Speaker Programme 2020

Our speaker programme for 2020 is as follows:

Date Title Speaker
Tue
14 Jan 20
ExoMars 2020 – the Hunt for Life on Mars Prof. Andrew Coates,
UCL Dept. of Space & Climate Physics
Tue
11 Feb 20
Astrospectroscopy… where pretty pictures end and science starts Steve Baker
Tue
10 Mar 20
Astronomy Using Tablets and Smartphones Dr Lilian Hobbs
Tue
14 Apr 20
The History of Longitude at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (Rescheduled due to lockdown) Greg Smye-Rumsby
Astronomy Now, Royal Observatory Greenwich
Tue
12 May 20
James Webb Space Telescope Charles Dixon
Tue
09 Jun 20
The History of Longitude at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Greg Smye-Rumsby
Astronomy Now, Royal Observatory Greenwich
Tue
14 Jul 20
Is Earth Special? Prof. David Waltham,
Royal Holloway, University of London
Tue
11 Aug 20
Asteroseismology – The music of the stars Dr Giovanni Mirouh,
Tue
08 Sep 20
Practical Observing: Mars
Long Duration Gamma Ray Flares
Steve Woodbridge
Kevin Pretorius
Tue
13 Oct 20
Astronomical Observation – from the Human Eye to the JWST David Lewis
Tue
10 Nov 20
Lost Worlds of the Solar System Prof. Hilary Downes,
Birkbeck College, University of London
Tue
08 Dec 20
AGM

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

Image top-right: JWST Full Scale Model, cropped from an original image by James Webb Space Telescope downloaded from  www.flickr.com and shared under a creative commons licence viewable at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/