The next meeting will be on Wednesday 30-Oct-2019.
Our
guest speaker will be Professor Philippa Browning, of the University of Manchester, who will speak about Solar Flares: The biggest explosions in the Solar System.
Meetings start at 7:30 P.M. at the usual venue, the Burley Memorial Hall, Waverton, CH3 7QN
Friday, 4 October 2019
Sunday, 15 September 2019
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
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
Friday, 23 August 2019
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 14th 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.
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.
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
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
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
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