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.

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.

Photograph Album.

We now have the means to post pictures online for the world to see.

Anyone may view them here!

Members who have the login details for the account may put pictures up to be viewed.You will need Google Picasa software which is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux for free. You will find it here.

Mars

Endeavour crater photographed by the Opportunity rover last month.

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