The Croydon Astronomical Society
Updated
Lecture Programme
6th January 2010
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The Croydon Astronomical Society |
Updated |
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Lecture Programme |
6th January 2010 |
The Society is a Registered Charity, we do not make charge for admission or membership but donations to the funds are gratefully received by the "Little Grey Box" which is in evidence at all the meetings and at our Observatory.
We try to structure the meetings to appeal to astronomers of all levels from beginner to expert. They normally consist of an introductory talk by one of our members, Society News, or an Observers Section followed by the lecture from the main speaker as detailed below.
The Winter Programme (January to April 2010) is now available here
Winter Term - January 2010 to April 2010
Copies of the members version of the programme for the next term can be downloaded here. Copies of the visitors version are available here. They are similar with slightly different emphasis on information relevant to members in the members version and slightly more information on how to find us in the visitors version.
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Friday 8th January 2010 |
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Friday 22nd January 2010 |
Paul Money will take us on a trip to the Top of the World – Travelling to the North Pole by Russian Nuclear Submarine and watching an eclipse. |
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Friday 5th February 2010 |
For a change we are going to have an ‘Ask an Astronomer’ evening. To allow us to research the answers please submit your questions prior to the meeting by email to ‘AskAnAstronomer@CroydonAstro.org.uk or use the forms at the meeting. Questions are welcome on subjects from Telescopes to Cosmology. We would like you to submit your questions well before the meeting so we have time to research the answers. We will give priority to those attending the meeting so please let us know if you intend to attend. |
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Friday 19th February 2010 |
Tonight John Axtell from Guildford Astronomical Society will take a historic look at the space race when he speaks to us about ‘Sputnik in Context’ |
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Friday 5th March 2010 |
The Sun has been very quite recently but that has not stopped the research. Tonight Dr. Lucie Green from MSSL / UCL will tell us about the latest results from the Japanese Hinode Solar mission and how the UK is involved. |
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Friday 19th March 2010 |
Postponed from last term, tonight Konrad Malin-Smith will tell us all about the force that pervades the whole Universe – Gravity. It’s the glue that holds the Universe together ! |
Details of the lectures are also available on the CAS Web Calendar also accessible from the home page.
Using this calendar you can set up email or SMS text alerts to remind you of the lectures.
The member’s version will be sent by EMAIL to those members who have given us an EMAIL address (and updated the membership Secretary with any changes ! ).
If you have changed your email address, please let the secretary know. His EMAIL address can be found on our Contacts Page.
The lectures start at 19:45 and finish around 22:00
Due to events outside the Committee's control, it is not always possible to keep to the published programme. If we have sufficient notice changes to the programme will be published on the News Page on this web site, circulated to those who subscribe to the CAS discussion group Altair_B and will be announced at the previous meeting.
Contacts for more information contact :
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Paul Harper |
Chairman |
020 8251 9455 |
See details on our Contacts Page |
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Ray Bailey |
Vice - Chairman |
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See details on our Contacts Page |
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