Next Meeting: Wednesday March 12th at 8:00pm Eclipses Mike Foulkes

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Visitors welcome - £2.00 per meeting

We, Oct 11

Richard Goodrich

How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization

2024-25 Programme (subject to change)

Wed, Sep 11

Roger O’Brien

Distance Scales

Wed, Oct 9

Sam Rolfe

Raman Spectroscopy and the search for life in the Solar System

Wed, Nov 13

Robert Connon Smith

So Simple a thing as a Star

Wed, Dec 11

Jill Stuart

The governance of the "Final Frontier"

Wed, Jan 8

Martin Lewis

Planetary Imaging at the Edge

Wed, Feb 12

Quentin Stanley

The Art of (Numerical) Modelling

Wed, Mar 12

Mike Foulkes

Eclipses.

Wed, Apr 9

David Southwood

A Decade as an ESA Director

Wed, May 14

Jerry Stone

AGM followed by Is Pluto a Planet? - 10 years since New Horizons flyby.

Wed, June 11

Kevin Fong

Living on the Moon

This meeting will be held at: University of Hertfordshire Lindop Building College Lane Hatfield AL10 9AB (What 3 words: stars.stones.energetic) and simultaneously on Zoom. There is plenty of parking space around the venue which is free after 19:00

This talk will look at various types of astronomical eclipses. It will however concentrate on eclipses of the Sun and Moon. It will briefly describe what can be observed during these events and describe how such eclipses occur. Mike is the director of the British Astronomical Association's (BAA) Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Section. He has been interested in astronomy since a young age. He is an active observer; particularly of the Moon and planets. He also has been to 10 Total Eclipses of the Sun and has been lucky to see all 10. For many years, he has given various talks to amateur astronomical societies and also participates in the BAA Back to Basics courses, which are aimed at beginners in amateur astronomy. He has worked in the spacecraft industry.

Note for your diaries: Saturday 29 March 10:00 - 12:00 Noon Public Eclipse Watch Hertford Castle Gardens

Visitors most welcome at meetings or on Zoom

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Visual Observing Sessions Our visual observing group is now up and running. You can learn more here or if you want to jump straight in then just complete the Visual Observing Response form below and we’ll let you know when we are next meeting. Next session - To be announced