple of recent ones have been about the 1919 Eclipse that allowed Eddington to prove General Relativity, and "Edmond Halley, not just the comet man" is my most recent one. * don't worry, I'm not one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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