Abingdon Astronomical Society

Programme for 2009/2010 season

SEP 14 Talk by Grant Privett (Shropshire AS and astronomy author), 'Imaging impossibly faint objects'
SEP 21 to 23 FCN° Observing Evening at Britwell Salome
SEP 28 Beginners' Meeting
OCT 12 Talk by Dr Jane Gregory (UCL), 'Fred Hoyle '
OCT 19 Beginners' Meeting
OCT 26 to 28 FCN° Lunar observing Evening at Abbey Meadow, Abingdon
NOV 9 Talk by Kim Ward (RAL), ‘Space Instruments’
NOV 16 to 18 FCN° Observing Evening at Frilford Heath
NOV 23 Beginners' Meeting
DEC 7 Beginners' Meeting
DEC 14 Stan Cocking Memorial Lecture: Prof. Malcolm MacCallum (Queen Mary, University of London), ‘Was Einstein 100 % right?’
JAN 11 January's main meeting was cancelled due to bad weather.
JAN 18 Beginners' Meeting
JAN 25 to 27 FCN° Lunar observing Evening at Abbey Meadow, Abingdon
FEB 8 Talk by Dr Fraser Clarke (Oxford University), 'Extremely Large Telescopes'
FEB 15 to 17 FCN° Observing Evening at Britwell Salome
FEB 22 Beginners' Meeting
MAR 8 Talk by Dr Allan Chapman (Oxford University), ‘Astronomy and the early Royal Society’
MAR 15 to 17 FCN° Observing Evening at Frilford Heath
MAR 22 Beginners' Meeting
APR 12 Talk by Mark Radice, 'Deep Sky Observing'
APR 19 to 21 FCN° Observing Evening at Abbey Meadow, Abingdon
APR 26 Beginners' Meeting
MAY 10 AGM, followed by a talk (TBA)
MAY 24 Beginners' Meeting
JUN 14 Talk by Dr Barrie Jones (Open University), 'Pluto – Sentinel of the Outer Solar System?'
JUN 21 Beginners' Meeting


°FCN - first clear night between these dates


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