The Knowle Astronomical Society welcome you to our website
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 We normally meet on the first Monday of the month but tend to avoid bank holidays etc. Please check out the meeting dates on the "Meetings Calendar" menu item. Meetings start at 8.00pm and are held at St. George and St. Teresa RC Church Hall, 337 Station Road, Dorridge, SOLIHULL, B93 8EZ. Please see the 'About Us' link for more information, including how to get to the venue.
A new 'App' is now available from NASA. The 'NASA App' is available for Android, iPhone & iPad and makes a huge collection of images, videos, NASA TV, mission information, news, ISS sighting opportunities and satellite tracking info available from your phone!! Want to watch space science, astronomy & physics documentaries online! Top documentary films are available through www.streaming-madness.net. Just click on the 'TV Progs/Lectures' link in the Navigation bar on the left hand side of this page. | NewsThe Society’s next meeting is on Monday 11th June 2012, when Dt David Evans of Birmingham University will talk about the research being done at CERN. |
Announcements
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Nigel Foster: The Transits of Venus At our May meeting, Nigel gave us an insight into the trials and tribulations of past astronomers as they tried to follow Kepler's predictions for the transits of Venus ...
Posted 15 May 2012 12:50 by Philip Green -
Dr Claire Foullon: Modern Views of Heliospheric Research Our April meeting saw Dr Claire Foullon of Warwick University give a fasinating presentation about her research into the Sun's heliosphere. Playing video clips of flares and Coronal Mass ...
Posted 3 Apr 2012 10:15 by Philip Green
