Meetings 2016-17

16.08.16  'MARS Bar' 7.30pm Kings Head, Monmouth ('MARS Bars' are informal pub gatherings between formal meetings).

13.09.16  ‘Stars: Phoenixes Like No Other’ – Jenifer Millard, Cardiff University

11.10.16  ‘Gravitational Wave Astronomy - an update’ - Dr David Morgan

08.11.16  'Measuring the Universe' - Dr Keith Moseley

13.12.16  Ten minute talks by MARS members. Bring your topic and tell us about it!

27.12.16 MARS Bar at The Kings Head (Wetherspoons), Monmouth. Starts at 19.30.

10.01.17  'Alien Volcanoes - an Introduction to Volcanism in our Solar System' Dr Paul Olver

14.02.17 Workshop Evening - Various speakers. Please bring a laptop, pre-loaded with Celestia and Stellarium. Links to these software packages are on the software page of this website.

14.03.17 ‘The Epoch of Re-ionisation – the Birth of the Stars’ - Dr David Morgan.

11.04.17 'Beyond Neptune: The Discovery of Trans-Neptunian Objects and why Planet IX may...or may not exist' - Dr Keith Moseley

09.05.17 ‘The Chelyabinsk Meteor’ - Dr Elizabeth Pearson, News Editor for the BBC Sky at Night magazine.

13.06.17 'The Venus Hypothesis - Is there a connection between Venus and Earth's geological events?' - Annabel Cartwright, Cardiff University.

11.07.17 'MARS Bar' 20.00 Kings Head, Monmouth ('MARS Bars' are informal pub gatherings between formal meetings).

08.08.17 Trip to Oxford. Guided tour of the History of Science Museum and Botanic Gardens.

12.08.17: MARS Perseid Star Party at Tircwar, The Narth, near Trellech. (Located 50m up track from red phone box.) 18.30 until late. May be cancelled if cloudy and wet. Current (weather determined) status GOING AHEAD.