Events
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Gary Gilbert – The Drake Equation
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomA 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 […]
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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 KingdomNASA'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 […]
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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 KingdomMark 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 […]
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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 KingdomAfter 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 […]
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Doug Bickley – Lord Wrottesley
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomDue 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 […]
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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 KingdomNOTE: 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 […]
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John Thatcher – The Beagle 2 Mars Lander
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomBeagle 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 […]
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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 KingdomA 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 […]
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George Seabroke – The Gaia Revolution
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomGaia 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 […]
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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 […]
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Damian Hardwick – 3 short talks
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomWolvas 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.
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Perton Library Science Fair
Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, United KingdomThe 2025 Perton Science Fair is being held on Saturday the 10th of May, from 10am to 3pm.Lots to see and do for all ages and Wolvas will be having […]
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Philip Price – EXPLORING JUPITER (PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE)
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom (Speaker remote via Zoom) Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomWith the recent launch of NASA's Europa Clipper mission, this presentation looks back at the history of spacecraft that have visited the mighty planet, the challenges they faced and the […]
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Convention 2025 – Federation of Astronomical Societies
The Institute of Astronomy Madingley Road, Cambridge, United KingdomConvention 2025 – Federation of Astronomical Societies.“Astronomy Past, Present, and Future” An 'in-person' conference held at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, with 4 guest speakers: Tickets from Eventbrite – Prices and […]
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Dr Helen Mason OBE – The A-X of Solar Flares
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom (Speaker remote via Zoom) Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomNote: Dr Mason will be presenting this talk remotely via zoom The Sun has given us quite a few X class flares recently and even some beautiful displays of the […]
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Cancelled
Due to work commitments our planned speaker for this talk is unavailable. We have therefore regrettably cancelled this event.
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WOW 12 – Observing Week
WolvAS Observing Week 12 (WOW) Summer 2025 The Summer 2025 WOW event is being held from Friday the 18th to Sunday the 27th of July, with the New Moon on […]
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Perseids Meteor Watch
Wolvas Observatory Site Staffordshire, United KingdomThe society are holding a Perseids Meteor Watch on Saturday the 9th of August, at the observatory site, subject to weather. We may also go on Tuesday the 12th of […]
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Dr Andrew Gascoyne – Dark Spots, Bright Stories: A Journey Through the History of Sunspots
Hybrid: University of Wolverhampton & Zoom Room MA030, Wulfruna Building, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomDr Andrew Gascoyne from the University of Wolverhampton will give a talk on sunspots: Sunspots have long served as a window into the dynamic processes of our nearest star. This […]