NEXT MEETING

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 25th July at 7.30 pm. The speaker will be Dr Ed Daw, and he will be speaking on the fascinating subject of Gravitational Waves.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Dr Allan Chapman

Last Friday's lecture with Dr Chapman was a riveting account of the history of the Royal Society, with particular consideration given to the role of the early astronomers among them. Dr Chapman was on his usual top form!

NEXT MEETING

Our next meeting is on FRIDAY May 18th at 7.30. The Speaker is Dr. Allan Chapman. His subject will be "The History of the Royal Society".

Please note that this is not the usual day for our meetings!

FOR SALE - Chester AS Telescopes

All members please note, the Society has decided to sell all four of the telescopes we are currently holding for members loan use. Reason for sale "no one ever uses them" and because they are not particularly user friendly.

For members to view sale items, Click here.

There are the 4 Scopes for sale.
The sale will be run on an Auction Basis at Hatton Farm, (Time & Date to be Announced) Highest Bidder Gets It!!

Planets Galore!

Last night's meeting was an excellent summary of where the search for planets outside our solar system is so far. Professor Rob Jeffries spoke about the techniques for finding exoplanets, what has been discovered so far and the hopes for the future.

The following websites may be of interest:

Exoplanets
WASP