Programme Changes

The programmes for the June and July meetings have now been fixed.

Details can be found in the 2015 Programme.

ECLIPSE News

Members of Chester Astronomical Society will be outside Chester town hall from about 8.30 AM to view the eclipse.  Members of the public are most welcome to join them.

Special viewing glasses and equipment will be available to allow safe viewing.

This is a historical occasion as a similar eclipse was viewed from the same location over 100 years ago.

Eclipse - 20th March

2015 Programme

Wednesday 28th January
Astronomical Events of 2015   
Richard Sargent   (Chester Astronomical Society)

Wednesday 25th February
Cosmology   
Professor Sarah Bridle   (University of Manchester)

Wednesday 25th March
The Zodiacal Cloud
Dr Mark Jones   (Open University)

Wednesday 29th April
Historical Novae
Mr Gary Poyner   (British Astronomical Association)

Wednesday 27th May
A census of dust in early-type galaxies from Herschel and ground-based surveys
Dr Anne Sansom   (University of Central Lancashire)

Wednesday 24th June
Planetary Imaging using a One-Shot Colour Camera                     ***   Confirmed.   ***
Kevin Wildgoose   (Shropshire Astronomical Society)

Wednesday 29th July   
Planets and Pulsations                                                                     ***   Confirmed.   ***
Professor Don Kurtz   (University of Central Lancashire)

August
No Meeting       

Wednesday 30th September
The Space Shipping Forecast – The Sun and Space Weather
Professor Phillipa Browning   (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics)

Wednesday 28th October
Dark Matter
Ros Flinn   (Chester Astronomical Society)

Wednesday 25th November
"Shooting while you Sleep – Modern Methods for Detecting and Analysing Meteors"
Mr. William Stewart   (British Astronomical Association)

December
No Meeting       

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