Herefordshire Astronomical Society

Welcome to Astronomy in Herefordshire.

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EVENTS:

Venue: Kindle Centre Belmont Road Hereford HR2 7JE  ( Next to ASDA)       7.00 - 9.00pm

Proposed dates / topics / speakers

NO MEETING IN AUGUST

Provisional Programme for 2011/12


Thursday 1st September:       Dr Keith Moseley, MARS

Vesta and the origins of the asteroid belt

Thursday 6th October:            Mark Gibbons, Cotswolds AS

                                                Age of the Universe

Thursday 3rd November:       Gordon Haynes, HAS

                                                Astro-Imaging http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk/index.htm

Thursday 1st December:         Dr Ian Stevens, University of Birmingham

                                                Extra-Solar Planets

Thursday 5th January:            AGM and Norman Pomfret, MARS

                                                CERN

Thursday 2nd February:          Dr Paul Olver, HAS

                                                Archeo-Astronomy

Thursday 1st March:               4th Annual Webb Lecturer: John Price, Farnham AS

The Life and Times of Sir Edmund Halley

Thursday 5th April:                  Jerry Workman Loughton AS
        
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 Thursday 3rd May:                  Dr Geoff Steel, WFCS

Meteorites (Joint Meeting with Woolhope FCS)

Thursday  7thJune:                  Dr Steve Duncan, Torbay AS

                                                Satellites and Space Station Programmes

Thursday 5th July:                   Mark Chamberlain HAS

                                                USA Astro Trip and Observations

 

Officers:

Chair:        
Secretary: Paul Olver
Treasurer: Steve Watson

Links:

Astronomy Forum: http://www.stargazerslounge.com/  

Space Today UK:   http://www.spacetodayuk.co.uk/

Hereford Starlab:   http://www.hereford-starlab.co.uk/ 

Webb-Share:          http://www.spacewatch.co.uk/

Astronomy GCSE:  http://www.starlearner.com/ 

Image credit: NASA  Hubble Heritage