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SUMMARY:Gary Poyner - 'T Corona Borealis - The Jewel in the Crown
DESCRIPTION:T Corona Borealis\n\n\n\n‘Nova Corona Borealis 1866 was the first Nova to have its spectrum examined.  Eighty years later in 1946 the Nova erupted again\, causing great excitement.  Now\, after a further eighty years of observations in all wavelengths\, we eagerly await the next eruption.  This is the story of its discovery in 1866 and 1946\, and what we might expect to see in the next Nova event.’ \n\n\n\nGary Poyner \n\n\n\nFirst telescope for my 7th birthday in 1965\, and have been observing ever since – concentrating on Variable Stars (especially Cataclysmic stars) for the past 50 years.  BAA Variable Star Section Director from 1995-1999. Variable Star editor of ‘The Astronomer’ magazine for 18 years up to 2019. Served on the editorial board for the’ Open European Journal for Variable Stars’. Current BAAVSS Assistant Director\,  Circular editor and Cataclysmic Variable Star co-ordinator and web manager.  I run CVnet (Cataclysmic Variable Network)\, for distributing observations and alerts worldwide. AAVSO Directors award in 2003\,  BAA’s Steavensons award recipient in 2000 and Walter Goodacre award and medal recipient in 2020.  Visual observations from North Birmingham with a 0.5-m reflector\, and CCD photometry using AAVSOnetwork telescopes in Arizona and New Mexico\, Open University COAST and PIRATE telescopes in Tenerife\, and SLOOH telescopes in Tenerife\, Chile and Australia.    Current member of Heart of England AS and Bromsgrove AS\, past president of Wolverhampton AS.  Absolute highlight – appearing on Sky at night in 2012 and spending the weekend at Farthings!
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SUMMARY:European Astrofest
DESCRIPTION:Conference and Exhibition‘Join us at the European AstroFest 2026 conference and hear 16 fascinating talks from experts in the fields of astronomy and space science.’ \n\n\n\nListen to top speakers spanning the fields of professional and amateur astronomy from across the globe\, gathered in the expansive auditorium of the Kensington Conference and Events Centre. \n\n\n\nTickets are:£8 for exhibition only£50 one day conference£80 two day conference
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SUMMARY:Kieron Nixon - Understanding Special Relativity (without the maths). 
DESCRIPTION:Special Relativity Without the Maths (or How to Fit a Metre Stick into a Matchbox)You might think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s. You might even have noticed the faster you run\, the quicker you get there. Have you ever noticed the faster you run\, the closer the chemist gets? No? Maybe you need to run faster.Ask a goldfish about the curvature of the earth\, or a sloth’s opinion on the national speed limit and you hit the same problem as discussing relativity with humans – they just don’t understand the question. If goldfish holidayed in Marbella\, or sloths commuted down the M6\, the conversations might go differently. You don’t need a degree in maths to understand special relativity\, you just need to live like James Dean; faster. Special relativity kicks in at really high speeds – really high. If children ran around a hundred million times more quickly\, two things would change. Parents would be even more exhausted\, and children in primary school would be taught special relativity the moment they learned speed\, distance and time and they would understand it. \n\n\n\nThis is that lesson. \n\n\n\nKieron NixonKieron studied Astrophysics and Maths\, then worked in schools and colleges until moving to higher education in 2019. He is now a lecturer in Foundation Year Physics at Keele University and helps people get onto degrees in physics\, astrophysics and engineering. He is Director of the Blended Foundation Year Programme which offers mature students or those with barriers to higher education a more flexible way to study on the foundation year. He is also the editor and author of A level Physics Factsheets for Curriculum Press.
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