Cardiff Astronomical Society - Programme 2010/2011

[The_Major]

We have just finalised our programme for the next 12 months, here is the list of talks.

Regards

Mark Major

Publicity Officer - Cardiff Astronomical Society.

Cardiff Astronomical Society - Programme 2010/2011.

All talks take place at 19:30 in the Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Newport Rd, Cardiff. For details visit www.cardiff-astronomical-society.co.uk

2010

September 2nd “Astronomy in the early Royal Society” by Dr Allan Chapman, University of Oxford.

September 16th “Building a Space Telescope Camera” by Prof Mike Disney, University of Cardiff.

September 30th “ Three Sides to the Sun” by Nick Howes, Avebury, Wiltshire.

October 14th “Mission to Mars” by Gemma Lavender, University of Cardiff.

October 28th “ Cosmic Journey” by Dr Alastair Gunn, University of Manchester

November 11th “Astronomical Causes of Climate Change” by James Fradgley FRAS, Wimborne, Dorset.

November 25th “Visual Planetary Astronomy” by Paul Abel FRAS, University of Leicester.

December 9th “Binoculars & Telescopes for Observing the Heavens” by Dr Ian Morison University of Manchester

2011

January 6th “ Planetary Nebulae: Cosmic Butterflies or Stellar Fireflies ?” by Dr Rhys Morris, University of Bristol.

January 20th “Turn Left at Leo” by Colin Harris, Cardiff Astronomical Society.

February 3rd “The Herschel & Planck Missions -the Universe through the ages.” by Dr Chris North, University of Cardiff.

February 17th.”Megalithic Astronomy and Cosmology” by Prof Mike Edmunds University of Cardiff.

March 3rd “Ark in Space” by Dr Marek Kukula Royal Greenwich Observatory, London

March 17th “Heavens above through Victorian eyes-Rev T.W.Webb” by Paul Haley, Hereford.

March 31st “Comets & their exploration by Spacecraft” by Prof David Hughes, Sheffield University.

April 14th Annual General Meeting.

April 28th “To Infinity and Beyond” by Tom (Rocketman) Roberts, Cardiff Astronomical Society.

May 12th “Introduction to CCD imaging” by Nik Szymanek, West Horndon, Essex

May 26th “Nautical Astronomy” by Tom Carnduff, Cardiff Astronomical Society.

June 9th “Herschel Space Telescope observations of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.” by Dr Jon Davies, University of Cardiff.

June 23rd “The Moon-Exploring our nearest Neighbour” by Dr Robert Massey, Greenwich Observatory, London.

July 7th “Three Short Talks” by Members of Cardiff Astronomical Society.

[GJBC]

cheers Mark beat me to it

Grahame

[ollypenrice]

Stone me, you guys know how to pull in the talent! Short of Einstein you haven't missed too many of the great and the good!!

Olly

(I am partisan. Penrice Castle is on the Gower. I'm not entirely sure that all of it belongs to me, however... )

[GJBC]

Just a quick update

we regret that Dr Allan Chapman will not be with us tonight 2nd September 2010 and that the lecture will be given by Mike Edmunds and his topic Historical Statistics, Adventures in Astronomy. we thank Mike who has stepped in rather late. sorry for any inconvenience

Grahame