The first part of our lockdown season of talks came to end on Friday and what an amazing time we’ve had. Featuring practical, historical, entertaining and superb keynote talks. A huge thank you to all our speakers, especially our guest speakers, who were prepared to do online talks for us.
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You can see most of the talks on our YouTube channel.
A lot of time and effort went into this so a special thanks to everyone involved:
- Organising speakers
- Preparing & delivering talks
- Developing course content
- Managing and coordinating the programme
- Running online meetings
- Email / Website / Facebook / Twitter / Eventbrite
From September…
- Two main meetings per month – online still
- Normally Fridays – but could be other days
- Plus Imaging Group
- Plus other ad hoc meetings arranged
- More observing events – weather permitting
Talks included:
Practical:
- Using robotic telescopes
- Several scope talks
- ASE-24 scripts for Stellarium
- Astro-navigation at sea
- Imaging Groups
- Monthly sky guides
- Introduction to astro-imaging in 5 parts
Historical:
- Spaceship 1
- Speed of light and other stellar effects
- James Bradley
- The Lundmark Panorama
- Thomas Henderson
- Reflections on spaceflight
Entertainment:
- Ramblings of an astro-n*ut
- Concrete galoshes
- Virtual pub quiz
Keynote talks:
- Longitude and clocks
- Neutrinos and particle physics
- Ariel and ExoClock
- Hunting Outbursting Young Stars
- Exploring Alien Atmospheres
- BioRock: wee miners in space
- Things that go BANG in the night
- Is Earth special?
- Parker Solar Probe