Our speaker programme for 2017 is as follows:
Date |
Topic / Speaker |
| 10 Jan 17 | “Many Worlds – The diversity of Climates on Other Planets”, Professor Peter Read, Oxford University |
| 14 Feb 17 | “Making a Telescope Mirror” John Price, Farnham AS |
| 14 Mar 17 | “How far is the Moon?”, Chris Doubell, Cody AS |
| 11 Apr 17 | “Discovering the Milky Way, from Herschel to Hubble”, Katherine Rusbridge, Farnham AS |
| 09 May 17 | “JUICE – A mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moons”, Dr Adam Masters, Imperial College |
| 13 Jun 17 | “New Horizons and the exploration of Pluto” Kevin Pretorius, Farnham AS (This is a change to the previously advertised programme. Steve Woodbridge will give his presentation on the exploration of Mercury at a future date) |
| 11 Jul 17 | “13 Journeys Through Space & Time”. The Royal Institute Xmas Lectures on Astronomy from 1881 to 2015, by Colin Stuart. |
| 08 Aug 17 | “Relativity”, Andrew Collins, Farnham AS |
| 12 Sep 17 | “A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies”, Dr Samantha Penny, University of Portsmouth |
| 10 Oct 17 | “Newtonian Cosmology”, Dr David Lewis, Farnham AS |
| 14 Nov 17 | “The Legacy of Apollo”, Nick Howes |
| 12 Dec 17 | Annual General Meeting |
Our meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at: Aldershot Cricket Club, Guildford Road, Aldershot, GU12 4BP
Please click here for directions. Entrance is currently £3 for non-members. The venue opens 7.20 pm for a 7.45 start. Ample car parking is available in the adjacent park – drive into the leftmost entrance at the end of Guildford Road