Programme for 2008
   

Month Date Speaker Topic/Subject
January 11 Dr Christopher Gordon State of the Universe
February 08 Professor Tim Sumner Dark Matter and the Boulby Project
March 14 Members Meeting Members Meeting
April 11 Ann Bonell Edwin Hubble
May 09 Dr Mike Leggett Pluto and the outer solar system.
June 13 AGM AGM
July 11 Nick Szymanek An introduction to Image Processing.
August 08 Sam George Galaxies and Largest Structures in the Universe
September 10 Birdingbury Booking Out of town meeting in Birdingbury,  Rugby.
October 12 Mike Edmunds AntiKythera Mechanism
November 14 Dr Alan Ball Near Earth Objects
December 14 Members Meeting Members Meeting
December 07 HINCKLEY AS QUIZ NIGHT


More Astronomy Web Sites

  Orion Optics
  Broadhurst Clarkson & Fuller LTD
  The Astronomer
  Astronomy
  Sky & Telescope
  Astronomy Now
  Amateur Telescope Making
  University of St Andrews
  CCD camera from Rockingham Instruments
  Web camera and other astroparts
  Observatories and pedestal mounts



RedShift 5.1 Deluxe Edition from RedShift 5.1 Delux Edition
This is not just a planetarium but has many multimedia files for the budding astronomer as well as the more experienced.


QuickCam and Unusual  Astronomical Imaging Group 
www.qcuiag.co.uk

 Artificial Satellites
 The British Astronomical Association
 Society for Popular Astronomy
 The Webb Society

The Society for Popular  Astronomy http://www.popastro.com


 Comet and Meteor information
 Minor Planets
 Variable Stars
 Atmospheric Phenomena
 Picture of the Day
 Equipment
  Supernova

Some useful Mars web sites.
Nasa has released 2000 plus images of Mars (23/5/2000) http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/
www.mgcm.arc.nasa.gov/
www.astroleague.org/marswatch/
Mars 2003 apparition (a very good source of imformation)http://members.rogers.com/ggaherty/marstoolkit.htm
 

Some web sites devoted to Pluto are;
www.lpl.arizona.edu/pluto
http://dosxx.colorada.edu/plutohome
 

Spacecraft to Pluto
 www.jpl.nasa.gov/pluto/

Keeping an eye on the Planets www.lpl.arizona.edu


Other Usefull Astro Sites


Jodrell Bank Observatory

Tacking the IST (International Space Station) Heavens Above
Keeping an eye on what the sun is doing Space Watch
Comets for this month Comets Comets
11 thousand Astro sites listed Astronomy Yellow pages
Astronomy dictionary Zoom Zoom
Astronomy Software Download
Knowle  Astronomical Society
Daily email on astronomical events such as satellite passes and meteor showers that can be observed from their location. http://www.sky-watch.com
ICT selection of science web sites

Two particularly good web sites to keep you up to date on astronomical happenings are:-
www.heavensabove.com.
www.spaceweather.com. This site offers the facility of keeping you up to date via your e-mail address
.

Other astronomical delights.

    Astronomy picture(s) of the day http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/archivepix.html

This link should help to keep you informed as to when the Aurora could be visible from your location.

JUST IN Other astronomy meetings and links. Posted 24.4.2002

The Electric Universe.  Is the Big Bang DEAD ?
 


Got any thoughts on the Nativity Star ?  take a look here http://www.starintheeast.com

The Universe Today.See what is new in the Universe Today.


Light Pollution. 
Your help is needed to fight this ever encroaching menace.
It won't go away without your support.

Did you catch the Channel 4 news about light pollution on Sunday 9th April 2006 ?
You can view it here.

Want to support the camgaign for dark skies ?
try here BBC Action Network
  You have to join first then you can vote.


The fight against light pollution gets a boost
Sky and Telescope pages

Are you Light Pollution aware ?Click here to find out more

For Information, here is the International Dark Sky Association home pages http://www.darksky.org/

For Information, here is the BAA Campaign for Dark Skies http://www.dark-skies.org/

CfDS you can find here  http://www.britastro.org/dark-skies/fullindex.html?1O



 
 

Home PageFrosty's Stories and QuizesThis years event calendar and links (dont forgetto check out the "JUST IN PAGE")This months night sky notesThis months night sky mapLight polution nightmareMembers images 35mm film & CCD updated 17.07.02News etc just come in. Updated 07.11.2003

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