Torbay Astronomical Society - Lecture Meetings from Previous Years

2006/2007

2006 September 21Kieron McGrath of SCS Astro Wellington: "Telescopes and Gadgets"
- Astronomical instruments that are available now on an amateur budget
October 19Mini-lectures: Ralph Bell: "Meteorology" and Dave Norman: : "Probing the System"
November 21 at Torquay Boys' Grammar School Dr David Southwood (Director of Science, European Space Agency): "Europe in Space"
December 14Jeff Jones (TAS): "Λ-CDM Model of Cosmology"
2007 January 18John Brimble (South Somerset AS): "The Outer Limits"
February 15Steve Duncan: : "50 Years of Rocket Science"
March 15J Hedley Robinson Memorial Lecture
Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich :
"The Royal Observatory: Past, Present and Future"
April 19Chairman's Address: "SuperStars!"
May 17Annual General Meeting (+ Summer 2007 preview)

2005/2006

2005 September 22 Dave Norman, Chris Proctor and other committee members: Summer 2005 review, Mars Opposition
October 20Mini-lectures: "(titles tbd)"
November 17Dr David Ramsden (Southampton University): "Gamma Ray Objects"
December 15Mini-lectures: "(titles tbd)"
2006 January 19Annual Quiz vs Exeter Astronomical Society ... (Exeter won this year - well done!)
February 16John Stapleton (Basingstoke AS): "Planetary Nebulae"
March 16Dave Norman: Chairman's Address: "Mars3D!"
April 20Professor John Brown (Astronomer Royal for Scotland): "Black Holes and White Rabbits"
May 18Annual General Meeting (+ Summer 2006 preview)

2004/2005

2004 September 16 Dave Norman and Chris Proctor: "Transit to Titan"
October 21 Chris Proctor: "The Moon"
November 18 Sarah Burton (Exeter University): "Astrobiology"
December 16 Tim Moffatt: "My Observatory"
2005 January 20 Jim "Our Sun",Dajana: "Stellar Evolution",Dave: "SOHO 2004"
February 17 Steve Duncan: "Tricks of the Light"
March 17 John Hedley Robinson Memorial Lecture:
Professor Tim Naylor: "The Formation of the Solar System"
April 21 Chairman's Address: Dave Norman: "A Celestial Odyssey"
May 19Annual General Meeting (+ Summer 2005 preview)

2003/2004

2003 Sep 18Society members, guests and visitors
"Open Forum"
Oct 16Dr Chris Baddiley
"Galaxies"
Nov 20mini-lectures
Dec 18Quiz vs Exeter AS
2004
Jan 22
Dave Norman and Dr Chris Proctor
"SOHO in 2003!"
Feb 19Stephen Parkinson
"SETI"
Mar 18Dr Chris Proctor "Antarctica!"
and Dave Norman "Celestia"
Apr 15Chairman's Address by Dave Norman
May 20Dr Andrew Coates
"The Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan"
May 27Annual General Meeting (+Mars Express)
NOTE: at TBGS, not Town Hall!!!

2002/2003

2002 September 19The committee and members of the society"We are the TAS!"
October 17John Hedley Robinson Memorial Lecture
by Dr John Mason
"Destination Mars!"
November 21(members of the society)(mini-lectures: titles TBD)
December 19-TAS Christmas Quiz
2003 January 23Steve Duncan"433rd Rock From The Sun"
February 20Patrick McGuire, Chris Proctor and Dave Norman(PM:) "Astronomy Distance Learning", (DN/CP:) The latest observatory images
March 20Dave NormanChairman's Address: "The Dark Side of the Universe"
April 17Dr Andy Norton (Open University)"Outbursts, Orbits and Oscillations"
May 15-Annual General Meeting

2001/2002

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2000/2001

2000 September 21Dr. Andy Norton (Open University) and/or Steve Duncan Ph.D"Gamma-ray Bursters"
October 19Kieran McGrathTelescope buying advice
November 16Chris Proctor Ph.D, Michael Morley, Alan Horner Mini-lectures
December 21-Social/Fun Evening
2001 January 18Ian Walsh and Dave Norman"The Lost Worlds of 2001"
February 22John Stapleton"Mapping the Moon"
March 15Neil BoneJ H R Memorial Lecture - "Aurorae"
April 19Dave Norman B.TechChairman's Address
May 17-Annual General Meeting

1999/2000

1999 September 16thDave Norman and Chris Proctor Ph.D"There Goes the Sun!"
October 21Howard Donaldson & Joyce Hedges (E.A.S)"American Observatories"
November 18Geoff White (Westland School)"The Universe at Large"
December 16-Annual Quiz with Exeter A.S.
2000 January 20Dave Norman, Alex Tarr (and others!)"Third Millenium Astronomy"
February 17Steve Duncan Ph.D"Orbital Mechanics"
March 16Dr. Andy Norton (Open University)"Gamma-ray Bursters"
April 20Grahame Veale B.ScChairman's Address
May 18-Annual General Meeting