Thursday 31 January 2013

Long Service

The society wish to thank two ladies for their long service on the committee.

Maureen Layzell has served on the committee for 28 years, 25 as treasurer. Stella Brookes has done 36 years on the committee during which she did 10 as secretary.

Very well done, and thank you both.

Wednesday 30 January 2013

NEXT MEETING

 Wednesday 27th February
“Studying the Extremes of Physics with Pulsars”
Dr. Ben Stappers (University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank)

Full programme here.

AGM++

Tonight was our AGM which was wonderfully concise. All the business was done and there was no waffle! Subscriptions remain the same as last year at £13 (£7 for concessions, under 16s are free).

This was followed by Richard Sargent giving us his excellent survey of the astronomical year ahead. Many thanks.

Friday 18 January 2013

2013 Programme


All meetings are on the last Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm.

Wednesday 30th January
 AGM plus talk
Richard Sargent (Chester AS)

 Wednesday 27th February
“Studying the Extremes of Physics with Pulsars”
Dr. Ben Stappers (University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank)

Wednesday 27th March
"Gamma Ray Bursts"
Dr. Francisco Virgili (Liverpool John Moores University)

Wednesday 24th April
"Galaxies and Dark Matter"
Dr. Phil James (Liverpool John Moores University)

Wednesday 29th May
Members Night

Wednesday 26th June
"Planetary Magnetism"
 Dr. Richard Holme (University of Liverpool)

Wednesday 31st July
"The Messenger & Dawn Missions"
Prof. Lionel Wilson (Lancaster University)

There is NO MEETING in August

Wednesday 25th September
"The Evolution of the Solar System"
Prof. Jamie Gilmour (University of Manchester)

Wednesday 30th October
"Weather on the Planets"
Dr. Grant Allen (University of Manchester)

Wednesday 27th November
"Amateur Spectroscopy"
Rob Johnson (Liverpool AS)

There is NO MEETING in December