MAS Past Syllabus:
2013 - 201417th October 2013 19:30
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
"Geological History of the Moon from Sample Analysis”
Dr. Katherine Joy
(School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester)
John Dalton Building, MMU
21st November 2013 19:30
"Time domain astronomy in 2020+ with Liverpool Telescope 2”
Dr. Chris Copperwheat
(Liverpool Telescope 2 Project Scientist, Liverpool John Moores University)
John Dalton Building, MMU
19th December 2013 19:30
Presidential lecture
"Comets are like Cats"
Dr. Barry Henshall
(President, Manchester Astronomical Society)
Blackett Theatre, Schuster Building, The University of Manchester
16th January 2014 19:30
"Moonlight”
Dr. Andrew Fearnside, (Manchester Astronomical Society)
& Dr. Phil Masding, (Altrincham and District Astronomical Society)
John Dalton Building, MMU
20th February 2014 19:30
"Mars Sample Return - meteorites vs missions"
Dr. Caroline Smith
(Curator of Meteorites, Natural History Museum)
John Dalton Building, MMU
20th March 2014 19:30
"Planck at Jodrell Bank”
Dr. Althea Wilkinson
(The University of Manchester)
John Dalton Building, MMU
17th April 2014 - 19:45
Annual General Meeting
Blackett Theatre, Schuster Building, The University of Manchester
2012 -2013October 18th 2012 19:30
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
"The Quantum Universe"
Professor Jeff Forshaw
(Professor of Particle Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester)
John Dalton Building, MMU
November 15th 2012 19:30
"The Aurora in History"
Dr. David Gavine
(Former director of the Aurora section of the BAA)
John Dalton Building, MMU
December 20th 2012 19:30
Presidential lecture
"Are we heading for disaster? Near Earth objects and their impact"
Dr. Barry Henshall
(President, Manchester Astronomical Society)
Blackett Theatre, Schuster Building, The University of Manchester
January 17th 2013 19:30
"Differentiated Asteroids: 4 Vesta and the Dawn Mission"
Professor Lionel Wilson
(Emeritus Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Lancaster University)
John Dalton Building, MMU
February 21th 2013 19:30
"Starlight"
Dr. Keith Robinson
(Joule Physics Laboratory, University of Salford)
John Dalton Building, MMU
March 21th 2013 19:30
"Magic of the Cosmos - A matter of some Gravity"
Professor John Brown
(Astronomer Royal for Scotland)
John Dalton Building, MMU
18th April 2013 - 19:45
Annual General Meeting
Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester
2011 - 2012October 20th 2011 19:30
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
"The Hunt for Earth-2"
Dr Eamonn Kerins
(Jodrell Bank AC)
John Dalton Building, MMU
November 17th 2011 19:30
"100,000 Not Out"
Tony Markham
(A leading member of the variable star section of the BAA and SPA)
Room C0.14, John Dalton Building, MMU
December 15th 2011 19:30
Presidential lecture
"The Birth of Astrophotography"
Dr. Barry Henshall
(President, Manchester Astronomical Society)
Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester
January 19th 2012 19:30
(A BBC Stargazing Live Event)
"Panspermia"
Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe
(Professor and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University Honorary Professor, University of Glamorgan)
Room E32, John Dalton Building, MMU
February 16th 2012 19:30
"Observing the Moon"
Prof. Bill Leatherbarrow
(President, British Astronomical Association, Director BAA Lunar Section)
Room E32, John Dalton Building, MMU
March 15th 2012 19:30
"Liverpool Telescope, A Giant Robotic Eye on the Sky"
Prof. Mike Bode
(Director of the Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University)
Room C0.14, John Dalton Building, MMU
19th April 2012 - 19:45 prompt
Annual General Meeting
Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester
2010 - 201116th September 2010
Brother Dr. Guy Consolmagno SJ
American research astronomer and planetary scientist at the Vatican Observatory
"Trans-Neptunian Objects"
This lecture was held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
21st October 2010
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr Clive Saunders
University of Manchester
"Atmospheric Phenomena"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
18th November 2010
Dr Mark Jones
Open University
A cool view of the Cosmos: Astronomy in the infrared
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
16th December 2010
Presidential Lecture
Barry Henshall
"Life and the Universe"
Held in Room H8, H floor, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
13th January 2011
Dr Paul Ruffle
University of Manchester (Visiting Research Fellow)
"How I wonder what you are: the birth, life & death of stars"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
Note: This lecture starts at the usual time of 7:30pm but there will be an additional Exhibition of Photographs and work from the Society members from miday in the foyer. This event has been scheduled to appear as part of the BBC Stargazing LIVE campaign
17th February 2011
Prof. Donald W. Kurtz
University of Central Lancashire
"The Songs of the Stars: The Real Music of the Spheres"
Following his interview on the Stargazing Live programme on BBC 2 Prof Kurtz will present a lecture dealing with the Harmonics of the Stars, a lecture not to be missed
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E32, Manchester Metropolitan University
17th March 2011
Sir Arnold Wolfendale
Astronomer Royal
"Astronomers Royal through the Ages"
In 1675, King Charles II caused the Royal Greenwich Observatory to be founded for the purpose of determining longitude at sea by ‘the astronomical method’. The work of some of the interesting Astronomers Royal – who for centuries ran the observatory – will be described
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E32, Manchester Metropolitan University
21st April 2010 - 7.45 pm prompt
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
2009 -201015th October 2009
Dr Tim O'Brien
University of Manchester
"Exploring the Invisible Universe (An update on e-Merlin)"
19th November 2009
The Kopal Memorial Lecture
Sir Francis Graham-Smith
University of Manchester
"The Crab Nebula & Pulsar Research"
3rd December 2009
Kevin Kilburn FRAS
Manchester AS
"400 years of Astronomy in the Northwest"
17th December 2009
Presidential Lecture
Barry Henshall
"The Sun/Moon Dance"
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
21st January 2010
Prof Paola Caselli
University of Leeds
"From Interstellar Clouds to Planets: the Universal Factory"
18th February 2010
Prof Neil Spooner
University of Sheffield
"WIMPS - an update"
18th March 2010
Dr Colin Steele
University of Manchester
"Meteors from Comet to Camera"
15th April 2009 - 7.45 pm prompt
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
All lectures will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University, unless otherwise noted.
2008 - 200916th October 2008
The Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr Jamie Gilmour
University of Manchester
"STARDUST - Investigation of comet samples"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
20th November 2008
David Ratledge
Bolton AS
(Leading Astrophotographer & Author)
"Recent Advances in Digital Astrophotography"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
18th December 2008
Presidential Lecture
Graham Hodson
"MAGI to MACHOs"
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
15th January 2009
Prof Lionel Wilson
Lancaster University
"Lunar Volcanoes"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
19th February 2009
Dr Ed Daw
Sheffield University
"Gravitational Waves"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Room E0.05, Manchester Metropolitan University
Note change of speaker and subject
19th March 2009
Dr Tony Freeth
The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project
"The Antikythera Mechanism"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Main Lecture Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University
16th April 2009 - 7.45 pm prompt
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
2007 - 200818th October 2007
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Prof. Ian Morison
Jodrell Bank
"The Future of Radio Astronomy"
This lecture formed part of Manchester Science Festival in association with Manchester Metropolitan University
15th November 2007
Dr Martin Whalley
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory>
"The Rosetta Mission - Chasing Comets
Mission background and details of the RAL/OU involvement -
the Ptolemy instrument"
20th December 2007
Presidential Lecture
Graham Hodson
"Does It Really Matter?"
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
17th January 2008
Dr Lucie Green
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
"Hinode & Stereo solar physics missions"
21st February 2008
Makenzie Lystrup
UCL
"Aurorae in the solar system (and beyond?): more than a pretty face"
20th March 2008
Ranjan Vasudevan
Cambridge University
"Leviathans of the Cosmos: Supermassive Black Holes"
19th April 2008
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) were held in Room E32, John Dalton, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, Manchester.
2006 - 2007September 21st 2006
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Prof. Michael Kramer
(University of Manchester, Head of Pulsar Group - Jodrell Bank )
"The Stop-Start Pulsar and RRATS (Repeating Radio Transients)"
October 19th 2006
Chris Marriot
"Chris Marriot's Sky Map"
November 16th 2006
Prof. Lionel Wilson
(Lancaster University)
"Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets - particularly Venus"
December 14th 2006
The Presidential Lecture
Graham Hodson, F.R.A.S.
"Ancient Egyptian Astronomy"
This lecture will be held in the Godlee Observatory
January 18th 2007
Dr John Baruch, Bradford University
Bradford University
"The Bradford Robotic Telescope"
(THIS LECTURE WAS CANCELLED DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER)
February 15th 2007
Dr Martin Burgdorf
Astrophysics Research Institute, LJMU
"Scientific Highlights From the Spitzer Space Observatory"
March 15th 2007
Philip Masding and Mike Tyrell
ADAS
"Imaging the ISS and other satellites"
This lecture will be held at the John Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University,
(Chester Street, off Oxford Road - opposite the BBC)
19th April 2007 - 7.45 pm prompt
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Street Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) are to be held in Room F14, Renold Building, The University of Manchester (North Campus), Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD. The Meetings start promptly at 7.30pm.
2005 - 2006September 22nd 2005
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr. Clive Saunders
(University of Manchester)
"Thunderstorm Research"
This lecture will be held in the Godlee Observatory
October 13th 2005
Peter Drew
(The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden)
"The Astronomy Centre"
This lecture will be held in the Godlee Observatory
November 17th 2005
Professor David Hughes
(The University of Sheffield)
"Comets and Spacecraft"
December 15th 2005
The Presidential Lecture
Graham Hodson, F.R.A.S.
"Big Bangs"
This lecture will be held in the Godlee Observatory
January 26th 2006
Professor Nye Evans
Keele Astrophysics Group
"WASP" - Wide Angle Search for Planets
February 23rd 2006
Dr Alistair Gunn
Jodrell Bank
"Jodrell Bank and the Space Race"
March 16th 2006
Dr Ian Morison
Jodrell Bank
"Beagle and Beyond - GPS/EGNOS etc"
20th April 2006 - 7.45 pm prompt
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) are to be held in Room F14, Renold Building, The University of Manchester (North Campus), Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD. The Meetings start promptly at 7.30pm.
2004 - 2005September 23rd 2004
Dr. Ian Griffin
(Director of the Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester)
(Formerly: The Head of the Office of Public Outreach for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope)
"Observing Solar System Objects with the Hubble Space telescope"
October 21st 2004
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr Philippa Browning
(Department of Physics, The University of Manchester)
"Our Active Sun"
November 18th 2004
Dr Richard de Grijs
(Lecturer in Astrophysics - Department of Physics and Astronomy,
The University of Sheffield)
"A Recipe For Galaxy Soup: When Galaxies Collide"
December 16th 2004
The Presidential Lecture
Graham Hodson, F.R.A.S.
"Impacts and Impact"
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
January 20th 2005
Dr. Myfanwy Bryce
(Jodrell Bank Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester)
February 17th 2005
David Strange
(Worth Hill Observatory, Dorset)
"Amateur Observations of Quasar Anomalies"
March 17th 2005
Phil Rosenberg
(Open University)
"The Cassini Mission"
28th April 2005 - 7.45 pm prompt
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, The University of Manchester [North Campus]
All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) are to be held in room F14 of the Renold Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD.
2003 - 2004September 25th 2003
Dr Andrew Coates, F.R.A.S
(University College of London, Mullard Space Laboratory: Space Plasma Group)
"Possible Life on Mars and an update on the Beagle 2 mission"
October 16th 2003
Ken Irving
(Salford AS)
"My Astronomy"
November 20th 2003
Dr. Halton C. Arp
(Max Plank Institute for Astrophysics)
"Quasars and Active Galaxies"
December 11th 2003
The Presidential Lecture
Graham Hodson, F.R.A.S..
"Paradox to Proof: The Quest for ET"
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)
January 22nd 2004
Dr. Andy Newsam
(Liverpool John Moores University)
"The Faulkes Telescope Project and The National Schools' Observatory"
(Held in room H11 of the Renold Building, UMIST,)
February 19th 2004
Dr Barbara J. I. Bromage
(Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire)
"The Active Sun and Aurora"
April 1st 2004
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr. Albert Zijlstra
(Astrophysics, UMIST)
"From Star to Nebula: The End of Stellar Evolution"
April 29th 2004
Annual General Meeting
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)
All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) are to be held in room F14 of the Renold Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD
2002 - 2003September 19th 2002
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr Ian Morison
(Operations Manager, Jodrell Bank, University of Manchester)
October 17th 2002
Professor John Parkinson
(Sheffield University.)
November 21st 2002
Dr. Monica Grady
(Natural History Museum)
"Meteorites and the possibility of life in space"
December 19th 2002
The Presidential Lecture
Guy Duckworth, Esq., B.Sc.,
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)
January 16th 2003
Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith, FRS
(former Director of Jodrell Bank and former Astronomer Royal)
February 20th 2003
Dr. Omar Almaini
(Royal Observatory Edinburgh)
March 20th 2003
Dr Neil Spooner
(Sheffield Hallam University)
April 10th 2003
Annual General Meeting
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)
All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) are to be held in room E7 of the Renold Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD. The Meetings start promptly at 7.30pm.
2001 - 2002September 20th 2001
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr John Saxton
(Department of Earth Sciences, Manchester University )
October 18th 2001
Dr Allan Chapman
(Wadham College, Oxford.)
November 15th 2001
Peter Drew
(Astronomy Centre)
December 20th 2001
The Presidential Lecture
Guy Duckworth, Esq., B.Sc.,
"Georges Lemaître and Cosmology"
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)
January 17th 2002
Dr Andy Hollis
(Director of Outer Planets Section, BAA.)
February 21st 2002
Gerard Gilligan
(Liverpool Astronomical Society)
"Astronomy, Telescopes and Beer Drinking: William Lassell 1799-1880"
March 21st 2002
Capt. John Percival
(Marine Associates Ltd, Birkenhead)
April 18th 2002
Annual General Meeting
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)
All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) are to be held in room E7 of the Renold Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD. The Meetings start promptly at 7.30pm.
2000 - 2001September 21st 2000
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr P. J. Diamond, B.Sc.,
(Director MERLIN & VLBI, Jodrell Bank, University of Manchester)
October 19th 2000
Dr Eric John Jones, B.Sc.,
(Proudman Oceanographic Observatory)
"Total Solar Eclipses –A Retrospective"
November 16th 2000
Prof. Alan Smith, A.T.D., D.A Manc., F.M.A.,
(Art & Industry at Salford University)
"The Towneley / Tompion ‘Great Clocks’ at Greenwich Observatory"
December 14th 2000
The Presidential Lecture
Guy Duckworth, Esq., B.Sc.,
"The Caldwell Catalogue: a study of deep sky objects"
(Held in the Godlee)
January 18th 2001
Dr Duncan Steel, B.Sc., M.Sc., D.I.C., Ph.D., F.R.A.S,
(University of Salford.)
February 15th 2001
Dr. David W. Hughes. B.Sc.,
(University of Sheffield)
March 15th 2001
Professor Mike Bode, Ph.D., B.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.Inst.P., C.Phys.
(John Moores University, Liverpool)
"The Liverpool Telescope Project"
April 19th
AGM
(Held in the Godlee)
1999 - 2000September 16th 1999
Prof. K.D. Horne, B.A., Ph.D. F.R.S.E.,
(University of St Andrews)
"Extra Solar Planets"
October 21st 1999
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Prof. J. Meaburn, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.,
(University of Manchester)
"Eta Carinae - An Explosion on the Way!"
November 18th 1999
Dr. O. Almaini,B.Sc.,
(The Royal Observatory, & Institute of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh)
"X-ray Astronomy Takes Off"
December 2nd 1999
The Presidential Lecture
"It's Time Jim, But Not As We Know It."
(Held in the Godlee)
January 20th 2000
Prof. John C. Brown,, D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.Inst.P.
(Astronomer Royal for Scotland & Regius Chair of Astronomy,
University of Glasgow)
"Black Holes and White Rabbits"
February 17th 1999
Dr. A. A. Zijstra. M.Sc.
(UMIST)
"The Death of A Mira: The Missing Million Years of Stellar Evolution."
March 16th 2000
Dr. Hugh R.A. Jones, B.Sc.,
(John Moores University, Liverpool)
"The Bottom of the Main Sequence and Beyond"
April 20th
AGM
(Held in the Godlee)
1998 - 1999September 17th 1998
Dr Ian Morison, B.Sc.,
(Nuffield Radio Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, University of Manchester)
"The Search for Life in the Universe"
(held in room C14)
October 15th 1998
Dr J. Lloyd-Evens, B.Sc.
(University of Leeds)
"High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy: Current Status & Future Prospects"
November 19th 1998
Professor A. Lawrence, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E.
(Head of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory)
"Our Place in the Universe"
December 10th 1998
The Presidential Lecture
Ray Brierley, B.Sc.
"Joining the Dots"
(Held in the Godlee Observatory)
January 21st 1999
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr M. Bryce, B.Sc., F.R.A.S.
(University of Manchester)
"Planetary Nebulae"
February 18th 1999
Professor T.J. Millar, B.Sc., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
(UMIST)
"Star Birth, Star Death"
March 18th 1999
John Chapman-Smith
(SPA Solar Section)
"How to Observe the Sun and Eclipses - A Beginners Guide"
April 15th 1999
Annual General Meeting
(Held in the Godlee Observatory)
1997 - 1998September 18th 1997
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith, K.B., F.R.S., D.Sc., B,Sc., F.R.A.S., RF., F.Inst.P.,
(University of Manchester)
"Telescopes for all Wavelengths"
October 16th 1997
The Farrer Lecture
Dr. David W. Hughes, B.Sc., C.Phys., F.Inst.P., F.R.A.S.
(University of Sheffield)
"The Great Comets"
November 20th 1997
Denis Buczynski, M.Sc., F.R.A.S.
(Lancaster & Morecambe AS)
"A 'New' Telescope at Condor Brow Observatory"
(TA Editorial Board)
December 11th 1997
Presidential Lecture
Ray Brierley, Esq., B.Sc.
"Here's one I made earlier (A tale of two bodies)"
(Held in the Godlee Observatory)
January 15th 1998
Professor Grenville Turner, M.A., D.Phil., F.Inst.P., C.Phys., F.R.S.,
"In Praise of Idleness: RELAXing with Meteorites from Mars"
(University of Manchester)
February 19th 1998
Dr. M. Bryce, B.Sc. F.R.A.S.
(University of Manchester)
"The Life of a Star"
March 19th 1998
Dr. G. A. Fuller, B.Sc., M. A., F.R.A.S.,
"From Molecular Cloud to Star"
(UMIST)
April 1998
Annual General Meeting
(Held in the Godlee Observatory)
1996 - 1997September 19th 1996
The NAW'96 Lecture
Professor Sir Arnold W.Wolfendale, K.B., F.R.S., D.Sc., B,Sc., F.R.A.S. F.Inst.P.,
(University of Durham)
"The Search for Extraterrestial Life - and the Future of Life on Earth"
October 17th 1996
The Farrer Lecture
Melvyn Taylor
"Observing Variable Stars"
November 21st 1996
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Prof. T. Millar, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.S.C., F.R.A.S.,
(UMIST)
"Deuterium in Astrophysics"
December 5th 1996
Presidential Lecture
"The search for the planet Pluto"
(Held in the Godlee Observatory)
January 16th 1997
Prof. F.D.Kahn
(University of Manchester, Dept. of Astronomy)
"Voids and Walls in the Distant Universe"
February 20th 1997
Dr. D. Gavine, B.Sc., M.A., F.R.A.S.
(Edinburgh)
"Aurora"
March 20th 1997
Dr Dennis Walsh
(Jodrell Bank)
"Gravitational Lens"
April 17th 1997
Annual General Meeting
(Held in the Godlee Observatory)
Other major events of the year
April 26/27th 1996. "BAA Meeting", at the MAS.
May 26/27th 1996. NWGAS displays at Jodrell Bank Science centre.
On 27th June 1996 members celebrated 50 years at the Godlee Observatory
The MAS held a number of events during National Astronomy Week (21st - 28th September 1996) which started with our first public lecture on Sept 19th see above for details. The full program of events that took place is here
1995 - 1996September 21st 1995
Dr Paul Smith, M.Sc., M.I.M.E., F.E.A.N.I.,
(QUADS Astro Imaging Group)
"Film Based Astrophotography & Post Processing by Computer, an Introduction"
October 19th 1995
The Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr J.E. Geake, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.Inst.P.
(University of Arizona & UMIST)
"The UMIST Refractometer due to land on Titan"
November 16th 1995
Professor Sir Hermann Bondi, K.C.B., M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., F.Inst.P., F.R.E.E., F.I.M.A.
(Formerly Master of Chuchill College, Cambridge University.)
"Why is it Dark at Night"
December 21st 1995
Presidential Lecture
A.W.Cross
"Astronomy Now & Then"
January 18th 1996
Dr M.J. Irwin, M.A.
(The Royal Greenwich Observatory Cambridge)
"The Satellite Galaxies of the Milky Way"
February 15th 1996
Mr R Sargent
(Chairman, Chester Astronomical Society)
"Russell Porter, Arctic explorer artist and telescope maker"
March 21st
H.R.Soper, Ph.D., D.I.C., C.Chem., M.R.S.C., F.R.A.S.
(MAS member)
"Wide Angled Photography for Bright Meteors and Meteor Spectra"
April 18th 1996
Annual General Meeting
1994 - 1995December 15th 1994
"Black Holes and the Amateur Astronomer"
T.Naylor. B.Sc., D.Phil.
(University of Keele)
January 19th 1995
Presidential Lecture
"Mars"
A.W.Cross.
February 16th 1995
The Kopal Memorial Lecture
"Jets from Everywhere"
Professor J.Meaburn. D.Sc., D.Phil., F.R.A.S.
(University of Manchester)
March 16th 1995
"Shoemaker 9 & Other Things That Hit Planets"
David W.Hughes. B.Sc., D.Phil., C.Phys., F.Inst.P., F.R.A.S.
(University of Sheffield)
April 20th 1995
Annual General Meeting
Saturday, 29th July 1995
1978 - 19791978
October, 19th
Presidential Address.
"Optical Instruments for Beginners"
The President, K. J. Kilburn, Esq.
November, 16th
"Astronomy in Japan"
by Professor Zdenek Kopal, D.Sc., M.Sc., F.R.A.S. (University of Manchester).
December, 21st
"Deep Sky Objects"
by J. K. Irving, Esq., Salford Astronomical Society.
1979
January, 18th
"Observing the Sun"
by Dr. E. H. Strach, M.D., F.R.A.S., M.ChOrth.
February, 15th
"Some Aspects of Astronomical Photography"
by Dr. H. R. Soper, Ph.D., I.C., A.R.I.C., F.R.A.S.
March, 15th
"Meteors: their Origins and Observations"
by Dr. D. W. Hughes, B.Sc., D.Phil.(Oxon), F.R.A.S. (University of Sheffield)
April, 19th
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Manchester Astronomical Society, Blackett Theatre, Schuster Building, University
of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
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