Upcoming Events

We have a conjunction of archaeology and astronomy as Dr Bruce Vickery describes a solution to the Venus Tablets of Ammisaduqa. An interesting link between today’s highly scientific world and that of the Babylonians over 3,500 years ago.

Talk by Mike Shaw. We will also have the Sky in October. This Night Photography 101 presentation will give you everything you need to know to photograph the night sky [...]

The biggest industry that could come into being in space is the mining of the asteroids. Enabling this to happen will lead to a new flourishing of astronomy and planetary science (love), will protect Earth from dinosaur-killer asteroids (fear), and will lead to a time of material abundance (greed). I will discuss how this all may come about.

Talk by Dr Justyn Campbell-White from the University of Dundee. We will also have the Sky in November from Alan Pickup. For those watching online, here is the YouTube live [...]

Talk by David H. Levy It will consider the story of my life as someone who fought depression and asthma to lead a life of the night sky, 23 comet [...]

Talk by Martin Lunn MBE FRAS, former Curator of Astronomy, Yorkshire Museum, York (The Rambling Astronomer) Born into a poor family, this is a rags to riches story about a [...]

Talk by Dr Rebekah Higgitt, Principal Curator of Science at National Museums Scotland. We will also have the Sky in January. Physical-hybrid meeting More information to follow

Talk by Lyn Smith Lyn Smith is the current Director of the BAA Solar Section and she will take us on a journey through the solar atmosphere or Chromosphere, viewed [...]