This evening is a chance for members to pass on their wealth of knowledge to others through informal sessions and demos, including: Demo of using guided mounts Image processing demonstration for astrophotographers (with a live demo using some moon footage taken by Richard) Lunar observing (if the weather is good) Trevor Clifton giving a live […]

Dr Leon Hicks' research focusses primarily on meteorites and samples returned by space missions, identifying, analysing, and classifying them. Studying meteorites is important in understanding the origins and evolution of the Solar System.

Solar physics is the branch of astrophysics that specialises in the study of the Sun. It deals with detailed measurements that are possible only for our closest star. It intersects with many disciplines of pure physics, astrophysics, and computer science, including fluid dynamics, plasma physics including magnetohydrodynamics, seismology, particle physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, stellar evolution, space […]

Jay Tate, director of the Spaceguard Centre The most significant natural danger to life on Earth comes from asteroids and comets. The Spaceguard Centre is a working observatory, and the main source of information about Near Earth Objects in the UK. Jay Tate is one of the country's leading experts and will explain the structure […]

John Cook is Assistant Director (data analysis) of the BAA Solar Section, which promotes every aspect of solar astronomy and works closely with the BAA Radio Section. John will give us up to date data on magnetic activity and other phenomenon.

The invention and use of the spectroscope was important development in the history of astronomy, sometimes with the aid of gifted amateurs. The birth of astrophysics led to our present understanding of the nature of the universe. For the first time astronomers were able to directly compare our view of the distant universe with experiments […]