http://www.farnham-as.co.uk The Farnham Astronomical Society was founded in 1971 by a group of keen local amater astronomers to further interest in the night sky and all things astronomy. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:46:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.farnham-as.co.uk/2009/12/programme-2010/ http://www.farnham-as.co.uk/2009/12/programme-2010/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:15:12 +0000 pcburns http://www.farnham-as.co.uk/?p=1432 Our guest speakers for 2010 are as follows:

Date	Topic / speaker
January 12th	Lunar Impacts, Graham Bryant (SAGAS).
February 9th	Space the next 50 years, David Whitehouse.
March 9th	Galaxy Zoo 2010, Dr Chris Lintott
April 13th	A History of Deep Sky Observing, Alan Dowdell
May 11th	Member’s Talk: Sizing Up Space, Kevin Pretorius
June 8th	Supernovae, Monasteries to light Echos, Guy Hurst.
July 13th	Herschel and the Rings of Uranus – Dr Stuart Eves.
August-10th	The Amateur Virtual Observatory – John Murrell
September 14th	DIY Wide Field Camera Mount- Danny Thomas
October 12th	Observing Evening – Steve Woodbridge / Eric Grieve
November 9th	The Asteroid Impact Threat – Prof Richard Crowther
December 14th	AGM – followed by Christmas Buffet.

 

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Date	Topic / speaker
11th Jan	An Impact Cratering Tour of the Solar System, Dr. Emily Baldwin
8th Feb	Imaging the Very Dim, Grant Privett
8th Mar	How Stars Shine, Kevin Pretorius
12th Apr	Solar Observing, Nick Howes
10th May	Latest Results from Cassini & Huygens, Prof. Andrew Coates
14th Jun	tba
12th Jul	Planetary Orbits – Dr. Paul Daniels
9th Aug	tba
13th Sep	tba
11th Oct	tba
8th Nov	tba
13th Dec	AGM – followed by Christmas Buffet.

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