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Tag Archives: Ayton Village Hall
Rescheduled Annual General Meeting – 17th June 2022
Rescheduled AGM meeting Review of the 2021/22 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton. As per the proposed change at the 2021 AGM, the AGM has now … Continue reading
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Annual General Meeting – 20th May 2022
Review of the 2021/22 year, elections of the committee and voting on any other business.The meeting takes place at Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton. As per the proposed change at the 2021 AGM, the AGM has now been moved from … Continue reading
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Introduction to Astronomy evening – 17th September 2021
Friday 17th September 2021 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall Introduction to Astronomy evening This event is for those who have or want to develop an interest in Astronomy but don’t know where to start or have a telescope and don’t … Continue reading
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October East Ayton Meeting – Guest Speaker – Paul Money: Images of the Universe Part 3
Talk: Paul Money: Images of the Universe Part 3 (re-scheduled from 20th May 2016)
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Tagged astronomy, Ayton Village Hall, BBC, Guest Speakers, Images of the Universe, Paul Money FRAS FBIS, The Sky at Night, Universe
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February Ayton Village Hall Meeting
Unfortunately due to illness, society founder and honorary president John Harper was unable to give the second installment of his talk on the Moon at the February meeting at Ayton Village Hall. Don’t worry though, we will reschedule John for … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Ayton Village Hall, Guest Speaker, Howard Watson, John Harper FRAS, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Moon
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Alternative Explanations Given at Society Meeting
Joining us as guest speaker for the May meeting of the society at Ayton Village Hall was returning speaker Jeremy Dunning Davies, retired senior lecturer in applied mathematics at the University of Hull. Jeremy’s talk focussed on alternative explanations in … Continue reading
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Tagged Astrophysics, Ayton Village Hall, Dark Energy, Dark Flow, Dark Matter, Electric Universe, Guest Speaker, Jeremy Dunning-Davies, Plasma, University of Hull
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Active Galactic Nuclei with Dr Stuart Lumsden
The guest speaker for the April meeting of the society at Ayton Village Hall was Dr Stuart Lumsden from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. Due to Good Friday, the meeting was brought forward to … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Galactic Nuclei, Ayton Village Hall, black hole, blazars, Dr Stuart Lumsden, Guest Speaker, quasars, radio galaxies, Seyfert, University of Leeds
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Founder talks about the Moon at March meeting
Society founder and Honorary President John Harper spoke to society members and visitors at the 21st March 2014 meeting of the society held at Ayton Village Hall. The content of John’s talk was all about our nearest neighbour in space, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apogee, Ayton Village Hall, Earth, Eclipse, Galilean Satellites, John Harper FRAS, Moon, Perigee, Saturn, soloar system, Thea, Titan
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