2013/2014 Season
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Visits
The society organises trips to visit places of interest, exhibitions and conferences. Members pay for shared transport and any entrance fees as appropriate - with the society obtaining group discounts wherever possible.
Provisional Schedule
Saturday 8th February
(TBC)
Natural History Museum - to have a talk about the the meteorite collection
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/meteorites-dust/
Astrofest - the astronomy exhibition and conference is over two days - 7-8th February. If you want to visit the exhibition or attend one of the conference sessions while we're in London you will need to book your own tickets at:
http://www.astronomynow.com/astrofest/
Travel arrangements and timings TBC.
Other places of interest
If you are interested in visiting some other places with astronomical connections, how about these:
The Spaceguard Centre, Knighton
The Hazard of Near Earth Objects
Greenwich Observatory and the Harrison Planetarium
http://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory/
The National Space Centre and planetarium, Leicester
Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, Macclesfield
Think Tank, Birmingham
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/public
Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth
The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux
http://www.the-observatory.org/
University of Cardiff Observatory
http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk/
The Armagh Observatory, NI