Abingdon Astronomical Society

Programme for 2008/2009 season

SEP 8 Talk by Owen Brazell (Abingdon AS), 'Supernova Remnants'
SEP 15 Beginners' Meeting
SEP 29 to OCT 1 FCN° Observing Evening at Abbey Meadow
OCT 13 Talk by Mike Frost (Coventry and Warwickshire AS), 'Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas'
OCT 20 Beginners' Meeting
OCT 27 to 29 FCN° Observing Evening at Britwell Salome
NOV 10 Talk by James Fradgely (Wessex AS), 'Life in the Universe'
NOV 17 Beginners' Meeting
NOV 24 to 26 FCN° Observing Evening at Frilford Heath
DEC 8 Stan Cocking Memorial Lecture: Prof. James Binney (Oxford University), 'The Milky Way'
DEC 15 Beginners' Meeting
JAN 12 Talk by Stuart Clark, 'The Sun Kings'
JAN 19 Beginners' Meeting
JAN 26 to 28 FCN° Observing Evening at Britwell Salome
FEB 9 Talk by Pat Irwin (Oxford University), 'Cassini Observations of Saturn and Titan'
FEB 16 Beginners' Meeting
FEB 23 to 25 FCN° Observing Evening at Frilford Heath
MAR 9 Talk by Peter Read (Oxford University), 'Climate Change and Ice Ages on Mars and Earth'
MAR 16 Beginners' Meeting
MAR 23 to 25 FCN° Observing Evening at Abbey Meadow, Abingdon
APR 6 (FIRST Monday in month!) Talk by Dr Nick Hewitt (Northampton Natural History Society), 'Planetary Nebulae'
APR 20 Beginners' Meeting
MAY 11 AGM, followed by a talk by Bob Dryden (AAS), 'The Southern Skies'
MAY 18 Beginners' Meeting
JUN 8 Talk - Chris Lintott (Oxford University), '25,000 eyes: The Latest from Galaxy Zoo'
JUN 15 Beginners' Meeting


°FCN - first clear night between these dates


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