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Recommended Events
Sat 25 AprInstitute of Astronomy"Twinkle, twinkle little star" goes the nursery rhyme, but stars come in a range of colours from Red, through Yellow/Orange through to White and Blue. This month we'll talk about what the different colours mean and what they can tell us about the size, age and temperature of stars.
Mon 04 MayInstitute of AstronomyDiscoveries in the 21st Century are revealing ocean worlds around distant stars as well as the likelihood of subsurface oceans on moons in our solar system. This month we are off to the seaside to find out what's been discovered, and what plans there are for more.
Wed 06 MayIoAGet all 7 lectures for only £25 - Wed nights 7.30-9.00pm from 6th May 6th May The Sun & Stars 13th May The inner solar system 20th May The outer solar system 27th May The Milky Way & other galaxies 3rd June Exo-planets & SETI 10th June Hubble & the Big Bang 17th June Cosmic Dawn
Wed 13 MayIoAWeek 2 of the course. All 7 weeks cost £25 in total - see week 1 for booking details or you can pay £5 on the door for individual talks
Fri 15 MayInstitute of AstronomyCome and hear Professor Benjamin Joachimi introduce Euclid and explain how we will use observations of more than a billion galaxies to discover more about how our Universe formed and evolved.
Wed 20 MayIoAWeek 3 of the 7 week course. Come to all 7 for only £25 - see Week 1 for booking details or you can pay £5 on the door for individual talks
Wed 27 MayIoAWeek 4 of the 7 week course. Come to all 8 for £25 - see Week 1 for booking details or you can pay £5 on the door for each talk
Sat 30 MayInstitute of AstronomyUranus and Neptune are the most distant of the confirmed planets in the solar system. They are in the deep freeze of space but that doesn't mean that nothings going on there. We'll talk about the planets and their many moons and what we have discovered
Mon 01 JunInstitute of AstronomyIt provides all the energy that allows life on earth, but will ultimately cause the extinction of all life on earth. This month we'll be talking about the Sun, it's evolution, it's future and the effect it has on life on earth.
Wed 03 JunIoAWeek 5 of our 7 week course. Come to all 7 weeks for just £25 - see week 1 for booking details or you can pay £5 on the door for individual talks
Wed 10 JunIoAWeek 6 of our 7 week course. Just £25 for the whole course - see week 1 for booking details or you can pay £5 for individual talks on the door
Wed 17 JunIoAThe final week of our 7 week course looks to the future - What do we think is it? Only £25 for all 8 weeks - see week 1 for booking details or pay £5 on the door for individual talks
Fri 19 JunInstitute of AstronomyAccording to Wikipedia, "a quark star is a hypothetical type of compact, exotic star, where extremely high core temperature and pressure have forced nuclear particles to form quark matter, a continuous state of matter consisting of free quarks". Our Chairman, Paul Fellows BEM, will tell us more
Sat 27 JunInstitute of AstronomyWe are all enjoying the sunshine on the beach - we look forward to seeing you when we come back
Location: Our events are usually held at the Institute of Astronomy (IoA) or via Zoom as indicated
A map and directions to the IoA are here.
Coach trips will start from the IoA car park.
We often have a Star Party in September/October and will organise other events to coincide with any unusual astronomical occurrence, such as an eclipse or a bright comet.
You can join our mailing list for reminders here...
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