| 2025 |
| 20/01/2025 |
Dave Jones |
M |
The Ice Giants |
|
| 17/03/2025 |
Dr Nick Hewitt |
G |
Edge of Darkness -an introduction to Dark Nebulae |
|
| 07/04/2025 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
AGM + 'Solar Max' |
|
|
| 2024 |
| 15/01/2024 |
Dave Jones |
M |
Asteroids |
|
| 19/02/2024 |
Gary Poyner |
G |
Stella Nova: a Long Road of Discovery |
|
| 18/03/2024 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Cosmic Rays |
|
| 15/04/2024 |
Andy Checketts |
M |
Mt. Lemmon Sky Center, Arizona |
|
| 20/05/2024 |
Ian Johnston |
G |
Men in Sheds Rocket to the Moon |
|
| 17/06/2024 |
Kieth Middleton |
G |
Voyager - The Great Explorer |
|
| 15/07/2024 |
Daisy Turner |
G |
Beyond Earth: The Search for Life on Exoplanets |
|
| 19/08/2024 |
Ingrid Pelisoli |
G |
The life and death of stars: how company can make a difference |
|
| 16/09/2024 |
Mike Frost |
G |
The Yerkes Observatory |
|
| 21/10/2024 |
Michael Morris |
G |
Observing Double Stars |
|
| 18/11/2024 |
Rob Januszewski |
M |
TBA |
|
| 16/12/2024 |
Rob Januszewski |
M |
Christmas Crackers - series of talks by members. |
|
|
| 2023 |
| 16/01/2023 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
The End of Everything |
|
| 20/02/2023 |
Dave Jones |
M |
The Planet Mercury |
|
| 20/03/2023 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
AGM followed by Tri-band Tribulations |
|
| 17/04/2023 |
University of Birmingham Space Society |
G |
Exploring the Universe:Introduction to the goals and methods of space exploration and the importance of science communication. |
|
| 15/05/2023 |
Dr Jenifer Millard |
G |
The Hidden Universe with JWST |
|
| 19/06/2023 |
Dr Leah-Nani Alconcel |
G |
Goodbye Saturn, hello Jupiter: Exploring the outer Solar System with robotic spacecraft |
|
| 17/07/2023 |
Sue & Rob Dipple |
G |
The Leviathan of Parsonstown - Lord Rosse's Telescope at Birr Castle |
|
| 21/08/2023 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Fiat Lux IV - Colour in the Cosmos |
|
| 18/09/2023 |
Mike Frost |
G |
The Pioneering Women of the BAA |
|
| 16/10/2023 |
Professor Nial Tanvir |
G |
Gamma-ray bursts - the biggest bangs in the universe |
|
| 20/11/2023 |
Michael Morris |
G |
Observing the Moon |
|
|
| 2022 |
| 17/01/2022 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Dark Matter â Why is it Dark? Does it Matter? |
V |
| 21/02/2022 |
Dave Jones |
M |
The Planet Venus: Earth's evil twin or just misunderstood. |
|
| 21/03/2022 |
Professor Nial Tanvir |
G |
The Big Bang theory in practice |
|
| 04/04/2022 |
Sue Dipple |
M |
AGM + Hamburg Observatory: The Ancestral Home of the Schmidt camera |
|
| 16/05/2022 |
Professor Chris Lintott |
G |
Where, what and who: Progress in Astronomy's Big Questions |
|
| 20/06/2022 |
Sue Dipple |
M |
Proud,Thrilled and Happy - The Women who put a Man on the Moon |
|
| 18/07/2022 |
Dr Julian Onions |
G |
Things that go Bang in the Night (Sky) |
|
| 15/08/2022 |
Dr Lee Macdonald |
G |
Kew Observatory and the Birth of Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
|
| 19/09/2022 |
Mike Frost |
G |
Against all the odds: A Patagonian Eclipse |
|
| 17/10/2022 |
Professor Amaury Triaud |
G |
The Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets |
|
| 21/11/2022 |
Dr Alan Watson |
G |
Astronomical Neutrinos and Neutrino Astronomy |
|
| 19/12/2022 |
Members |
G |
Christmas Crackers - Short Presentations by Members |
|
|
| 2021 |
| 18/01/2021 |
Dave Jones |
M |
Search for Extra- terrestrial life |
V |
| 15/02/2021 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
ABC of Galaxy Evolution |
V |
| 15/03/2021 |
Nigel Ball |
G |
Photographing the Northern Lights |
V |
| 19/04/2021 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Apollo 13 |
V |
| 17/05/2021 |
Dr Lee Macdonald |
G |
From cracked mirror to Nobel Prize: the story of the Isaac Newton Telescope |
V |
| 21/06/2021 |
Dr Davide Gerosa |
G |
Hearing the Universe with Gravitational Waves |
V |
| 19/07/2021 |
Mike Frost |
G |
Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas |
V |
| 16/08/2021 |
Dr John Davies |
G |
Sample Return Missions to Near Earth Asteroids |
V |
| 20/09/2021 |
Sue,Rob & Steve |
G |
Wild Astronomy |
|
| 18/10/2021 |
Sue Dipple |
M |
Members Night |
|
| 15/11/2021 |
Gary Poyner |
G |
Variable Stars - how and why they vary |
|
|
| 2020 |
| 20/01/2020 |
George Carey |
M |
Extra-galactic Nova Patrol |
|
| 17/02/2020 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
The Beginning of Everything |
|
| 16/03/2020 |
Dave Jones |
M |
Cancelled Covid-19 - Birth of the Solar System |
C |
| 20/04/2020 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Cancelled Covid-19 - Apollo 13 |
C |
| 18/05/2020 |
Nigel Ball |
G |
Cancelled Covid-19 - Photographing the Northern Lights |
C |
| 15/06/2020 |
Martin Braddock |
G |
Cancelled Covid-19 - Countdown to Mars - Challenges for long duration space travel & colonisation |
C |
| 15/06/2020 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Just a Second |
V |
| 20/07/2020 |
David Shayler |
G |
Cancelled Covid-19 - The ISS-From Here to There |
C |
| 20/07/2020 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Unidentified Flying Objects |
V |
| 17/08/2020 |
Dr Lee Macdonald |
G |
The History of the Isaac Newton Telescope |
C |
| 17/08/2020 |
Dave Jones |
M |
Birth of the Solar System |
V |
| 21/09/2020 |
Mike Frost |
G |
Gerhana Mata Hari |
V |
| 19/10/2020 |
Dr Paul A Daniels |
G |
The Megaconstellation Threat |
V |
| 16/11/2020 |
Peter Williamson |
G |
The Sun and How it Works |
V |
| 21/12/2020 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Science of Santa |
V |
|
| 2019 |
| 21/01/2019 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Eclipse of the Sun |
|
| 18/02/2019 |
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
G |
Transient Astronomy, Bursts, Bangs and Things that go Bump in the Night |
|
| 18/03/2019 |
Peter Williamson |
G |
Astrophotography with Public Access Telescopes |
|
| 20/05/2019 |
Justin Bray |
G |
Astronomy in the Fast Lane - Cosmic Rays and Other Sources of Fast Pulses |
|
| 17/06/2019 |
Michael Bryce |
G |
Celebrating Apollo: 50 Years Since the First Moon Landing |
|
| 15/07/2019 |
Richard Hendey |
G |
Earth to Quasars |
|
| 19/08/2019 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
The Great Moon Hoax |
|
| 16/09/2019 |
Nigel Ball |
G |
Nightscape Photography |
|
| 21/10/2019 |
Dr Sean McGee |
G |
From Early Ripples to The Milky Way â The Evolution of Galaxies. |
|
| 18/11/2019 |
Peter Jenkins |
G |
Deep Sky Astrophotography |
|
| 16/12/2019 |
Mike Frost |
G |
An Arctic Eclipse |
|
|
| 2018 |
| 15/01/2018 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Fiat Lux III |
|
| 19/02/2018 |
Dr Alan Watson |
G |
The Hunting of the Quark (and other fundamental particles) |
|
| 19/03/2018 |
Professor Ian Robson |
G |
Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes |
|
| 16/04/2018 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
The Lighter Side of Astronomy |
|
| 21/05/2018 |
Justin Bray |
G |
The High Energy Universe |
|
| 18/06/2018 |
Ann Bonell |
G |
Percival Lowell & The Canals of Mars |
|
| 16/07/2018 |
Richard Hendey |
G |
Tycho toPicard ( Moon Walk ) |
|
| 20/08/2018 |
Dave Jones |
M |
Radio Astronomy |
|
| 17/09/2018 |
Rob Januszewski |
M |
An Amateur Research Programme |
|
| 15/10/2018 |
Callum Potter |
G |
Globuler Cluster - Galactic Fossils |
|
| 19/11/2018 |
Gary Poyner |
G |
Variable Stars around the Perseus Cluster |
|
| 17/12/2018 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
200 at 70 |
|
|
| 2017 |
| 16/01/2017 |
Dave Jones |
M |
Blackholes: the answer to the ultimate question |
|
| 20/02/2017 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Fiat Lux |
|
| 15/05/2017 |
Dr Colin Steele |
G |
Sundials - The Sky as a Clock |
|
| 19/06/2017 |
Mark Gibbons |
G |
Johannes Kepler - Why are things as they are, and not otherwise? |
|
| 17/07/2017 |
Mike Leggett |
G |
From Salyut to the ISS |
|
| 21/08/2017 |
Dave Jones |
M |
New Perspectives on the Solar System |
|
| 18/09/2017 |
Callum Potter |
G |
Galaxies |
|
| 16/10/2017 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Fiat Lux II |
|
| 20/11/2017 |
Mike Frost |
G |
Jeremiah Horrocks - A very curious astronomer |
|
| 18/12/2017 |
Andrew Lound |
G |
A Fire in the Sky |
|
|
| 2016 |
| 15/02/2016 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Warping Space and Time |
|
| 21/03/2016 |
Mike Frost |
G |
Beneath the Shadow of the Moon |
|
| 16/05/2016 |
Guy Hurst |
G |
UK Nova/Supernova Patrol:From visual to Laptop |
|
| 18/07/2016 |
Damian Peach |
G |
Photographic Highlights |
|
| 15/08/2016 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Ramble Through the Night Sky |
|
| 19/09/2016 |
Gary Poyner |
G |
OJ+287 - The Monster in the Crab |
|
| 17/10/2016 |
Mark Gibbons |
G |
Tycho Brahe |
|
| 21/11/2016 |
Will Gater |
G |
The Science and Spectacle of the Northern Lights |
|
| 19/12/2016 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
The Star of Bethlehem |
|
|
| 2015 |
| 16/03/2015 |
Damian Peach |
G |
The Giant Planet Jupiter |
|
| 18/05/2015 |
Mike Frost |
G |
The Arms of Buddah |
|
| 20/07/2015 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope |
|
| 17/08/2015 |
Mark Gibbons |
G |
Beyond Neptune |
|
| 21/09/2015 |
Dr Julian Onions |
G |
Galaxies - 1 gigayear at a time |
|
| 19/10/2015 |
Guy Hurst |
G |
Transients of the Night Sky |
|
| 16/11/2015 |
Dr Gabby Proven |
G |
A Demonstration of Aurora Planterrella |
|
|
| 2014 |
| 17/03/2014 |
Mike Frost |
G |
The Green Flash |
|
| 19/05/2014 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Dark Matter â Why is it Dark? Does it Matter? |
|
| 16/06/2014 |
Mike Merrifield |
G |
21st Century Telescopes |
|
| 21/07/2014 |
David Whitehouse |
G |
Galileo - The Real Story |
|
| 18/08/2014 |
Dr Frazer Clarke |
G |
Why Size always Matters |
|
| 15/09/2014 |
Malcolm Mitchell |
G |
Magnetism of the Planets & The Sun |
|
| 20/10/2014 |
Callum Potter |
G |
Globular Clusters - Galactic fossils |
|
| 17/11/2014 |
Dr Mike Leggett |
G |
The Apollo Years |
|
| 15/12/2014 |
Paul Money |
G |
Images of the Universe |
|
|
| 2013 |
| 21/01/2013 |
Mark Gibbons |
G |
Has Saturn eaten his own children? |
|
| 18/03/2013 |
Professor Philippa Browning |
G |
Our Active Sun |
|
| 20/05/2013 |
Bob Marriott |
G |
The Silver on Glass Revolution |
|
| 15/07/2013 |
Gary Poyner |
G |
Historical Novae |
|
| 19/08/2013 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
The ABC of Stellar Evolution |
|
| 16/09/2013 |
Mike Frost |
G |
Rainbows |
|
| 21/10/2013 |
Sue Dipple |
M |
My Journey Through the Galaxy |
|
| 18/11/2013 |
Bob Myzon |
G |
Ten Targets for Light Polluted Areas |
|
| 23/12/2013 |
Andrew Lound |
G |
To see the beginning of Time |
|
|
| 2012 |
| 16/01/2012 |
Roger Pickard |
G |
Stellar Evolution (Part 1) |
|
| 19/03/2012 |
Roger Dymock |
G |
Asteroids and Beyond - A Personal Journey |
|
| 18/06/2012 |
Dr Nick Hewitt |
G |
Exploring the Shapes of Planetary Nebula |
|
| 16/07/2012 |
Dr Martin Griffiths |
G |
Charles Messier & his Objects |
|
| 20/08/2012 |
Rob Dipple |
M |
Basic Image Processing |
|
| 17/09/2012 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
The Beginning of Everything |
|
| 19/11/2012 |
Michael Morris |
G |
Webcam Imaging - Equipment & Capture |
|
|
| 2011 |
| 17/01/2011 |
Rob Januszewski |
M |
Variable Star Observing |
|
| 21/02/2011 |
Sheridan Williams |
G |
Fascinating Facts about Solar Eclipses |
|
| 21/03/2011 |
Geoff Mansfield |
G |
The Antikythera Device |
|
| 20/06/2011 |
Rob Januszewski |
M |
35 Years an Astronomer |
|
| 18/07/2011 |
Guy Hurst |
G |
Comets - Visitors to the Solar System |
|
| 15/08/2011 |
Michael Morris |
G |
Observing the Planets |
|
| 19/09/2011 |
Nik Szymanek |
G |
Photographing the Night Sky |
|
| 21/11/2011 |
William Edmondson |
G |
How to Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence |
|
|
| 2010 |
| 15/02/2010 |
Martyn Filsak |
G |
Aurora in the UK |
|
| 17/05/2010 |
Dr Mike Leggett |
G |
Pluto & The Outer Solar System |
|
| 21/06/2010 |
Chris Baddiley |
G |
Light Pollution and the Blight of Stray Light |
|
| 16/08/2010 |
Dr Steve Barrett |
M |
Two for one! 'The Great Moon Hoax' and 'The Astrophotographers 'Tracker' |
|
| 20/09/2010 |
Chris Livingstone |
G |
Beneath Southern Skies |
|
| 15/11/2010 |
Nick Hart |
G |
A Handful of Stars |
|
|
| 2009 |
| 16/02/2009 |
Gary Poyner |
G |
Variable Stars - how and why they vary |
|
| 18/05/2009 |
Dr Nick Hewitt |
G |
Deep Sky Observing Projects |
|
| 15/06/2009 |
Roger Pickard |
G |
Making & recording Observations |
|
| 17/08/2009 |
Ann Bonell |
G |
Ladies of the Night |
|
| 20/09/2009 |
Paul Edwards |
G |
How I discovered the 9th Planet |
|
| 16/11/2009 |
Mike Frost |
G |
? |
|
| 21/12/2009 |
Andrew Lound |
G |
Uranus - George's Planet |
|
|
| 2008 |
| 17/11/2008 |
Alan Wells |
G |
The Moon |
|
| 15/12/2008 |
John Dee |
G |
Planetary Imaging |
|
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| G/M - G - Guest Speaker, M - Society Member. |
| Status - C - Cancelled, V - Virtual |
