Northamptonshire Natural History Society
Astronomy Section

recent meetings...

2007
November 26 Astro Imaging Martin Taylor
October 29 TBA  Dr. Megan Grey
October 15 Planets and Life Beyond Prof. Barry Jones  
September 24 Gamma Rays Dr. Liz Palmer
September 10 Exo Planets Dr. Carol Haswell
August 13 Asteroids Roger Dymock
July 9 Cassini Jerry Workman
June 25 Exoplanets Dr. Ian Stevens
June 11 Mars and Martian Meteorites Prof. Monica Grady
April 23 Evolution of Planetary Nebula Dr. Nick Hewitt
March 26 New Horizons at Jupiter John Rogers
March 12 Search for New Planets in the Making Dr. Cathie Clark

February 12

The High Altitude Observatory  of Piazzi Smyth

Dave Eagle

January 29 

The Moon - A Biography Dr. David Whitehouse
2006
November 13   VARIABLE STAR OBSERVING & RECORDING  Gary Poyner  
October 16 LORD OF THE RINGS  Andy Lound
September 18 NEW DESIGN REFRACTOR John Wall
September 4 GRAVITY WAVES Prof. Tom Marsh
August 21 EVOLUTION OF COMPACT BINARIES Dr Ulrich Kolb
August 7 UNUSUAL FIRST MAGNITUDE STARS Dr. Nigel Foster
July 17 HOME RADIO ASTRONOMY  Karen Holland
July 3 OUTBURSTS & OSCILLATIONS Dr Andrew Norton
June 12 STAR CLUSTERS Karen Holland
May 20 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
April 10 FILM NIGHT A selection of videos
March 4 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
February 13 SUPERNOVAE Tom Boles

January 9

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS Nick Hewitt
2005
December 14 A VISIT ... to Bedford AS
November 14 STARDUST Simon Green
October 10 THE AUTUMN SKY A symposium
October 8 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Radio Astronomy Group (all-day meeting)
September 26 THE WEBB SOCIETY: ITS HISTORY AND ACTIVITIES Bob Argyle
September 12 A DEEP-SKY ALPHABET Stewart Moore
August 8 CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES Darren Baskill
June 13 SHUTTLE-BORNE OBSERVATORIES David J. Shayler
May 21 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
March 5 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
2004
October 25 OBSERVING FAINT VARIABLE STARS IN CITY SKIES Gary Poyner
October 11 A VISIT ... to Bedford AS
September 27 THE OPPOSITION OF MARS, 2003 Richard McKim
September 20 PALOMAR OBSERVATORY SKY SURVEY Continuation of cataloguing
September 13 ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY John Toone
August 23 PALOMAR OBSERVATORY SKY SURVEY Assessment and cataloguing of the Society's collection
May 15-16 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section / Variable Star Section (two-day meeting)
March 6 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
February 21 A VISIT ... by members of Bedford AS
January 26 X-RAY ASTRONOMY Darren Baskill
2003
November 24 TRAVELS WITH METEORS Steve Evans
November 10 STARGAZERS: THE ASTRONOMER-ASTRONAUTS David J. Shayler
September 8 ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA Mike Frost
August 16 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
June 30 THE LEVIATHAN OF PARSONSTOWN - A VISIT Bob Marriott and Lorraine Crook
May 12 CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES Nick James
March 31 MODELS OF THE UNIVERSE Alan Longstaff
March 8 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
February 24 A VISIT ... by members of Luton AS
January 27 TO OCCULT, OR NOT TO OCCULT Richard Miles
2002
November 25 FAILURES GALORE; THE ODD SUCCESS Gordon Rogers
September 30 A NIGHT OUT AT THE FLICKS A selection of videos
September 9 A VISIT ... by members of Milton Keynes AS

August 12

METEORS: ORIGINS AND OBSERVATIONS A symposium
July 8 OBSERVATORIES AROUND THE WORLD Michael J. de F. Maunder
June 10 A PICTORIAL CORNUCOPIA Members' slides
May 17 A VISIT ... to Milton Keynes AS

April 8

THE SILENT UNIVERSE Stephen Webb
March 11 VISUAL OBSERVING FOR THE AMATEUR Nick Hewitt, Martin Taylor and Bob Marriott
March 9 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
February 11 MEGALITHIC OBSERVATORIES REVISITED Clive Ruggles
January 14 COMETS, AND THEIR EXPLORATION BY SPACECRAFT David W. Hughes
2001
November 26 SUPERNOVA! Tom Boles
November 2 1957! Patrick Moore
October 29 LANDSCAPES: EARTH TO THE DEEP FIELD Francisco Diego
October 8 ASTRONOMERS AND ODDITIES Peter Hingley
August 13 A HISTORY OF THE ALTAZIMUTH MOUNT Stuart Cooper

July 30

ZIMBABWE 2001: AN ECLIPSE EXPEDITION Nick Hewitt
June 11 THE APOLLO TELESCOPE MOUNT David J. Shayler
May 26 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
May 14 ASTRONOMICAL IMAGING FROM LA PALMA Nik Szymanek
May 4 A VISIT ... to Milton Keynes AS
April 30 OBSERVING WITH BINOCULARS Shaun Albrighton
March 12 LOST CONSTELLATIONS Mike Gainsford
March 3 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
January 29 LARGE OPTICS FOR THE AMATEUR John Wall
2000
November 27 A VISIT ... by members of Milton Keynes AS
October 30 PLANETARY OBSERVATION Bob Marriott
October 14 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Variable Star Section (all-day meeting)
September 11 PRECISION MEASUREMENTS IN COSMOLOGY Bob Lambourne
July 31 THE AURORA Neil Bone
June 26 ON THE DOORSTEP OF INFINITY Andy Salmon
May 8 A HISTORY OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT Frank Gear
May 6 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
April 10 MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR Jerry Workman
1999
November 19 THE MAGIC OF TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES Francisco Diego
November 8 SOLAR OBSERVATIONS: SOME UNUSUAL RESULTS Norman Walker
October 12 GLOBULAR CLUSTERS Owen Brazell
September 27 A LIFE IN OPTICS David Sinden
August 23 THE ECLIPSE: WHAT HAPPENED?
August 9 ECLIPSE MEETING AT TRURO SCHOOL, CORNWALL .
July 12 ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHY Nick Hewitt
May 15 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
April 26 THE SUN Peter Gill
April 12 THE COSMOLOGICAL DISTANCE LADDER Stephen Webb
March 8 A TWIN 12-INCH Bob Neville
March 6 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
January 25 W.R. DAWES Bob Marriott
1998
November 9 TRAVELS OF A PLANETARY ASTRONOMER Richard McKim
October12 STAR CLUSTERS Guy Hurst
September 28 EXTRASOLAR PLANETS Stuart Clark
September 14 THE GALAXY UNVEILED Tom Boles
August 10 THE UK NOVA/SUPERNOVA PATROL Mark Armstrong
June 30 A VISIT ... by members of Leicester AS
May 30 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
April 27 THE WONDERFUL MESSAGE OF STARLIGHT Francisco Diego
March 30 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, VENEZUELA Nick Hewitt
February 9 NINETEENTH-CENTURY INSTRUMENT MAKERS Bob Marriott
January 12 THE MILKY WAY GALAXY AND ITS SATELLITES Bob Lambourne
1997
November 24 UNUSUAL ASTEROIDS John Mason
November 21 REDSHIFT Stuart Clark
November 15 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Deep Sky Section (all-day meeting)
September 29 PLANETS AND LIFE IN THE GALAXY Barrie Jones
May 12 DEEP SKY OBSERVING PROJECTS Nick Hewitt
May 10 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
April 14 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, MONGOLIA Nick Hewitt
March 10 GALILEO TO JUPITER Frank Gear
January 27 30 YEARS ALREADY! Bob Marriott
1996
November 11 THE UNIVERSE ON A MICRO, IN 3-D Chris Baddiley
October 14 THE EYE AND THE OBSERVER Shaun Albrighton
October 5 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Variable Star Section (all-day meeting)
July 29 COMET TEMPEL-TUTTLE AND THE LEONIDS Steve Evans
June 10 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL IMAGING A selection of slides
May 18 BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION Instruments and Imaging Section (all-day meeting)
May 13 PC OR PEA SOUP? A symposium
April 29 THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE Nick Hewitt
April 8 VARIABLE STARS A symposium
February 26 OPTICAL TREASURES A symposium
January 29 IMAGING TECHNIQUES Bob Neville

   

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