BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//91.238.165.172//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RDATE:20241027T020000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RDATE:20250330T010000 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10020@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:ONLINE MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom. us/)\n16th July 2021 @ 19:30 via ZOOM\nReview of the 2020/2021 year\, elec tions of the committee and voting on any other business.\nThe meeting take s place via ZOOM.\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83403184470\nMeeting ID: 834 0318 4470\nOne tap mobile\n+442039017895\,\,83403184470# The United Kingdo m\n+442080806591\,\,83403184470# The United Kingdom\nDial by your location \n +44 203 901 7895 The United Kingdom\n +44 208 080 6591 Th e United Kingdom\n +44 208 080 6592 The United Kingdom\n +44 330 088 5830 The United Kingdom\n +44 131 460 1196 The United King dom\n +44 203 481 5237 The United Kingdom\n +44 203 481 5240 The United Kingdom\nThere will be no guest speaker or astronomy presentat ion at this meeting.\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the comm ittee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please let the Secretary k now before the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com\nMembership fees for 202 1/22 are due from society members and details will be emailed out in July \nNon-society members welcome. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210716T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210716T214500 LOCATION:via ZOOM SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:ZOOM Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 16 July 2021 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/annual-general-me eting-agm-16-july-2021/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nONLIN E MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (ht tps://zoom.us/)
\n16th July 2021 @ 19:30 via ZOOM
\nReview of the 2020/2021 year\, elections of the committee and voting on
any other business.
\nThe meeting takes place via ZOOM.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8340
3184470
\nMeeting ID: 834 0318 4470
One tap mobile
\n+442039017895\,\,83403184470# The United Kingdom
\n+442080806591\,\
,83403184470# The United Kingdom
Dial by your location
\n
+44 203 901 7895 The United Kingdom
\n +44 208 080 6591 Th
e United Kingdom
\n +44 208 080 6592 The United Kingdom
\n +44 330 088 5830 The United Kingdom
\n +44 131 460 1
196 The United Kingdom
\n +44 203 481 5237 The United Kingdom<
br />\n +44 203 481 5240 The United Kingdom
There will be n o guest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.
\nIf anyo ne would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please let the Secretary know before the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com
\n< p>Membership fees for 2021/22 are due from society members and details wil l be emailed out in July\nNon-society members welcome.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM\,Annual General Meeting\,Ayton Village Hall\,East Ayton X-COST:Free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10055@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Public Outreach CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:S&RAS members will be at the Ayton Gala on Saturday 14th August 2021\, 11:00 – 16:00.\nWe will have Solar scopes set up for safe solar pr ojection (weather permitting).\nThe society has held our monthly meetings at the village hall since 2005\, so this is the ideal opportunity to promo te the society and our meetings as well as our calendar of public stargazi ng events in Dalby Forest. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210814T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210814T160000 GEO:+54.249325;-0.483215 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ 4 Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Gala 2021 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-gala-2021/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nS&RAS members will be at the Ayton Gala on Saturday 14th August 2021\, 11:00 – 16:00. p>\n
We will have Solar scopes set up for safe solar projection (weather
permitting).
\nThe society has held our monthly meetings at the vill
age hall since 2005\, so this is the ideal opportunity to promote the soci
ety and our meetings as well as our calendar of public stargazing events i
n Dalby Forest.
Friday 17th S eptember 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nIntroduction to Astronom y evening
\nThis event is for those who have or want to develop an i
nterest in Astronomy but don’t know where to start or have a telescope and
don’t know how to use it effectively.
\nIt will include a short intr
oductory talk followed by a chance for non-members to approach members for
help and advice on astronomy or in setting
\nup and using their tele
scopes.
Feel free to bring along equipment you may have if you don ’t know how to use it.
\nFree for members.
\n£3 for non-members
\, payable on the door.
\nFree refreshments
Friday 15th O ctober 2021 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nUPDATE: Due to transp ort issues\, Jurgen will be presenting the talk via Zoom but the meeting i s still being held at Ayton.
\nGuest Speaker – Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University presenting “DESI (the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument )” – this talk was originally scheduled in March 2020 and cancelle d due to COVID.
\nFree entry for members of the society.
\n£3 o
n the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refresh ments.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10179@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 18th February 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\nAyt on meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of the University of Hull will be presenting “Building Galaxies with Computers” – 18th February 2022 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nFree entry for members of the society.\n£3 on the do or for non-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFree refreshments. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220218T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220218T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof Brad Gibson “Building Galaxies with Computers” 18th February 2022 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-gue st-speaker-prof-brad-gibson-building-galaxies-with-computers-18th-february -2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/w p-content/uploads/2020/08/bradGibsonCropped-300x165.jpg\;451\;248\,medium\ ;http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/wp-content/uploads/2020/08 /bradGibsonCropped-300x165.jpg\;451\;248\,large\;http://www.scarborough-ry edale-as.org.uk/saras/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bradGibsonCropped-300x165 .jpg\;451\;248\,full\;http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/wp-co ntent/uploads/2020/08/bradGibsonCropped-300x165.jpg\;451\;248 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 18th F ebruary 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nAyton meeting – Gue st Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of the University of Hull will be presentin g “Building Galaxies with Computers” – 18th February 2022
\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Free entry for members
of the society.
\n£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10181@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 18th March 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\nAyton meeting – Guest Speaker: Dr David Benoit\, Senior Lecturer in Molecular P hysics and Astrochemistry at Hull University will be presenting “Chemistry on a comet” – 18th March 2022\n\n“David was appointed lecturer at the Uni versity of Hull in 2011 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2014.\nHe previ ously led a research group in computational chemistry at the University of Ulm\, Germany\, from 2005.\nThis followed lectureships in physical chemis try at Queen Mary\, University of London (2002-2003) and in computational chemistry at University College London (2003-2004)\, returning to Queen Ma ry towards the end of 2004.\nDavid held a post-doctoral fellowship at the MPI-FKF in Stuttgart\, Germany\, working with Michele Parrinello\, in 2000 before moving to the ETHZ Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Manno\, Switzerland\, in 2001.”\nFree entry for members of the society.\n£3 on th e door for non-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFree refreshments. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220318T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220318T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: David Benoit “Chemistry on a comet” 18th March 2022 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-gue st-speaker-david-benoit-chemistry-on-a-comet-18th-march-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/images/da vid-benoit.png\;185\;278\,medium\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/i mages/david-benoit.png\;185\;278\,large\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-dire ctory/images/david-benoit.png\;185\;278\,full\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staf f-directory/images/david-benoit.png\;185\;278 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 18th M arch 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nAyton meeting – Guest Speaker: Dr David Benoit\, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Physics and Astroc hemistry at Hull University will be presenting “Chemistry on a comet” – 18 th March 2022
\n\n“David was appointed lecturer at the University of Hull in 20
11 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2014.
\nHe previously led a research group in computationa
l chemistry at the University of Ulm\, Germany\, from 2005.
\nThis fo
llowed lectureships in physical chemistry at Queen Mary\, University of Lo
ndon (2002-2003) and in computational chemistry at University College Lond
on (2003-2004)\, returning to Queen Mary towards the end of 2004.
\nD
avid held a post-doctoral fellowship at the MPI-FKF in Stuttgart\, Germany
\, working with Michele Parrinello\, in 2000 before moving to the ETHZ Swi
ss National Supercomputing Centre in Manno\, Switzerland\, in 2001.”
Free entry for members of the society.
\n£3 on the door for
non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\n BODY> X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10188@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 15th April 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\nAyton Meeting – Astrophotography & Meteor Camera Workshop\nFree entry for member s of the society.\n£3 on the door for non-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFre e refreshments. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220415T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220415T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Astrophotography & Meteor Camera Workshop – 15th Ap ril 2022 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-ast rophotography-meteor-camera-workshop-15th-april-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 15th A pril 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nAyton Meeting – Astroph otography & Meteor Camera Workshop
\nFree entry for members of the s
ociety.
\n£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm p>\n
Free refreshments.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10184@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Review of the 2021/22 year\, elections of the committee and vot ing on any other business.\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\ , East Ayton.\nAs per the proposed change at the 2021 AGM\, the AGM has no w been moved from July to May each year.\nThere will be no guest speaker o r astronomy presentation at this meeting.\nIf anyone would like to stand f or a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, pleas e let the Secretary know before the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com\nMe mbership fees for 2022/23 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.\nNon-society members welcome.\nRefreshments available after t he meeting. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220520T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220520T214500 GEO:+54.249656;-0.483528 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, Nort h Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 20th May 2022 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/annual-general-me eting-agm-20th-may-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nReview of the
2021/22 year\, elections of the committee and voting on any other busines
s.
\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\, East Ayton.
As per the proposed change at the 2021 AGM\, the AGM has now been mov ed from July to May each year.
\nThere will be no guest speaker or astronom y presentation at this meeting.
\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please l et the Secretary know before the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com
\nMembership fees for 2022/
23 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.
\nNon
-society members welcome.
Refreshments available after the meeting .
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM\,Annual General Meeting\,Ayton Village Hall\,East Ayton X-COST:Free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10385@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled AGM meeting from May.\nReview of the 2021/22 year\, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\, East Ayton.\nThere will be no guest s peaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election \, please let the Secretary know before the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail .com\nMembership fees for 2022/23 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.\nNon-society members welcome.\nRefreshments available after the meeting. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220617T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220617T214500 GEO:+54.249656;-0.483528 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, Nort h Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Rescheduled Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 17th June 2022 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/annual-general-me eting-agm-17th-june-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nRescheduled A GM meeting from May.
\nReview of the 2021/22 year\, elections of the
committee and voting on any other business.
\nThe meeting takes plac
e at Ayton Village Hall\, East Ayton.
There will be no guest speaker or a stronomy presentation at this meeting.
\nIf anyone would like to sta nd for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, p lease let the Secretary know before the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com
\nMembership fees fo
r 2022/23 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.
\nNon-society members welcome.
Refreshments available after the meeting.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM\,Annual General Meeting\,Ayton Village Hall\,East Ayton X-COST:Free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10412@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Member Events\,Public Outreach CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 16th September 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\n“Introd uction to Astronomy” evening\nThis event is for those who have\, or want t o develop\, an interest in Astronomy but don’t necessarily know where to s tart\, or you may have a telescope and don’t know how to use it effectivel y.\nIt will include a short introductory talk followed by a chance for non -members to approach members for help and advice on astronomy or in settin g up and using their telescopes.\nIf it is a clear night\, we will set up some telescopes outside as well.\nFeel free to bring along equipment you m ay have if you don’t know how to use it.\nFree for members.\n£3 for non-me mbers\, payable on the door.\nFree refreshments DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220916T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220916T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough YO13 9 HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Introduction to Astronomy evening – 16th September 2022 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/introduction-to-a stronomy-evening-16th-september-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 16th S eptember 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\n“Introduction to Astrono my” evening
\nThis event is for those who have\, or want to develop\
, an interest in Astronomy but don’t necessarily know where to start\, or
you may have a telescope and don’t know how to use it effectively.
\n
It will include a short introductory talk followed by a chance for non-mem
bers to approach members for help and advice on astronomy or in setting up
and using their telescopes.
\nIf it is a clear night\, we will set u
p some telescopes outside as well.
Feel free to bring along equipm ent you may have if you don’t know how to use it.
\nFree for members
.
\n£3 for non-members\, payable on the door.
\nFree refreshment
s
Friday 21 Oct ober 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nGuest Speaker – Roy Gu nson – “Maria Mitchell – An American Astronomical Pioneer”
\nRoy Gun son: Born 1950. Retired in 2011 after 32 years at Sheffield Hallam Univers ity\, prior working in various Research Associations. Been an amateur astr onomer since age 10 or so. Interested in History\, a recreational wargamer and an interest in genealogy and history. Have been giving talks on Astro nomy and associated historical topics since retirement. Currently Deputy-C hair of Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society.
\nFree entry for
members of the society.
\n£3 on the door for non-members.
Doo rs open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10531@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 18th November 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\nGue st Speaker – Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University\, presenting “Instrum ent Scientist”\nFree entry for members of the society.\n£3 on the door for non-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFree refreshments. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221118T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221118T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Jurgen Schmoll “Instrument Scientist ” 18th November 2022 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-gue st-speaker-jurgen-schmoll-instrument-scientist-18th-november-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 18th N ovember 2022 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nGuest Speaker – Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University\, presenting “Instrument Scientist ”
\nFree entry for members of the society.
\n£3 on the door for
non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\n BODY> X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10538@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 17th March 2023 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\nAyton meeting – Guest Speaker: Dr David Benoit\, Senior Lecturer in Molecular P hysics and Astrochemistry at Hull University will be presenting “Ocean Wor lds – Could there be life under the ice?”\n\n“David was appointed lecturer at the University of Hull in 2011 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2014 .\nHe previously led a research group in computational chemistry at the Un iversity of Ulm\, Germany\, from 2005.\nThis followed lectureships in phys ical chemistry at Queen Mary\, University of London (2002-2003) and in com putational chemistry at University College London (2003-2004)\, returning to Queen Mary towards the end of 2004.\nDavid held a post-doctoral fellows hip at the MPI-FKF in Stuttgart\, Germany\, working with Michele Parrinell o\, in 2000 before moving to the ETHZ Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Manno\, Switzerland\, in 2001.”\nFree entry for members of the society .\n£3 on the door for non-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFree refreshments. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230317T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230317T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: David Benoit “Ocean Worlds – Could t here be life under the ice?” 17th March 2023 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-gue st-speaker-david-benoit-ocean-worlds-could-there-be-life-under-the-ice-17t h-march-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/images/da vid-benoit.png\;185\;278\,medium\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/i mages/david-benoit.png\;185\;278\,large\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-dire ctory/images/david-benoit.png\;185\;278\,full\;https://www.hull.ac.uk/staf f-directory/images/david-benoit.png\;185\;278 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 17th M arch 2023 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nAyton meeting – Guest Speaker: Dr David Benoit\, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Physics and Astroc hemistry at Hull University will be presenting “Ocean Worlds – Could there be life under the ice?”
\n\n“David was appointed lecturer at the University of
Hull in 2011 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2014.
\nHe previously led a research group in c
omputational chemistry at the University of Ulm\, Germany\, from 2005.
\nThis followed lectureships in physical chemistry at Queen Mary\, Unive
rsity of London (2002-2003) and in computational chemistry at University C
ollege London (2003-2004)\, returning to Queen Mary towards the end of 200
4.
\nDavid held a post-doctoral fellowship at the MPI-FKF in Stuttgar
t\, Germany\, working with Michele Parrinello\, in 2000 before moving to t
he ETHZ Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Manno\, Switzerland\, in 2
001.”
Free entry for members of the society.
\n£3 on t
he door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshmen ts.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10678@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 21st April 2023 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\nAyton meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of the University of Hull will be presenting “Polar Astronomy” – 21st April 2023\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nFr ee entry for members of the society.\n£3 on the door for non-members.\nDoo rs open 7:15pm\nFree refreshments.\nProfessor Brad Gibson is the Head of t he Department of Physics & Mathematics\, and Director of the E.A. Milne Ce ntre for Astrophysics\, at the University of Hull. Brad completed his MSc and PhD at the University of British Columbia\, building the world’s first Liquid Mirror Telescope Observatory and designing software to map the dis tribution of the chemical elements throughout the Universe. Brad was respo nsible for using exploding stars to determine the expansion rate of the Un iverse\, as part of the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragal actic Distance Scale\, for which his team was awarded the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. He was the first to identify the locations within the Milky Way most likely to harbour complex biological life\, for which his work was n amed by National Geographic magazine as one of the Top 10 News Stories of the Year. Brad’s work has been acknowledged by his peers 30\,000 times\, m aking him the University of Hull’s most cited academic\, and ranking him w ithin the top few percent in the world.\nBrad has been responsible for dou bling the number of women entering physics at the University\, as part of his commitment to widening participation and gender diversity in science\, and improving the career prospects of physics students\; this has all bee n accomplished under his “Changing Face of Physics” campaign\, which led t o the Department’s Athena Swan award\, and the campaign being named Best P ractice in the Country by the UK’s Equality Challenge Unit.\nBrad is the U niversity of Hull’s most active outreach and public/schools engagement aca demic. Since 2016\, he has run 500 events\, reaching more than 30\,000 peo ple in-person (including 15\,000+ students across 60 different schools and colleges\, 60% of whom reside in the bottom two POLAR4 socio-economic qua rtiles. His online/media appearance have reached a further two million peo ple around the world. His outreach efforts led to him being named the Inst itute of Physics’ John Porter Memorial Lecturer\, the Leon Davies Lecturer (Glasgow)\, the Ray Bootland Memorial Lecturer\, and Manchester’s Bexwyke Lecturer\; he has spoken at the Cheltenham Science Festival\, the British Science Festival\, the Royal Institution of Great Britain\, and opened fo r Brian Cox and Lucy Hawking at European AstroFest\, and delivered a highl y popular TED talk on the subject of the search for alien life. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof Brad Gibson “Polar Astronomy” 2 1st April 2023 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-gue st-speaker-prof-brad-gibson-polar-astronomy-21st-april-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/w p-content/uploads/2020/08/bradGibsonCropped-300x165.jpg\;451\;248\,medium\ ;http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/wp-content/uploads/2020/08 /bradGibsonCropped-300x165.jpg\;451\;248\,large\;http://www.scarborough-ry edale-as.org.uk/saras/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bradGibsonCropped-300x165 .jpg\;451\;248\,full\;http://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/wp-co ntent/uploads/2020/08/bradGibsonCropped-300x165.jpg\;451\;248 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 21st A pril 2023 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nAyton meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of the University of Hull will be presenting “P olar Astronomy” – 21st April 2023
\n\n\n
\n
\n
p>\n
\n
\n
Free entry for members of the society.
\n£
3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refr eshments.
\nProfessor Brad Gibson is the Head of the Department of P hysics & Mathematics\, and Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophys ics\, at the University of Hull. Brad completed his MSc and PhD at the Uni versity of British Columbia\, building the world’s first Liquid Mirror Tel escope Observatory and designing software to map the distribution of the c hemical elements throughout the Universe. Brad was responsible for using e xploding stars to determine the expansion rate of the Universe\, as part o f the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Sca le\, for which his team was awarded the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. He was the first to identify the locations within the Milky Way most likely to ha rbour complex biological life\, for which his work was named by National G eographic magazine as one of the Top 10 News Stories of the Year. Brad’s w ork has been acknowledged by his peers 30\,000 times\, making him the Univ ersity of Hull’s most cited academic\, and ranking him within the top few percent in the world.
\nBrad has been responsible for doubling the n umber of women entering physics at the University\, as part of his commitm ent to widening participation and gender diversity in science\, and improv ing the career prospects of physics students\; this has all been accomplis hed under his “Changing Face of Physics” campaign\, which led to the Depar tment’s Athena Swan award\, and the campaign being named Best Practice in the Country by the UK’s Equality Challenge Unit.
\nBrad is the Unive rsity of Hull’s most active outreach and public/schools engagement academi c. Since 2016\, he has run 500 events\, reaching more than 30\,000 people in-person (including 15\,000+ students across 60 different schools and col leges\, 60% of whom reside in the bottom two POLAR4 socio-economic quartil es. His online/media appearance have reached a further two million people around the world. His outreach efforts led to him being named the Institut e of Physics’ John Porter Memorial Lecturer\, the Leon Davies Lecturer (Gl asgow)\, the Ray Bootland Memorial Lecturer\, and Manchester’s Bexwyke Lec turer\; he has spoken at the Cheltenham Science Festival\, the British Sci ence Festival\, the Royal Institution of Great Britain\, and opened for Br ian Cox and Lucy Hawking at European AstroFest\, and delivered a highly po pular TED talk on the subject of the search for alien life.
\n HTML> X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10547@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Review of the 2022/23 year\, elections of the committee and vot ing on any other business.\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\ , East Ayton.\nThere will be no guest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please let the Secretary know be fore the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com\nMembership fees for 2023/24 a re due from society members and can be paid on the evening.\nNon-society m embers welcome.\nRefreshments available after the meeting. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T214500 GEO:+54.249656;-0.483528 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, Nort h Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 19th May 2023 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/annual-general-me eting-agm-19th-may-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nReview of the
2022/23 year\, elections of the committee and voting on any other busines
s.
\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\, East Ayton.
There will be no strong> guest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.
\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please let the Secretary know before the m eeting: saras.secretary@gmail.c om
\nMembership fees for 2023/24 are due from society members an
d can be paid on the evening.
\nNon-society members welcome.
Refreshments available after the meeting.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM\,Annual General Meeting\,Ayton Village Hall\,East Ayton X-COST:Free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10814@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 16th June 20237.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\, Scarbor ough\nGuest Speaker – Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University\, presenting “Astrophotography”\nFree entry for members of the society.\n£3 on the doo r for non-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFree refreshments.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n Dr Jurgen Schmoll was born in Germany in 1970\, he developed an interest i n astronomy around the age of 12\, influencing the career path. Studied ph ysics in Bonn\, Germany before doing his PhD in astrophysics at Potsdam\, Germany. Since the year 2000 has been working at the Centre for Advanced I nstrumentation (CfAI) of Durham University.\nCurrent work focuses mostly o n design\, integration and test of optical components used in astronomical research. Projects include the high resolution spectrograph SALT-HRS\, th e dark energy survey instrument DESI\, the balloon borne telescope SuperBI T and the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA.\nStrong private interest in astro nomy as well\, having built various telescopes and observatories for priva te use mostly in the field of deep sky imaging.\nInvolved in outreach and member of committees of various astronomical groups as Kielder Observatory \, Teesside Astronomical Science Centre (TASC)\, Cleveland and Darlington Astronomical Society (CaDAS) and Durham Astronomical Society (DAS).\nJurge n was the technical advisor for the architectural competition for the Nort h Pennines Community Observatory at ACA. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230616T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230616T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Dr Jurgen Schmoll “Astrophotography” 16th June 2023 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-gue st-speaker-jurgen-schmoll-astrophotography-16th-june-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 16th J une 20237.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\, Scarborough
\nGuest Speak er – Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University\, presenting “Astrophotography span>”
\nFree entry for members of the society.
\n£3 on the doo
r for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\nDr Jurgen Schmoll was born in Germany in 1970\, he developed an interest in astronomy around the age of 12\, influencing the career path. Studied physics in Bonn\, Germany bef ore doing his PhD in astrophysics at Potsdam\, Germany. Since the year 200 0 has been working at the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation (CfAI) of Du rham University.
\nCurrent work focuses mostly on design\, integration and test of optical components use d in astronomical research. Projects include the high resolution spectrogr aph SALT-HRS\, the dark energy survey instrument DESI\, the balloon borne telescope SuperBIT and the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA.
\nStrong private interest in astronomy as well\ , having built various telescopes and observatories for private use mostly in the field of deep sky imaging.
\nInvolved in outreach and member of committees of various astronomica l groups as Kielder Observatory\, Teesside Astronomical Science Centre (TA SC)\, Cleveland and Darlington Astronomical Society (CaDAS) and Durham Ast ronomical Society (DAS).
\n\nFriday 21st J uly 2023 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\, Scarborough
\nGuest Spea ker – Dr James McKee of Hull Un iversity\, presenting “Pulsars: Astronomical Clocks”< /p>\n
Free entry for members of the society.
\n£3 on the door for n
on-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\nI am an astrophys icist at the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics and a lecturer in the Cent re of Excellence for Data Science\, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM). I work on radio astronomy of pulsars\, using some of the most sens itive telescopes in the world. My main areas of research are pulsar timing \, the interstellar medium\, and single pulse emission from pulsars.
\nI studied Physics at the University of Hull and was awarded a Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics by The University of Manchester. I have held rese arch positions at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Can adian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.
\nI am a member of sev eral international collaborations including:
\nCanadian Hydrogen Int ensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)
\nNorth American NanoHertz Observa tory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav)
\nLarge European Array for P ulsars (LEAP)
\nEuropean Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA)
\nInternat ional Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA)
\nThe NenuFAR array
\n\n
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10920@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Member Events\,Public Outreach CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 15th September 2023 – 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\n “Introduction to Astronomy” evening\nThis event is for those who have\, or want to develop\, an interest in Astronomy but don’t necessarily know whe re to start\, or you may have a telescope and don’t know how to use it eff ectively.\nIt will include a short introductory talk followed by a chance for non-members to approach members for help and advice on astronomy or in setting up and using their telescopes.\nIf it is a clear night\, we will set up some telescopes outside as well.\nFeel free to bring along equipmen t you may have\, especially if you don’t know how to use it and want some guidance.\nFree for members.\n£3 for non-members\, payable on the door.\nF ree refreshments DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230915T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230915T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough YO13 9 HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Introduction to Astronomy evening – 15th September 2023 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/introduction-to-a stronomy-evening-15th-september-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Friday 15th S eptember 2023 – 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\n“Introduction to Astronomy” evening
\nThis event is for those who have\, or want to d
evelop\, an interest in Astronomy but don’t necessarily know where to star
t\, or you may have a telescope and don’t know how to use it effectively.<
br />\nIt will include a short introductory talk followed by a chance for
non-members to approach members for help and advice on astronomy or in set
ting up and using their telescopes.
\nIf it is a clear night\, we wil
l set up some telescopes outside as well.
Feel free to bring along equipment you may have\, especially if you don’t know how to use it and w ant some guidance.
\nFree for members.
\n£3 for non-members\, p
ayable on the door.
\nFree refreshments
Friday 2oth O
ctober 2023 7.30pm\, Via
Guest Speaker – Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University\, presenting “Eyepi eces – The interface between technical and human optics”
\nIMPORTANT : Meeting has been recheduled to ZOOM only due to the weather:
\nFriday 17th N ovember 2023 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\nAyton meeting – Gue st Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of the University of Hull will be presenting “Bad Astronomy at the Movies” – 17th November 2023
\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Free entry for members of the society.
\n£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree r efreshments.
\nProfessor Brad Gibson is the Head of the Department o f Physics & Mathematics\, and Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrop hysics\, at the University of Hull. Brad completed his MSc and PhD at the University of British Columbia\, building the world’s first Liquid Mirror Telescope Observatory and designing software to map the distribution of th e chemical elements throughout the Universe. Brad was responsible for usin g exploding stars to determine the expansion rate of the Universe\, as par t of the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale\, for which his team was awarded the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. He w as the first to identify the locations within the Milky Way most likely to harbour complex biological life\, for which his work was named by Nationa l Geographic magazine as one of the Top 10 News Stories of the Year. Brad’ s work has been acknowledged by his peers 30\,000 times\, making him the U niversity of Hull’s most cited academic\, and ranking him within the top f ew percent in the world.
\nBrad has been responsible for doubling th e number of women entering physics at the University\, as part of his comm itment to widening participation and gender diversity in science\, and imp roving the career prospects of physics students\; this has all been accomp lished under his “Changing Face of Physics” campaign\, which led to the De partment’s Athena Swan award\, and the campaign being named Best Practice in the Country by the UK’s Equality Challenge Unit.
\nBrad is the Un iversity of Hull’s most active outreach and public/schools engagement acad emic. Since 2016\, he has run 500 events\, reaching more than 30\,000 peop le in-person (including 15\,000+ students across 60 different schools and colleges\, 60% of whom reside in the bottom two POLAR4 socio-economic quar tiles. His online/media appearance have reached a further two million peop le around the world. His outreach efforts led to him being named the Insti tute of Physics’ John Porter Memorial Lecturer\, the Leon Davies Lecturer (Glasgow)\, the Ray Bootland Memorial Lecturer\, and Manchester’s Bexwyke Lecturer\; he has spoken at the Cheltenham Science Festival\, the British Science Festival\, the Royal Institution of Great Britain\, and opened for Brian Cox and Lucy Hawking at European AstroFest\, and delivered a highly popular TED talk on the subject of the search for alien life.
\nIn 2023 Brad was named Honorary President of the Association for Science Educ ation and in October 2023\, Brad ran his 1000th school outreach event.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11158@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 15th March 2024 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\, Scarb orough\nGuest Speaker: Neil Haggath will be presenting “You Couldn’t Make it Up!”\n“A collection of stories of the unfortunate and bizarre from the history of astronomy\, including:\nThe Catalogue of the Unwanted ( Messier )\nThe Planet That Wasn’t ( le Verrier and Lescarbault )\nThe Heavens and Mrs. Hodges Ungentlemanly Conduct ( South and Sheepshanks )\nand of cours e… The Unluckiest Astronomer Who Ever Lived.”\nFree entry for members of t he society.\n£3 on the door for non-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFree refr eshments.\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240315T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240315T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath “You Couldn’t Make it U p!” – 15th March 2024 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/ayton-meeting-gue st-speaker-neil-haggath-you-couldnt-make-it-up-15th-march-2024/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 15th M arch 2024 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\, Scarborough
\nGuest Spe aker: Neil Haggath will be presenting “You Couldn’t Make it Up!”
\n“
A collection of stories of the unfortunate and bizarre from the history of
astronomy\, including:
\nThe Catalogue of the Unwanted ( Messier )\nThe Planet That Wasn’t ( le Verrier and Lescarbault )
\nThe Hea
vens and Mrs. Hodges Ungentlemanly Conduct ( South and Sheepshanks )
\nand of course… The Unluckiest Astronomer Who Ever Lived.”
Free e
ntry for members of the society.
\n£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\n\n< /HTML> X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11282@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Guest Speakers CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 19th April 2024 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\, Scarb orough\nGuest Speaker – Dr James McKee of Hull University\, presenting “S ubject TBC”\nFree entry for members of the society.\n£3 on the door for no n-members.\nDoors open 7:15pm\nFree refreshments.\n\n\n\n \nI am an astrop hysicist at the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics and a lecturer in the C entre of Excellence for Data Science\, Artificial Intelligence and Modelli ng (DAIM). I work on radio astronomy of pulsars\, using some of the most s ensitive telescopes in the world. My main areas of research are pulsar tim ing\, the interstellar medium\, and single pulse emission from pulsars.\nI studied Physics at the University of Hull and was awarded a Ph.D. in Astr onomy & Astrophysics by The University of Manchester. I have held research positions at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Canadia n Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.\nI am a member of several intern ational collaborations including:\nCanadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Exp eriment (CHIME)\nNorth American NanoHertz Observatory for Gravitational Wa ves (NANOGrav)\nLarge European Array for Pulsars (LEAP)\nEuropean Pulsar T iming Array (EPTA)\nInternational Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA)\nThe NenuFAR array\n \n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240419T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240419T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Lane\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, No rth Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Dr James McKee “Subject TBC” 19th Ap ril 2024 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/http-www-scarboro ugh-ryedale-as-org-uk-saras-event-ayton-meeting-speaker-tbc-19th-april-202 4/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Friday 19th A pril 2024 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\, Scarborough
\nGuest Spe aker – Dr James McKee of Hull U niversity\, presenting “Subject TBC”
\nFree ent
ry for members of the society.
\n£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
\nFree refreshments.
\nI am an astrophysicist at the E. A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics and a lecturer in the Centre of Excellenc e for Data Science\, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM). I work on radio astronomy of pulsars\, using some of the most sensitive telescope s in the world. My main areas of research are pulsar timing\, the interste llar medium\, and single pulse emission from pulsars.
\nI studied Ph ysics at the University of Hull and was awarded a Ph.D. in Astronomy & Ast rophysics by The University of Manchester. I have held research positions at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.
\nI am a member of several internatio nal collaborations including:
\nCanadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)
\nNorth American NanoHertz Observatory for Gravit ational Waves (NANOGrav)
\nLarge European Array for Pulsars (LEAP) p>\n
European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA)
\nInternational Pulsar Ti ming Array (IPTA)
\nThe NenuFAR array
\n\n
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Astronomy\,Ayton Village Hall\,Guest Speakers X-COST:Free for members. £3 for non-members payable on the door. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11290@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Review of the 2023/24 year\, elections of the committee and vot ing on any other business.\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\ , East Ayton.\nThere will be no guest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please let the Secretary know be fore the meeting: saras.secretary@gmail.com\nMembership fees for 2024/25 a re due from society members and can be paid on the evening.\nNon-society m embers welcome.\nRefreshments available after the meeting. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T214500 GEO:+54.249656;-0.483528 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough\, Nort h Yorkshire YO13 9HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 17th May 2024 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/annual-general-me eting-agm-17th-may-2024/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Review of the
2023/24 year\, elections of the committee and voting on any other busines
s.
\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\, East Ayton.
There will be no g uest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.
\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please let the Secretary know before the m eeting: saras.secretary@gmail.c om
\nMembership fees for 2024/25 are due from society members an
d can be paid on the evening.
\nNon-society members welcome.
Refreshments available after the meeting.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM\,Annual General Meeting\,Ayton Village Hall\,East Ayton X-COST:Free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11407@www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras DTSTAMP:20240329T084554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-GB:Ayton Meetings\,Member Events\,Public Outreach CONTACT:Neil Graham\; saras.secretary@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Friday 20th September 2024 – 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall\n “Introduction to Astronomy” evening\nThis event is for those who have\, or want to develop\, an interest in Astronomy but don’t necessarily know whe re to start\, or you may have a telescope and don’t know how to use it eff ectively.\nIt will include a short introductory talk followed by a chance for non-members to approach members for help and advice on astronomy or in setting up and using their telescopes.\nIf it is a clear night\, we will set up some telescopes outside as well.\nFeel free to bring along equipmen t you may have\, especially if you don’t know how to use it and want some guidance.\nFree for members.\n£3 for non-members\, payable on the door.\nF ree refreshments DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240920T194500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240920T213000 GEO:+54.249246;-0.483442 LOCATION:Ayton Village Hall @ Wilson's Ln\, East Ayton\, Scarborough YO13 9 HY\, UK SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Introduction to Astronomy evening – 20th September 2024 URL:https://www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk/saras/event/introduction-to-a stronomy-evening-20th-september-2024/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFriday 20th S eptember 2024 – 7.45pm\, East Ayton Village Hall
\n“Introduction to Astronomy” evening
\nThis event is for those who have\, or want to d
evelop\, an interest in Astronomy but don’t necessarily know where to star
t\, or you may have a telescope and don’t know how to use it effectively.<
br />\nIt will include a short introductory talk followed by a chance for
non-members to approach members for help and advice on astronomy or in set
ting up and using their telescopes.
\nIf it is a clear night\, we wil
l set up some telescopes outside as well.
Feel free to bring along equipment you may have\, especially if you don’t know how to use it and w ant some guidance.
\nFree for members.
\n£3 for non-members\, p
ayable on the door.
\nFree refreshments
Review of the
2024/25 year\, elections of the committee and voting on any other busines
s.
\nThe meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall\, East Ayton.
There will be no g uest speaker or astronomy presentation at this meeting.
\nIf anyone would like to stand for a role on the committee or do not wish to stand for re-election\, please let the Secretary know before the m eeting: saras.secretary@gmail.c om
\nMembership fees for 2025/26 are due from society members an
d can be paid on the evening.
\nNon-society members welcome.
Refreshments available after the meeting.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-GB:AGM\,Annual General Meeting\,Ayton Village Hall\,East Ayton X-COST:Free END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR