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2007/2008 Programme

28 Apr 2008  
Richard Beare "Exploring the Night Sky without a Telescope" (Using the Sloan Digital Survey)
2 June 2008
 
Dr. Edward Gomez "Chaos in the Solar System"
   
7 July 2008 7th KAS Annual General Meeting plus members contributions.
John Downing and Mike McDonald will present short pieces on observing, astro-imaging and equipment, whilst Phil Green will present a short piece on an astronomical clock.
   
Aug 2008 No Meeting
   
1 Sept 2008  

David Bowdley and
Daniel Duggan

"I Don't Believe It" - a look at our knowledge of Earth and space
   
6 Oct 2008  
Nigel Foster "Parallax and Paradox" - pre-20th Century cosmology
   
3 Nov 2008  
Dr David Whitehouse "Who Really Invented the Telescope?"
   
1 Dec 2008  
Dr Somak Raychaudhury "Black Holes to Dark Energy"
   
Mon Apr 5th 2009  
  Social evening plus 'Tools of the astronomers trade', including short talks by Darren Imrie on "Spectroscopy" and Mark Wright on "Apollo 8"
   
Mon 2 February 2009  
Dr Lucie Green "Understanding the Sun" - latest results from the Hinode and STEREO missions
   
Mon 2 March 2009  
Dr Andy Newsam "Probing the Core of Andromeda"
   
Mon 6 April 2009  
Dr Chris Lintott "Galaxy Zoo"
   
Mon 27 April 2009  
Dr Alastair Gunn "Jodrell Bank and the Space Race"
   
Mon 1 June 2009  
Prof Mike Cruise "The Search for Gravity Waves"
   
Mon 6 July 2009 Members evening - your chance to contribute short items of interest to others in the society

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