2013/2014 Season

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

http://www.spaceguarduk.com/


Greenwich Observatory and the Harrison Planetarium

http://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory/


The National Space Centre and planetarium, Leicester

http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/

Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath


http://herschelmuseum.org.uk/

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/

Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, Macclesfield

http://www.jodrellbank.net/

Think Tank, Birmingham


http://www.thinktank.ac/

Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge


http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/public

Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth


http://www.normanlockyer.com/

The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux


http://www.the-observatory.org/

University of Cardiff Observatory


http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk/

The Armagh Observatory, NI


http://www.arm.ac.uk/