Bromsgrove Astronomical Society

June 18th - Ann Bonnell - 'Percival Lowell & The Canals of Mars.'
2018-06-18 20:00 - 22:00 UTC

May 21st - Justin Bray - 'The High Energy Universe'
2018-05-21 20:00 - 22:00

April 16th - AGM followed by a short talk - Steve Barrett - 'The Lighter Side of Astronomy'
2018-04-16 20:00 - 22:00
A light-hearted look at astronomy and astronomers, plus some of the weird and wonderful telescopes that they use.

March 19th - Professor Ian Robson - 'Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes'
2018-03-19 20:00 - 22:00

February 19th - Dr Alan Watson - 'The Hunting of the Quark (and other fundamental particles)'
2018-02-19 20:00 - 22:00

January 15th - Dr Steve Barrett - 'Fiat Lux III'
2018-01-15 20:00 - 22:00

December 18th - Andrew Lound - 'A Fire in the Sky'
2017-12-18 20:00 - 22:30
A dramatic telling of the Tunguska event of 1908 when a fireball exploded over northern Russia. All bought up to date with the latest research.

November 20th - Mike Frost - 'Jeremiah Horrocks - A very curious astronomer'
2017-11-20 20:00 - 22:00

October 16th - Dr Steve Barrett - 'Fiat Lux II'
2017-10-16 20:00 - 22:00

September 18th - Callum Potter - 'Galaxies'
2017-09-18 20:00 - 22:00

August 21st - Dave Jones - 'New Perspectives on the Solar System'
2017-08-21 20:00 - 22:00

July 17th - Mike Leggett - 'From Salyut to the ISS'
2017-07-17 20:00 - 22:00

June 19th 2017 - Mark Gibbons - 'Johannes Kepler - Why are things as they are, and not otherwise?'
2017-06-19 20:00 - 22:00

May 15th 2017 - Dr. Colin Steele- 'Sundials - The Sky as a Clock'
2017-05-15 20:00 - 22:00

April 24th 2017 – AGM
2017-04-24 19:45 - 22:00
Annual General Meeting
Please note that this meeting has been pushed back one week to avoid Easter.
Following AGM business two short talks on our Outreach activities:-
Dave Jones will give a short general talk about what outreach is to us.
Rob Dipple – ‘ Astronomy for Cubs’ an example of one of our outreach activities.

March 20th 2017 – Astronomy Workshops
2017-03-20 19:45 - 22:00
As in previous years we will be holding a number of workshops covering astronomy techniques.

DSLR Astrophotography with and without a telescope – Andrew Butler
Image Processing – Rob Dipple
Getting the Best from your telescope – Rob Januszewski & George Carey
Learning your way round the Night Sky. Use of Planispheres and planetarium software – Sue Dipple
Webcam imaging – Chris Butler.

Dip into what ever takes your fancy.

February 20th 2017 – Dr Steve Barrett – ‘Fiat Lux’
2017-02-20 19:45 - 22:00
Dr Steve Barrett – ‘Fiat Lux’

January 16th 2017 - Dave Jones - 'Blackholes: the answer to the ultimate question?'
2017-01-16 19:45 - 22:00
Dave Jones – ‘Blackholes: the answer to the ultimate question?’

December 19th 2016 - Dr Steve Barrett - 'The Star of Bethlehem'
2016-12-19 19:45 - 22:00
Steve Barrett will give a short talk titled ‘The Star of Bethlehem’ . There will be tea, coffee and ‘Mince Pies’!

December 9th 2016 - Annual Quiz
2016-12-09 19:30 - 22:30
Once again the Inter Society Quiz will take place at Bromsgrove Rugby Club.
£6 per head to include Buffet.

Will Gater - 'The Science and Spectacle of the Northern Lights'
2016-11-21 19:45 - 22:00

Mark Gibbons - 'Tycho Brahe'
2016-10-17 19:45 - 22:00

Gary Poyner - "OJ+287 - the monster in the Crab"
2016-09-19 19:45 - 22:00

Gemma Lavender - 'Misson to Mars'
2016-08-15 19:45 - 22:00
Gemma is the deputy editor of ‘All About Space’ magazine.

Damian Peach - 'Photographic Highlights'
2016-07-18 19:45 - 22:00

Members Talks
2016-06-20 19:45 - 22:00
A selection of short talks given by club members.

Guy Hurst - 'UK Nova/Supernova Patrol:From visual to Laptop'
2016-05-16 19:45 - 22:00

AGM
2016-04-18 19:45 - 22:00

Mike Frost - 'Beneath the Shadow of the Moon'
2016-03-21 19:45 - 22:00

Dr Steve Barrett - Warping Space and Time
2016-02-15 19:45 - 22:00
