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Notice of Next Meeting
Our next monthly meeting:
- Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Time:19h00 for 19h30
- Presenter: Dimitri Veras
- Topic: Exo-Planets: Famous Firsts, Boisterous Births, and Destructive Deaths.
- Location: Zoom Meeting 816 7479 5682
- Book a spot via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or send a e-mail to receive the password.
Picnic under the Stars
Our next Picnic under the Stars:
- Date: Saturday, 24 October (Weather permitting.)
- Time: 19h00 – 22h00
- Location: Monte Casino, Piazzo Area, near the Teattro.
- Topic: The Moon and Mars, you are welcome to bring a telescope.
- Please Note: Due to Covid Level 1 restrictions, please ensure that you are wearing a mask at all times and practice social distancing and hygiene. No food or drink may be brought onto the premises, but there are restaurants in the centre. There is no security so the safety of your belongings and equipment is your own responsibility.
Please see our facebook page for more information or cancellations and to book your Spot
Events
- Lecturer: Gill Jacobs
- Topic: Introduction to Astronomy Lectures Series
- Location: Zoom Meeting
- Date:
Lecture 2: June 24 @ 19h30
Lecture 3: July 1 @ 19h30
Lecture 4: July 8 @ 18h30
Lecture 5: July 15 @ 19h30
Lecture 6: July 22 @ 19h30
For login details, book a spot via Facebook or send an email to
Astronomy.com
- NASA just rejected missions to Jupiter's and Neptune's moons. Here's what we would have found out.
- Medical emergencies in space: Is private space tourism ready for a worst case scenario?
- Jeff Bezos and brother will fly to space during Blue Origins' first crewed trip
- NASA to return to Venus with two missions by 2030
- Snapshot: Curiosity sees glowing clouds on Mars
- The Sky This Week: A ring of fire eclipse
- Review: Woman in Motion shows how Nichelle Nichols transformed NASA
- Review: Woman in Motion shows how Nichelle Nichols transformed NASA
- Solar eclipse 2021: Great ready for a "ring of fire" on June 10
- Ask Astro: What would the Milky Way look like from the Andromeda Galaxy?
- DNA-based detector helps scientists hunt for dark matter
- Celestron’s StarSense Explorer
- First evidence of cell membrane molecules in space
- Snapshot: A spiral galaxy being picked apart
- The Sky This Week: A conjunction of Venus and Mercury
Space.com
- How NASA's Apollo Astronauts Went to the Moon
- Why the Lunar Module Looked So Much Like a Moon Bug
- Could NASA Build the Famous Saturn V Today? It's Working on It, with a Twist
- At Solar System's Edge, NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Copes with Reduced Power
- In Photos: Soyuz Rocket Launches Russia's Meteor M2-2 Weather Satellite on Rideshare Mission
- Voyager 2 Transformed Our Ideas of Jupiter's Moons 40 Years Ago
- Surface Rupture from Ridgecrest Earthquake Spotted from Space (Photo)
- Saturn's Rings Shine Extra Bright This July: How to Catch Them
- SpaceX's Starhopper Prototype to Make 1st Untethered Hop Soon, Musk Says
- NASA's 'Green' Fuel Satellite Passes Its First Test
- July Full Moon 2019: 'Thunder Moon' Lunar Eclipse Meets Saturn in the Night Sky
- NASA Announces a Dozen Science and Tech Experiments to Scout the Moon
- India Gearing Up to Launch 2nd Moon Mission This Weekend
- LightSail 2 Beams 1st Photos Home from Orbit! How to Track the Little Satellite.
- Telescope Teamwork Reveals Gas Dwarf Planet's Atmosphere
Universe Today
- Whether They’re Stellar-Mass or Supermassive, Black Holes Behave Pretty Much the Same Way
- The Universe is Constantly Bathing you in Radiation. Incredibly, This Could be Used for Medical Diagnosis
- Astronomers Confirm the Existence of Magnetic Waves in the Sun’s Photosphere
- Planets may Start Forming Before the Star is Even Finished
- Scientist sees deep meaning in black holes after Event Horizon Telescope’s triumph
- Researchers Simulate the Formation of the Oort Cloud
- Time to Update Your Desktop Wallpaper With This Perfect Spiral Galaxy: NGC 691
- Clever Trick Used to Clean off InSight’s Solar Panels and Boost its Power
- Star Formation Begins When Clouds of Gas Crash Into Each Other
- New Technique to Search for Life, Whether or not it’s Similar to Earth Life
- Next up, Juno has Ganymede in its Sights
- What Would It Take To See Artificial Lights at Proxima Centauri B?
- New Mosaic Shows the Galactic Core From Opposite Sides of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Another Delay for Webb, But This Time it’s Because of the Rocket, Not the Telescope
- What Comes After Photographing a Black Hole's Event Horizon? Could we see the Photon Ring?
British Astronomical Association
- The Future of the Courtyard Societies at Burlington House
- Partial Solar Eclipse 10 June 2021: viewing it safely
- VSS Circular for June 2021
- Microlensing Search for Exoplanets
- George Alcock Memorial Lecture - Webinar - Wed 26 May
- BAA Observer’s Challenge : Observing/Imaging Mercury May 2021
- Campaign to observe the (very) frequently outbursting dwarf nova CG Dra
- Pete and Paul’s Observing Challenges for 2021
- BAA Winchester Webinar - Saturday 10th April
- BAA Spring Webinars
- Bright Nova in Cassiopeia!
- Deep Sky Section Annual Meeting/Webinar - March 6
- Potential meteorite fall near Cheltenham
- BAA Observer’s Challenge : The Messier Marathon 2021
- BAA Solar Section Webinar - Today at 2pm
