Event Calendar

Feb
20
Fri
2015
Talk: John Harper FRAS – The Moon Vol.2 @ Ayton Village Hall
Feb 20 @ 19:30 – 21:30

Society founder and honorary president John Harper will be giving SARAS members and visitors a talk on the Moon.  This 2nd installment follows on from a talk John delivered in March 2014.  Further details on the talk content to follow.

Refreshments available after the talk.

Mar
20
Fri
2015
Talk: Andy Exton – The Tunguska and Chelyabinsk Impacts – and can we avoid small bodied impacts? @ Ayton Village Hall
Mar 20 @ 19:30 – 21:30

Society secretary Andy Exton will be giving SARAS members and visitors a talk on the small bodied impacts on Earth and the threat that they cause.  The talk follows research into the impacts at Tunguska and Chelyabinsk, the threat that the small bodies cause us on Earth and the detection and mitigation methods available that formed a project to complete his degree.

Refreshments available after the talk.

Apr
17
Fri
2015
Talk: Stuart Atkinson – Martian Rovers @ Ayton Village Hall
Apr 17 @ 18:45 – 20:45
Artists impression of the Curiosity Rover on Mars.  Image Credit: NASA

Artists impression of the Curiosity Rover on Mars. Image Credit: NASA

Stuart Atkinson of Eddington Astronomical Society in Cumbria will be visiting the society to give a talk entitled Martian Rovers.  Expect to hear about Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity, the work they have performed on the surface of Mars and the discoveries they have made.  Stuart is an expert on Mars and runs the blog “The Road to Endeavour” that is charting the work of Opportunity and is a regular attendee of our annual Starfest star camp where he has given talks for the past couple of years and will do again in 2015.

The talk will be followed by refreshments.

May
15
Fri
2015
Talk: John Harper – The Moon (Volume 2) @ Ayton Village Hall
May 15 @ 18:45 – 20:45
The Moon.  Image credit: Mark Tissington

The Moon. Image credit: Mark Tissington

Rescheduled from our February 2015 meeting, society founder and honorary president John Harper FRAS will be giving a talk entitled, The Moon (Volume 2).  The talk follows on from a very popular talk that John gave the society during 2014.  Further details on the talk content will be circulated closer to the time.

The talk will be followed by refreshments.

Jun
19
Fri
2015
Talk: Paul Money – Images of the Universe (Volume 2) @ Ayton Village Hall
Jun 19 @ 18:45 – 20:45

The society will be visited by regular speaker Paul Money who will be giving his talk entitled Images of the Universe Volume 2. Paul Money explores another stunning 10 images of our wonderful Universe in his own inimitable way.

The talk will be followed by refreshments.

Jul
17
Fri
2015
Annual General Meeting (AGM) @ Ayton Village Hall
Jul 17 @ 18:45 – 20:45

Review of the 2014/15 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.  The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton.

Membership fees for 2015/16 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.  Non-society members welcome.  Refreshments available after the meeting.

Sep
18
Fri
2015
Talk: Dr Juergen Schmoll – SALT HRS @ Ayton Village Hall
Sep 18 @ 19:45 – 21:45
SALT Telescope

SALT Telescope

A presentation of the commissioning of the high resolution spectrograph (HRS) for the SALT telescope at the South African National Observatory. Apart from the science, this talk also shows some nice deep sky images taken with an Astrotrac on site.

The talk will be followed by refreshments.

Jul
15
Fri
2016
Annual General Meeting (AGM) @ Ayton Village Hall
Jul 15 @ 19:45 – 21:45

Review of the 2015/16 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.  The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton.

Membership fees for 2016/17 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.  Non-society members welcome.  Refreshments available after the meeting.

Jul
21
Fri
2017
Annual General Meeting (AGM) @ Ayton Village Hall
Jul 21 @ 19:45 – 21:45

Review of the 2016/17 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.
The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton.

There will be no guest speaker or presentation at this meeting.

Membership fees for 2017/18 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.
Non-society members welcome.

Refreshments available after the meeting.

Jul
20
Fri
2018
Annual General Meeting (AGM) @ Ayton Village Hall
Jul 20 @ 19:45 – 21:45

Review of the 2017/18 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.
The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton.

There will be no guest speaker or presentation at this meeting.

Membership fees for 2018/19 are due from society members and can be paid on the evening.
Non-society members welcome.

Refreshments available after the meeting.