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  • John Thatcher – The James Webb Space Telescope At Work

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    The talk will provide a basic understanding of JWST and why it looks the way it does along with a look at some of the results obtained during the first […]

  • Professor Chris Lintott – Our Accidental Universe

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton Millennium City Building & Zoom Millennium City Building, via Rosalind Franklin Building entrance, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Professor Chris Lintott, astrophysicist, author and broadcaster presents this years lecture held in memorial of former Wolvas president Paul Pope. Exploring a cosmos as vast as ours is bound to […]

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    WOW 9 – WolvAS Observing Week

    Brow Farm Ratlinghope, United Kingdom

    This is our summer observing event where we travel to rural Shropshire to take advantage of the darker skies.

    Following the success of our previous WOW events, we are continuing with the extended format include a few days either side of the weekend. (The new moon is on Friday the 5th of July).

  • Prof Don Pollacco - PLATO Mission

    Don Pollacco – The Digital Telescope

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    The Digital Telescope (DT) is a large array of small stationary telescopes which, in essence, produce a movie- like data stream of the entire visible sky.

  • Keith Moseley – Astronomical Bits and Pieces

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom (Speaker remote via Zoom) Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    A selection of short talks, some of which are audience participation via little quizzes.Note: The speaker will be presenting this remotely via zoom. - Meteorites and Craters- Astronomical Rogues- Bigger, […]

  • Gary Gilbert – The Drake Equation

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    A summary of all the elements of the Drake Equation. What are their effects on the solution to the Equation.Simply put, What are the chances of life elsewhere in the […]

  • Belinda Wilkes – Tour X-ray Universe with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton Millennium City Building & Zoom Millennium City Building, via Rosalind Franklin Building entrance, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on 23 July 1999 by the Space Shuttle Columbia. Now in its 25th year of operations, Chandra continues to be an indispensable tool for […]

  • title card for Mark Hardaker's talk on Wadar Meteorite craters of Saudi Arabia

    Mark Hardaker – My Visit to The Wabar Meteorite Craters of  Saudi Arabia

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Mark presents a talk on his visit to the Wabar Meteorite craters of Saudi Arabia. Bio: I have been an active amateur astronomer for many years. Originally from Keighley, West […]

  • Dr Julian Onions – Aperture Fever – does my mirror look big in this?

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    After a very brief review of how telescopes work, we look at some of the existing telescopes, both visible and other wavebands, and consider why they are so big, what […]

  • Doug Bickley – Lord Wrottesley

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Due to the planned speaker being unwell, Doug has stepped in to present a talk on Lord Wrottesley. Lord John Wrottesley (Second Baron of Wrottesley) contributed to 19th‐century astronomy as an […]

  • Dr Lucie Green – Seeing Total Solar Eclipses From Space

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom (Speaker remote via Zoom) Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    NOTE: Lucie will be presenting this talk via Zoom, not in person at the University. Seeing a total solar eclipse is an experience that you never forget. For a brief […]

  • Title slide image showing the rocket launch of the Beagle Lander

    John Thatcher – The Beagle 2 Mars Lander

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Beagle 2 was an extraordinary project in so many ways and like no other in terms of organisation and execution.  It was primarily looking for signs of extinct and/or extant […]

  • Dr Smoker – A day in the life of an astronomer in Chile. Live from Chile!

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom (Speaker remote via Zoom) Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    A talk given from the VLT on Paranal, what we do as a support astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory in Chile. Followed by a live showing of the […]

  • George Seabroke – The Gaia Revolution

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Gaia is a European Space Agency satellite that has been mapping individual stars in our Milky Way Galaxy since its launch in 2013. I will explain how its 3 trillion […]

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    WOW 11 – Observing Week

    WolvAS Observing Week 11 (WOW)The Spring 2025 WOW event is being held from Wednesday the 26th of March to Wednesday the 2nd of April, with the New Moon on Saturday […]

  • Solar Eclipse Viewing Meeting

    The society are having a Members Only solar eclipse observing session. (The location is emailed to all members)Membership is only £10 a year, so if you would like to attend […]

  • Damian Hardwick – 3 short talks

    Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Wolvas member Damian Hardwick presents a series of three short talks, titled:● Max Planck meeting the Chancellor.● Sending Humans to Mars● Comet Halley is coming the 40th anniversary.