Forthcoming Events

We aim to have a guest speaker talk to the Society during the first half of each monthly meeting. We follow this with a coffee break, then members presenting their own work (photos, observation reports, sketches, etc).

We currently have the following programme of speakers :

15th March 2010	Why We Are Still Here Paul Treadaway BSc (Hons) MIET, Wadhurst Astronomical Society
19th April 2010	The Big Questions on Cosmology Dr Stephen Serjeant, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, The Open University
17th May 2010	Radio Galaxies & Quasars Anna Kapinska, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton
21st June 2010	Sir Robert Stawell Ball (The Victorian Sir Patrick Moore) Dr Mark Hurn, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge Observatories
19th July 2010	Our Never-Ending Universe: What Happened Before the Big Bang? Asa Bluck, School of Physics & Astronomy, Nottingham University
20th September 2010	Sir George Biddell Airy: Astronomer Royal 1835 to 1881 Gilbert Satterthwaite, Orpington Astronomical Society
18th October 2010	History of the Greenwich Time Service David Rooney, Curator of Transport, Science Museum London
15th November 2010	The Father of Modern Space Art: The Art of Chesley Bonestell & Destination Moon Bob Seaney, Wadhurst Astronomical Society
20th December 2010	TBA
17th January 2011	Highlights of the Apollo Program, and Members' Social Evening Rob Cray, Wadhurst Astronomical Society
21st February 2011	The Life & Times of Galileo Galilei Dr John Lawrence

Although dates are yet to be arranged, the following guests have also agreed to speak :

TBA	Astro Imaging Pete Lawrence, Sky at Night
TBA	Viking Astronomy Martin Lunn MBE, Assistant Curator of Astronomy, Yorkshire Museum

The Society holds weekly observing sessions at the Observatory, weather permitting, and all members are invited to attend on Thursday evenings at 1930hrs. If anyone wishes to do so, you are advised to phone Graham Boots (01903 505346) on the day to confirm whether it will be going ahead. It is also recommended that before your first observing session, you visit during daylight hours to familiarise yourself with the site and equipment. Again, please contact Graham to arrange this.

We also have several Star Parties planned. See the Star Parties page for more details.