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10 -Feb-2020 | Prof Ian Morison | Proving Einstein Right |
13-jan-2020 | Rachael Livermore | Gravitational Lensing |
9-Dec-2019 | Colin Stuart | Rebel Star; The Greatest Mysteries of the Sun |
11-Nov-2019 | Prof Richard Nelson | Exoplanets |
14-Oct-2019 | Nick James | Comets |
9-Sep-2019 | Stewart Coulter | Apollo @ 50 |
8-Jul-2019 | Owen Brazell | Planetary Nebulae |
10-Jun-2019 | AGM and members | Who Wants to be an Astronomer Quiz; Wm Lassell's observatory |
13-May-2019 | Prof Martin Hardcastle | Black Holes |
8-Apr-2029 | Steve Tonkin | Ten Ways the Universe Tries to Kill You |
11-Mar-2019 | Robin Scagell | The Story of the Nebulae |
11-Feb-2019 | Dave Eagle | New Horizons, Pluto and Ultima Thule |
14-Jan-2019 | David Arditti | Observing the Moon |
10-Dec 2018 | Colin Stuart | How we'll get to Mars |
12-Nov-2018 | Guido Roberts-Borsani | Where do the galaxies come from? |
9-Oct-2018 | Andrew Lound | Sputnik Revisited |
10-Sep-2018 | Dr Colin Forsyth | Space Weather |
9-Jul-2018 | Prof James Hough | What astronomy can tell us about the origins of life on Earth |
11-Jun-2018 | Members | AGM, 2017 eclipse revisited |
14-May-2018 | Dr Dirk Froebrich | The HOYS-CAPS Citizen Science Project |
9-Apr-2018 | Prof Paul Murdin | Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World |
12-Mar-2018 | Prof Alec Boksenberg | What Did Dark Matter Ever Do For Us? |
12-Feb-2018 | Dr Rallia Velliou | Humans in Space |
8-Jan-2018 | Ray Doran | Reaction Engines |
11-Dec-2017 | Prof John Zarnecki | Cassini -- a Personal Perspective |
13-Nov-2017 | Jerry Stone | The Next 50 Years in Space |
9-Oct-2017 | Andrew Lound | Herschel's Lunatick Friends |
11 -Sep-2017 | Members | The Great Eclipse Roundup |
10-Jul-2017 | Libby Jackson, Michael Foale | The Amazing Space Adventures of Michael Foale |
12-Jun-2017 | Robin Scagell | AGM plus Ancient Stars |
8-May-2017 | David Fishwick | Seven Stars |
10-Apr-2017 | Colin Stuart | 13 Journeys Through Space and Time |
13 Mar-2017 | Dr Tom Kitching | Cosmology, Dark Matter and Dark Energy |
13-Feb-2017 | Greg Smye-Rumsby | The History of Longitude at Greenwich |
9-Jan-2017 | Members | Winter Constellations and Lucky Imaging |
12-Dec-2016 | Jo Barstow | Exoplanet Atmospheres |
14-Nov-2016 | Dr David Arditti | Astro-Imaging from the City |
10-Oct-2016 | Dr Libby Jackson | The Principia Mission |
12 Sep-2016 | Dr Melanie Windridge | Aurora -- In Search of the Northern Lights |
11-Jul-2016 | Guy Hurst | Optical Transients |
13-Jun-2016 | Members | Eclipse roundup |
9-May-2016 | Bob Mizon | Seven Moons |
11-Apr-16 | Dr Geraint Jones | JUICE to Jupiter |
14-Mar-2016 | Prof Simon Green | Flying with a Comet |
8-Feb-2016 | Prof Steve Miller | The Impact of Impacts |
11-Jan-2016 | Dr Morgan Fraser | GAIA -- From Stars to Galaxies |
14 Dec 2015 | Becky Smethurst | Galaxies and the Galaxy Zoo |
9 Nov 2015 | Prof Ian Crawford | Origin of the Moon |
12 Oct 2015 | Robin Scagell | The Universe According to Hubble |
14 Sep 2015 | Dr Michelle Lochner | The SKA |
13 July 2015 | Mona Evans | Caroline Herschel |
8 Jun 2015 | Robin Scagell | Combating Light Pollution |
11-May-2015 | Jerry Stone | Is Pluto a Planet? |
13 April 2015 | Dr Benjamin Joachimi | Big Telescopes |
9-Mar-2015 | Members | Spectroscopy, All-sky Cameras, Transit of Venus, Aurora flight |
9-Feb-2015 | Prof. Dave Rothery | Mercury Revealed |
12-Jan-2015 | Ian Ridpath | Light into Dark – Eclipses of the Sun and Moon |
8-Dec-2014 | Greg Smye-Rumsby | 12756 – the Story of a Small Planet |
10-Nov-2014 | Martin Lewis | Imaging the ISS |
13-Oct-2014 | Dr Francisco Diego | Unweaving Star Rainbows |
8-Sep-2014 | Dr Steve Fossey | Our Local Supernova |
9-Jun-2014 | Prof. John Butterworth | Smashing Physics: News from the Energy Frontier |
9-Jun-2014 | AGM + Sally Russell | An Introduction to Astronomical Sketching |
12-May-2014 | Stewart Coulter | November's eclipse |
7-Apr-2014 | Paul Hyde | Practical Amateur Radio Astronomy |
10-Mar-2014 | Graham Marett | Calendars |
10-Feb-2014 | Rob McNaught | Great Comets |
13-Jan-2014 | David Arditti | Planetary Imaging |
9-Dec-2013 | Dr Lucie Green | Solar Max |
14-Oct-2013 | Members | How Do They Do It? (Deep-sky imaging) |
9-Seo-2013 | Dr Andrew Norton | The New Cosmology or How the Universe Works |
8-July-2013 | Rupert Smith | Telescopes |
1-June-2013 | AGM and Members | Danish Astronomy History, Remote Observing, Aurora Borealis |
13-May-2013 | David Arditti | David Down Under |
8-Apr-2013 | Alastair Scott | The BIS and the UK Space Industry |
11-Mar-2013 | Mandy Bailey | What's that Bubble We're In? |
11-Feb-2013 | Prof. Jonathan Tennyson | Water in the Universe |
14 Jan 2013 | Dr Joseph Michalski | Exploring Mars from 200 Million Miles Away |
10-Dec-2012 | Dr Leigh Fletcher | Strange Weather – the Atmospheres of the Giant Planets |
12-Nov-2012 | Robin Scagell | It's About Time |
8-Oct-2012 | Louise Alexander | Rocks on the Moon |
10-Sep-2012 | Prof David Southwood | Ten Years on the Final Frontier |
9-Jul-2012 | Susan Rowe | Voyager – Humanity's Greatest Journey |
11 Jun-2012 | Martin Lewis | AGM & Planetary Imaging with a Dobsonian |
14-May-2012 | Stewart Coulter | Transits |
2-April-2012 | Members | Who Wants to be an Astronomer Quiz |
12-Mar-2012 | Dr Francisco Diego | Aliens, Where Are You? |
13-Feb-2012 | Pro John Zarnecki | Landing on a Comet |
9-Jan-2012 | Richard Fleet | Night Sky Glows |
12-Dec-2011 | David Arditti | A A Common, Pioneer of Astrophotography |
14-Nov-2011 | Suzanne Aigrain | Extrasolar planets |
10-Oct-2011 | Nick Hewitt | Wolf–Rayet Stars |
12-Sep-2011 | Graham Bryant | Lunar impacts |
11-Jul-2011 | Robin Scagell | In Search of the Northern Lights |
13-Jun-2011 | Members | Near-Horizon Objects; Hampton Court Clock |
9-May-2011 | Emily Baldwin | Moons of Mars |
11-Apr-2011 | Jerry Stone | 50 Years of Man in Space |
14-Mar-2011 | Andrew Lound | Solar sailing |
14-Feb-2011 | Robin Scagell | Comets |
10-Jan-2011 | Dale Holt | Sketching the Deep Sky |
13-Dec-2010 | David Arditti | Astronomy from Paris |
8-Nov-2010 | Ian Morison | Proving Einstein Right |
11-Oct-2010 | Stewart Moore | Galaxies |
13-Sep-2010 | Richard Hook | How to make a Hubble image |
12-Jul-2010 | Alan Longstaff | Lives of the stars |
14-Jun-2010 | Kaustav Bhattacharya | Imaging |
10-May-2010 | Allan Chapman | Harriot to Hubble – Telescopes |
12-Apr-2010 | Roberto Soria | Black Holes |
8-Mar-2010 | Graham Marrett | Galileo |
8-Feb-2010 | Max Alexander | Explorers of the Universe |
11-Jan-2010 | David Arditti | History of Cosmology |
14-Dec-2009 | Tom Scott | Radio Astronomy |
9-Nov-2009 | Robin, Martin | Intorduction to Deep Sky Observing |
12-Oct-2009 | Prof Carl Murray | The View From Saturn: Images from the Cassini Spacecraft |
14-Sep-2009 | Prof. Barrie Jones | Pluto |
13-Jul-2009 | Jerry Stone | Would you believe we put a man on the Moon? |
8-Jun-2009 | Members | Who Wants to be an Astronomer? |
11-May-2009 | Nick Howes | Three sides of the Sun |
6-Apr-2009 | Robin Scagell | Choosing your telescope |
9-Mar-2009 | Colin Pillinger | Space is a Funny Place |
9-Feb-2009 | Members | How I got interested in astronomy |
12-Jan-2009 | Bob Mizon | Light Pollution FAQs |
8-Dec-2008 | Members | Various |
10-Nov-2008 | Andy Burns | The Herschel Dynasty |
13-Oct-2008 | Will Gater | Hubble – not just pretty pictures |
8-Sep-2008 | Members | Eclipse roundup |
14-Jul-2008 | Ian Ridpath | Star Tales |
9-Jun-2008 | David Arditti | Astrophotography from the City |
12-May-2008 | Janet Drew | Milky Way Survey |
14-Apr-2008 | Mike Dryland | Working the Line – RGO |
10-Mar-2008 | Robin Scagell | 20 things you didn't know about astronomy |
11-Feb-2008 | Dr Isobel Hook | Next Generation of Large Telescopes |
14-Jan-2008 | Members | Miscellany |
10-Dec-2007 | John Naylor | Out of the Blue |
12-Nov-2007 | David Arditti | Setting-up a Small Observatory |
8-Oct-2007 | Prof. Iwan Williams | Our Solar System – 1967-2007 |
10-Sep-2007 | Members | 40th Anniversary meeting |
9-Jul-2007 | Helen Walker | Seeing the Invisible – Infrared Astronomy |
11-Jun-2007 | Martin Lewis | AGM plus The Eye |
14-May-2007 | Robin Scagell | Stargazing with Binoculars |
16-Apr-2007 | Roger O'Brien | 40 Years of Cosmology |
12-Mar-2007 | Glen Cowan | Antimatter |
12-Feb-2007 | Tony Marsh | The Sky is Falling |
8-Jan-2007 | Members | Quiz |
Dec 2006 | Ian Crawford | Interstellar Travel |
Nov 2006 | Martin Andrews | Extrasolar Planets |
Oct 2006 | Lucie Green | The Sun |
Sep 2006 | Jerry Stone | Space Colonies |
Jul 2006 | Bob Mizon | Time and the Stars |
12-Jun-2006 | Members | AGM/Room 101 |
8-May-2006 | Nick King | Astrophotography from Harrow |
Apr 2006 | Members | Solar eclipse roundup |
Mar 2006 | Konrad Malin-Smith | Magellanic Clouds |
Feb 2006 | Simon Green | Stardust Mission |
15-Jan-2006 | Ollie Penrice | Getting Away from it All |
Dec 2005 | Robin Catchpole | Overview of Astronomy |
Nov 2005 | John Murray | Mars Express |
10-Oct-2005 | Chris Lintott | Cosmology for the Terrified |
12-Sep-2005 | Bob Lambourne | Time travelling |
11-Jul-2005 | Robin Scagell | Eclipse DVD |
Jun 2005 | Martin Lewis | AGM + Getting the Most from your Telescope |
9-May-2005 | Andrew Coates | Cassini Mission |
April 2005 | Chris Riley | The Making of Space Odyssey |
March 2005 | Greg Smye-Rumsby | A Forgotten Telescope |
Feb 2005 | Members | Astrophotography |
Jan 2005 | Jerry Stone | Huygens Mission |
Dec 2004 | Guy Hurst | Star Clusters |
Nov 2004 | Members | Back garden observing |
Oct 2004 | Ian Morison | Jodrell is Looking Up |
Sep 2004 | John Griffiths | 35 years of Astronomy |
Jul 2004 | Jerry Stone | Views of the Moon |
Jun 2004 | Members | Observations of Transit of Venus; Arthur Boardman on craters |
May 2004 | Video | Transit of Venus |
April 2004 | Prof Fred Taylor | Venus express spacecraft |
March 2004 | Dr Phil Adamson | Ghost particles ( neutrinos) |
Feb 2004 | Wolas committee | More hot topics |
Jan 2004 | Dr Raman Prinja | Massive stars |
Dec 2003 | Neil Mc Bride | Beyond the planets |
Nov 2003 | Simon Bennett | Widescreen centre telescopes |
Oct 2003 | Matt Page | At the edge of the universe |
Sep 2003 | Damian Peach | Planetary photography |
Jul 2003 | Graham Marett | Black holes |
Jun 2003 | PowerPoint | Changing Views of Mars |
May 2003 | Jerry Stone | The day America launched a woodpecker |
April 2003 | Richard Westwood | Planetariums |
Mar 2003 | Dr Alan Longstaff | Astrobiology |
Feb 2003 | Dr Paul Roche | A Telescope at your fingertips |
Jan 2003 | Norman Walker | Secrets of the sunspots |
Dec 2002 | Members | Great Debate -- Views on astrology, Moon landings etc, |
Nov 2002 | Stewart Moore | Planetary Nebulae |
Oct 2002 | Iwan Williams | When Hairy Comets go Bald |
Sep 2002 | Members | Autumn Sky Highlights |
Jul 2002 | Nial Tanvir | Stars between the Galaxies |
Jun 2002 | Serena Viti | Extrasolar Planets |
May 2002 | Peter Schroeder | Holiday Hotel in Tenerife |
April 2002 | Barrie Kirk | Beagle 2 |
March 2002 | Francisco Diego | The importance of astronomy |
Feb 2002 | Gordon Rogers | The day the Moon exploded |
Jan 2002 | Graham Marett | Gravitation |
Dec 2001 | Members | Trade Secrets |
Nov 2001 | Nick Hewitt | Deep-sky Exotica |
Oct 2001 | Heather Couper/Nigel Henbest | Mars |
Sep 2001 | Mike Leggett | Getting into Space |
Jul 2001 | Alec Boksenberg | Observing with Keck |
Jun 2001 | Robin Scagell | Shot in the Dark |
May 2001 | Trevor Sproston | Victorian Astronomer |
April 2001 | Tom Scott, Bob, Howard | Kitt Peak/Photographing galaxies/ Aurora from Tromso |
March 2001 | Shelagh Godwin | Meteors |
Feb 2001 | Sarah Dunkin | Messenger to Mercury |
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