Bromsgrove Astronomical Society

April 24th 2017 – AGM
2017-04-24 19:45 - 22:00 UTC
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.

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

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

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

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

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

November 20th - Mike Frost - 'Jeremiah Horrocks - A very curious astronomer'
2017-11-20 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.

January 15th - Dr Steve Barrett - 'Fiat Lux III'
2018-01-15 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

March 19th - Professor Ian Robson - 'Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes'
2018-03-19 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.

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

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

July 16th - Richard Hendey - 'Tycho to Picard ( Moon Walk )
2018-07-16 20:00

August 20th - Dave Jones - 'Radio Astronomy'
2018-08-20 20:00 - 22:00

September 17th - Rob Januszewski - 'An Amateur Research Programme'
2018-09-17 20:00

October 15th -Callum Potter - 'Globular Clusters - Galactic Fossils'
2018-10-15 20:00 - 22:00

November - 19th Gary Poyner - ‘Variable Stars around the Perseus Cluster’
2018-11-19 20:00 - 22:00

December 17th Steve Barrett - '200 at 70'
2018-12-17 20:00 - 22:00
The 200″ Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain has been in operation for the past 70 years. This is the story of its design and construction.

January 21st Dr Steve Barrett - 'Eclipse of the Sun'
2019-01-21 08:00 - 17:00

February 18th - Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - 'Transient Astronomy, Bursts, Bangs and Things that go Bump in the Night'
2019-02-18 20:00 - 22:00

March 18th Peter Williamson - ‘Astrophotography with Public Access Telescopes’
2019-03-18 20:00 - 22:00

April 1st - Next Informal Meeting
2019-04-01 19:30 - 22:00

AGM - Followed by short talks by members
2019-04-15 20:00 - 22:00

Next Informal Meeting
2019-05-06 19:00 - 22:00, 2019-06-03 19:00 - 22:00

Outreach - Catshill Beavers
2019-05-07 18:30 - 19:30
Between 18:00 and 18:15 to set up.

Justin Bray - 'Astronomy in the Fast Lane - Cosmic Rays and Other Sources of Fast Pulses'
2019-05-20 20:00 - 22:00
