Talks
Events
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Paul Fellows – Fire and Ice: The volcanic worlds of the Solar System
Online via ZoomThe exploration of the solar system has led to the discovery and study of volcanic processes on other worlds and in some very surprising places. What can this tell us […]
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Damian Hardwick – The Life of Albert Einstein
Online via ZoomAlbert Einstein is one of the greatest physicists in history. But it is important to remember that although he had a brilliant mind he was still only human, and throughout […]
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Dr Andrew Gascoyne – Solar Physics: The Coronal Heating Problem….Solved?
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomDr Andrew Gascoyne is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Computer Science. Prior to that he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at The University of Sheffield […]
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Steve Wootton – David Harris Lecture: Planning an Observation Night
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom -
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AGM & Phil Barnard – From the Archive: the History of the Society and the John Linscott telescope
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom -
Gary Poyner – An Introduction to Variable Star Observing
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomObserving Variable Stars is a fun, rewarding and scientifically useful way to spend your time observing the night sky. This talk assumes no prior knowledge of variable star observing, and […]
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Prof Don Pollacco – The PLATO Mission – The Habitable Zone Explorer
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomProfessor Don Pollacco (Warwick University) is the head of the Science Management branch of the PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) mission consortium, scheduled for launch in 2024. The […]
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Dr Jonathan Smoker – Astronomy at the European Southern Observatory, Chile
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomA general introduction as to why we do astronomy and my personal story of how I became a professional astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO). We will talk […]
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Mary McIntyre FRAS – A History of Women in Astronomy
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomMary McIntyre FRAS Mary is an Oxfordshire based amateur astronomer and astrophotographer who has had a life-long interest in Astronomy.Throughout history astronomy has been very male dominated. There have been […]
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Steve Warbis – Messier’s objects and how they map the Milky Way
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomAn outline of some key aspects of Messier’s life and achievements, an illustration and assessment of the nature, distribution and discovery of the various Messier objects in the sky, and […]
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Michael Barratt – Astronomy & Freemasonry
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomA talk on how astronomy has influenced Masonic Ritual, with an overview of Freemasonry, its history, structure and rituals, including astronomers and astronauts who were, or may have been, Freemasons.
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Martin Lunn – Astronomy in the Mediterranean
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomMany great civilisations flourished in the ancient Mediterranean. This talk takes us on an astronomical journey to Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia and the empires of Byzantium and Arabia. We will also […]
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Andrew Newsam – Noisy Data: Listening to astronomical observations
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomNoisy Data: Listening to astronomical observations
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Andrew Lound – Space: The Fuel Cell Frontier
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomPaul Pope Memorial free public lecture. Space - The Fuel Cell Frontier.The story of the development of the Hydrogen fuel cell from the discovery of Hydrogen through to future prospects. […]
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Peter Jenkins – Imaging from Light Polluted Skies
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomPeter's talk 'Imaging from Light Polluted Cities' is a look at how to image from urban sky glow using a scope and specialist Astro camera. This will include the reasons […]
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Wolvas Member Talks: Binary Stars + Astronomical Navigation
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomAn evening of short talks presented by Wolvas members. Roger Metcalfe: Binary Stars. Duncan Willis: Astronomical Navigation - The history and application of astronomical co-ordinates.
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Mary McIntyre – A History of Women in Astronomy Part 2
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomFollowing on from part one, this talk looks at the trailblazing women working in astronomy after Caroline Herschel, through the Victorian era and into the modern day. It covers some […]
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Dr Julian Onions – Black Holes – are they really that bad?
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomBlack Holes - are they really that bad? Black holes have got a pretty bad rap from films and books, being looked on as terrifying objects that suck spaceships and […]
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Steve Wootton – David Harris Lecture: Celestial Catalogues
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomA potted history of Celestial Catalogues.
