The Annual Michael Penston Lecture - Galaxies & CAA AGM- Please note that this meeting is on the 2nd Friday of the month
Fri 11 Sept
|IoA
This year we are delighted to be welcoming back Professor Sir Carlos Frenk from Durham University to deliver our Michael Penston lecture. We do not charge entry for this event, but we do hold a collection for the RAS Michael Penston fund The CAA AGM will take place immediately before the talk
Time & Location
11 Sept 2026, 19:30 – 22:00
IoA, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
About The Event
The CAA AGM will start at 7.30pm. We do not expect this to take long, so plan to schedule the Penston lecture to start at 8pm as usual.
Professor Sir Carlos S. Frenk is Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University's world-renowned theoretical cosmology research group. Along with collaborators from all over the world, he builds model universes in state-of-the-art supercomputers, trying to understand how the structures in our Universe evolved from simple beginnings to the complex structures composed of stars and galaxies that we see today.
Tonights talk will cover the latest developments in our understanding of these areas of research
Michael Penston was based at the Institute of Astronomy. In 1990 he was due to give a talk to the CAA, but had to cancel due to illness. Sadly, Michael died soon afterwards. In March 1991 the CAA held a lecture in memory of Michael, and…