Speaker Programme 2016

Our speaker programme for 2016 is as follows:

Date

Topic / Speaker
12 Jan 16 “Beginner’s Night” (all 3 talks by FAS members)

  • Choosing a Telescope, Eric Grieve
  • How the Night Sky Works, Kevin Pretorius
  • The Northern Circumpolar Constellations, Rory Fenner
9 Feb 16  “Celestial Navigation & Longitude”, Katherine Rusbridge (Farnham AS)
08 Mar 16 Double Billing:

  • “Galileo”, John Vines (FAS)
  • “UKMON Update”, Richard Kacarek (FAS)
12 Apr 16 “Globular Clusters”, Prof. Mark Gieles, (University of Surrey)
10 May 16  “Observing in Other Wavelengths”, Jim House (Maidenhead AS)
14 Jun 16 “Weighing Black Holes”, Prof. Martin Bureau (Oxford University)
12 Jul 16 “3×3”, 3 Short Talks by 3 FAS Members

  • “A History of Optics”, John Rees
  • “Making a Solar Filter”, Peter West
  • “Everyday Relativity”, Kevin Pretorius
09 Aug 16 “ESA & the UK”, Paul Hill (ESERO)
13 Sep 16 “Searching for Extra-Terrestrial Life:  how & why?”, Mark Rumsby (FAS)
11 Oct 16″ “Astrochemistry: Lead-up to life?” Ben Peerless, University of Sheffield
08 Nov 16 “Aurorae”, Charles Dixon (FAS)
13 Dec 16 AGM – followed by Christmas Buffet.

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.