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Category Archives: Guest Speakers
Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath “You Couldn’t Make it Up!” – 15th March 2024
Friday 15th March 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough Guest Speaker: Neil Haggath will be presenting “You Couldn’t Make it Up!” “A collection of stories of the unfortunate and bizarre from the history of astronomy, including:The Catalogue of the … Continue reading
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Ayton Meeting – Member Speaker: Ewan Vellacott – “Solar system on a toilet roll” & “In and around Orion” – 16th February 2024
Friday 16th February 2024 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Member Speaker Ewan Vellacott will be presenting 2 shorter talks for us: “Solar system on a toilet roll” & “In and around Orion” Free entry for members of the Society£3 on … Continue reading
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17th November 2023 – Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof Brad Gibson “Bad Astronomy at the Movies”
Friday 17th November 2023 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Ayton meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of the University of Hull will be presenting “Bad Astronomy at the Movies” Free entry for members of the Society.£3 on the door … Continue reading
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18th February 2022 – Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof Brad Gibson “Building Galaxies with Computers”
Friday 18th February 2022 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Ayton meeting – Guest Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson of the University of Hull will be presenting “Building Galaxies with Computers” Free entry for members of the society.£3 on the door for … Continue reading
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19th November 2021 – Ayton Meeting – Member Speaker: Nick Duffy “SETI and the Drake Equation – Where Are They?”
Friday 19th November 2021 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Member Speaker: SARAS Chairman, Nick Duffy, will be presenting “SETI and the Drake Equation – Where Are They?” Free entry for members of the society.£3 on the door for non-members. Doors … Continue reading
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15th October 2021 – Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker: Jurgen Schmoll “DESI (the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument)”
UPDATE: Due to transport issues, Jurgen will be presenting the talk via Zoom but the meeting is still being held at Ayton. Friday 15th October 2021 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Guest Speaker – Dr Jurgen Schmoll of Durham University … Continue reading
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VIRTUAL Meeting via ZOOM – Guest Speaker: Russell Parry – “The fall and find of the Appley Bridge meteorite” 18th June 2021
ONLINE MEETING – THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM (https://zoom.us/) Friday 18th June 2021 7.30pm, via Zoom ZOOM Meeting – Guest Speaker: Russell Parry will be presenting “The fall and find of the Appley Bridge meteorite” – 18th June 2021 … Continue reading
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Update: ALL Ayton Meetings Cancelled until September
Update: The Ayton Village Hall will not be re-opening until September at the very earliest so all meetings until then are cancelled. Details regarding postponing the July AGM will be emailed to members
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