Astronomers have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the "habitable zone" around a star not unlike our own.
The rest of the article, from the BBC, is here.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Earth's Twin discovered?
The rest of the article, from the BBC, is here.
Sunday, 4 December 2011
2012 Programme
Wednesday 25th
January
A.G.M. followed by an over view of 2012 events.
Wednesday 29th
February
Prof. David Walker - Mirror Fabrication for the 42m European
E.L.T.
Wednesday 28th
March
Prof. Rob. Jeffries - New discoveries in exoplanetary systems.
Wednesday 25th
April
Prof. Ian Morison - Proving Einstein Right.
Friday 18th
May
Dr Allan Chapman - Title to be confirmed.
Wednesday 27th
June
Peter Shah - A View of the Universe from my Garden Shed.
Wednesday 25th July
Dr
Ed Daw - Gravitational Waves.
August - NO MEETING
Wednesday 26th
September
Prof A Zijlstra - Planetary Nebulae of the Galactic Bulge.
Wednesday 31st
October
Members’ Night
Wednesday 28th
November
Dr Jim Wild - Weathering Solar Storms.
December - NO MEETING
No meeting in December.
Please note that the society does not meet in December. Our next meeting is the AGM on January 25th at 7.30 pm. (The date in the newsletter is wrong!)
3D Astronomy
After a last minute change of plan, last Wednesday saw society member Richard Sargent give an interesting talk on 3D astronomy. He had lots of 3D pictures which we had to view using 3D glasses. We must have looked a sight!
Some of the pictures I had difficulty focussing (possibly because I wear normal glasses as well), but some were superb. It felt at times that we were standing on the surface of the moon or Mars.
A very interesting and unusual presentation.
Some of the pictures I had difficulty focussing (possibly because I wear normal glasses as well), but some were superb. It felt at times that we were standing on the surface of the moon or Mars.
A very interesting and unusual presentation.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Superb Lecture
Dr Sandy Donnachie (University of Manchester) gave an excellent lecture on the Large Hadron Collider, covering such matters as the theories being investigated (not least the Higgs Boson), the construction of the LHC, and the results so far. Everything was very clear, even is the subject was, to quote one listener, 'mind-boggling'.
On a separate theme, Dr Donnachie finished by discussing the results from Cern that suggest neutrinos are moving faster than light.
On a separate theme, Dr Donnachie finished by discussing the results from Cern that suggest neutrinos are moving faster than light.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
New session off to an excellent start
The first meeting after the summer break was given by Chester AS member Dr. Jeremy Shears. He gave a biographical talk on the life of little known Belgian amateur astronomer Felix de Roy which included much hard science on variable stars, something de Roy researched enthusiastically.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Photograph Album.
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
2011 Programme
Sept 28th - Felix de Roy: a Life of Variable Stars
Dr Jeremy Shears, Chester AS
October 26th - The Large Hadron Collider - the Machine and Physics
Dr Sandy Donnachie, University of Manchester
November 30th - Big Bangs and Black Holes
Prof Carole Mundell, Liverpool John Moores University
No meeting in December
All meetings begin at 7.30 pm
Dr Jeremy Shears, Chester AS
October 26th - The Large Hadron Collider - the Machine and Physics
Dr Sandy Donnachie, University of Manchester
November 30th - Big Bangs and Black Holes
Prof Carole Mundell, Liverpool John Moores University
No meeting in December
All meetings begin at 7.30 pm
Directions
Chester Astronomical Society meets at Burley Memorial Hall, Waverton, CH3 7QN.
The location is shown on Streetmap here.
The location is shown on Streetmap here.
Directions to the Burley Memorial Hall, Waverton
From the North:
M56 Junction 15. Head for Chester. M53 becomes A55.At junction of A51 leave A55 up slip road and follow signs for Whitchurch A41. Pick up A41 Whitchurch at the cross roads with traffic lights (filter left).
At the next set of
traffic lights stay on A41 South following signs for Waverton. After
the about 2 miles pass a petrol station on the left, and after
about 300 metres turn left into Moor Lane.
Straight
on at the next cross roads along Common Lane (passing Waverton
Primary School on your left) continue for about ¾ mile, then just
before St. Peter's Church turn left. The
Burley Hall is the new building on the left. There is a car
park next to the hall.
From the South:
A41
Whitchurch to Chester. About 1¼ miles after the old 'Power
Mowers site (RHS) and before the Black Dog pub, turn
right into Quarry Lane for Hargrave & Huxley. At the 'T'
junction turn right (Village Road). 300 yards on and just before
St. Peter's Church turn left.
The Burley Hall is the
new building on the left. There is a car park next to the hall.
Thursday, 28 July 2011
First Post
This is to be the web site for the Chester Astronomical Society, Chester, UK.
It is very much a work in progress, but should be up and running properly in the next few weeks.
It is very much a work in progress, but should be up and running properly in the next few weeks.
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