FAS’ Convention and AGM: 14-Sep-19

The Federation of Astronomical Societies are holding their annual Convention and AGM at the Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, from 9:45am on 14^th September: event details and a link to buy tickets are available online at http://fedastro.org.uk/fas/convention/convention-2019 (members of FAS member societies £8, Non-members £10 and £4 for all under-16s). A limited number of tickets will also be available at the door if there are any left from the online sales – check the website the day before to see how many are left.

Programme:

• Dr Mark Clilverd – “Solar storm effects on ground-based infrastructures”British Antarctic Survey, Winner of the RAS 2019 James Dungey Lectureship
• Dr Richard Ghail – “New insights from our closest Earth-sized exoplanet: Venus”
  Royal Holloway College, London
• Jenny Lister – “Astronomy for all: its place in education”
  Primary School Teacher, Winner of the RAS 2018 Patrick Moore Medal for Education
• Dr Floor van Leeuwen – “Details of the HR diagram as revealed by the second Gaia data release”
  Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
• Prof Carlos Frenk – “Everything from nothing: how our universe was made”Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University,
  Winner of the RAS 2014 Gold Medal for Astronomy

Also:

• Lunchtime tours of the Northumberland and Thorrowgood telescopes
• Lunchtime tours of the Cavendish Museum
• Trade stands
• Lots of free car parking at the IoA
• Free tea/coffee/biscuits throughout the day

EGM 5-Sep-19: New Constitution

Chester Astronomical Society will be holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on 5-Sep-19 with a view to adopting a new Constitution for the Society.  No other business may be discussed during the meeting.

Members of the Society will be able to vote on the adoption of the new Constitution;  members of the public may attend but are not permitted to vote.

The meeting will start promptly at 7:30 P.M. at the usual venue, the Burley Memorial Hall, Waverton, CH3 7QN.

Next Meeting: Wednesday 25-Sep-2019

The next meeting will be on Wednesday 25-Sep-2019.

Our guest speaker will be Mr. Gary Poyner F.R.A.S, of the B.A.A, who will speak about The Monster in The Crab.

Meetings start at 7:30 P.M. at the usual venue, the Burley Memorial Hall, Waverton, CH3 7QN