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Meetings Calendar for 2010

Here is our diary for 2010. We have two types of regular meeting every month. A lecture style meeting typically on the third Wednesday of each month and a practical.

Lecture meetings start at 7:45pm at Woodrow High House, Amersham, Bucks. Click here for a map. Unless otherwise mentioned, all meetings are held in the Sports Hall otherwise in the Frankie Vaughan Studio which is situated to the left and round behind the main house (it is not visible from the car park). Click here for sketch plan - showing the Studio and Hall.

Note regarding the Practical evenings -

Our Practical Astronomy Meetings are held on Thursday evenings at 8.00pm (in the Frankie Vaughan Studio). They are designed as discussion groups between our experts and newer members on topics outlined below and followed by  group observing evenings where members bring their own scopes (weather permitting).  Members will also have the opportunity to learn to use the Society Observatory.
The meetings are open to all and a charge of £1 is made to cover the additional cost of the room.

Please come suitably dressed for outdoor observing. For further details on observing sessions/projects please click here.

Wednesday January 20th 2010
Telescope evening

Thursday January 7th 2010
Meeting cancelled due to snow (was Types of telescopes, advantages and disadvantages)

Wednesday February 17th 2010
Dan Andrews
Ptolemy - Landing on and sniffing a comet

Wednesday March 17th 2010
Martin Hardcastle
Enourmous energies - accelerating paricles in y space

Wednesday April 21st 2010
Sean Ryan
The Quantum universe; 'It's the small things that count'

Thursday April 1st 2010    
Setting up different types of telescope.

Wednesday May 19th 2010
Jerry Workman
Eclipse in China

Thursday May 6th 2010
Types and use of different eyepieces and basic optics.

Wednesday June 16th 2010
Stuart Malin
"Distance"

Thursday June 3rd 2010
Basic astrophotography.

Thursday July 1st 2010
Processing your images 1) Stacking images.

Thursday August 5th 2010
Processing images 2) Manipulation of images.

Thursday September 2nd 2010
Filters.

Thursday October 7th 2010
Finding your way round sky.

Thursday November 4th 2010
Useful Software

Wednesday 8th December
Xmas Party

Thursday December 2nd 2010
Observing the moon

Wednesday January 21st 2009
Telescope Evening

Thursday January 8th 2009
(was the 1st but Woodrow is closed)
Focussing aids, software and motors. Hartman mask.

Wednesday February 18th 2009
Jerry Workman
Topic: Titan

Thursday February 5th 2009
Messier marathon preparation and Messier logs. Recording observations/WAS 50 Telescope and WAS 25 Binocular projects.
Cancelled due to Snow - Now March 5th

Wednesday March 18th 2009
Chris Lintott
Topic: galaxy Zoo

Thursday March 5th 2009
Show and tell - Christmas and Astrofest purchases.
Messier marathon preparation and Messier logs. Recording observations/WAS 50 Telescope and WAS 25 Binocular projects.

Wednesday April 15th 2009
Jonti Horner from the OU
Topic: "Jupiter friend or Foe?"

Thursday April 2nd 2009
Linking your telescope to a computer / Autoguiding Scopes.

Wednesday May 20th 2009
Andy Lound
Topic: To see the beginning of time

Thursday May 7th 2009
Choosing and using webcams/CCD cameras

Wednesday June 17th 2009
Bob Mizon
14 pioneers of Astronomy

Thursday June 4th 2009
Observing double and variable stars

Wednesday July 15th 2009
Dave Rothery from the OU
Topic: Mercury – new insights into the Sun’s innermost planet

Thursday July 2nd 2009
Solar observing

Wednesday 12th August 2009
Perseid Meteor Shower BBQ

Thursday August 6th 2009
Processing images

Wednesday 16th September 2009
Jackie Harris & Sarah Whittaker
Topic: Natures Wonders at the North Cape

Thursday September 3rd 2009
Star hopping without using goto

Wednesday October 21st 2009
AGM

Thursday October 1st 2009
Using a planisphere - how to make your own

Wednesday November 18th 2009
Bob Lambourne
Topic: The Dark side of Astronomy

Thursday November 5th 2009
Observing the moon, moon maps

Wednesday 9th December 2009
Christmas party

Thursday December 3rd 2009
Use of filters

Wednesday 16th January 2008
Telescope Evening

Thursday January 3rd 2008
Finding your way in the sky/Mars observing.

Wednesday 20th February 2008
Jerry Workman
Topic: Moons of Saturn

Thursday February 7th 2008
Recording observations/WAS 50 Telescope and WAS 25 Binocular project

Wednesday March 19th 2008
Nik Szymanek
Topic: Photographing the Night Sky

Thursday March 6th 2008
Show and tell – Christmas and Astrofest purchases. Messier marathon Preparation.

Wednesday 16th April 2008
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Topic: 'In pursuit of pulsars' - a non-specialist introduction to neutron stars/pulsars

Thursday April 3rd 2008
Eyepieces and Filters – Stefan Zietara.

Wednesday 21st May 2008
Alistair Grieve
Topic: SETI

Thursday May 1st 2008
Aligning go to scopes.
Batteries – Ed Davies.

Wednesday 18th June 2008
Martin Lunn
Topic: Pre telescopic astronomy

Thursday June 5th 2008
Digital Photography – Patrick Clough.

Wednesday 16th July 2008
Stuart Clark
Do we need a new theory of Gravity?

Thursday July 3rd 2008
Solar observing.

Tuesday 12th August 2008
Perseid Barbeque
(Please note change of day)

Thursday August 7th 2008
Meteors, Asteroids and Comets.

Wednesday 17th September 2008
Emily Baldwin
Topic: Impact Cratering in the Solar System

Thursday September 4th 2008
Observing projects.

Wednesday 15th October 2008
AGM

Thursday October 2nd 2008
What shall I look at tonight? Star catalogues.

Wednesday 19th November 2008
Bob Lambourne
Topic: The Dark side of Astronomy
Change of speaker:
Now Dr Ulrich Kolb from the OU
Topic: Robotic telescopes

Thursday November 6th 2008
Collimation.

Tuesday 9th December 2008
Christmas party

Thursday December 4th 2008
Aurorae.