Club Events

The society has meetings on the third Thursday of each month from September through to April.
We do not currently meet in the summer months.
All meetings start at 7:30pm and are held in the village hall at Grateley.
Details of the current programme are given below:-

Date	Title	Lecturer	Details	Observing (Click for details)
September 21st	’13 Journeys through Space & Time’	Colin Stuart Astronomy writer and speaker	A talk about the author’s latest book which looks at Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on Space from 1881 to 2015	Summer Triangle. The constellations of Lyra, Cygnus and Aquila dominate the sky. No moon so the sky should be nice and dark.
October 19th	'Dinosaurs on the Moon'	Dr David Whitehouse Astronomy writer & speaker		Andromeda Galaxy. Tonight the constellation of Andromeda is high in the sky with our nearest spiral galaxy M31. No moon so the sky should be nice and dark.
November 16th	‘Cataclysmic Variables’	Dr Christian Knigge Dept of Physics & Astronomy Southampton University		Perseus and Andromeda M31 will be high in the sky again. Perseus is also well placed so a chance to see the double cluster. Uranus might be visible in the south.
December 21st	Christmas Party and Bring & Buy Sale followed by talk: ‘The Herschels’	AAS member Alan Dowdell	The astronomical achievements of the famous Herschel family	Taurus Another moon free night. Taurus and Orion are also well placed, so the Orion Nebula M42 will be worth observing.
January 18th	'Galaxy Evolution and Formation'	Prof Claudia Maraston Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation University of Portsmouth		Orion And another moon-free night. This will be ideal for observing the Orion Nebula and the Crab nebula.
February 15th	‘Have Telescope Will Travel'	Mark Radice	Astronomy from more exotic locations	Gemini, Taurus We should be able to observe Gemini and Taurus, which are high in the sky, so the Pleiades should be observable.
March 15th	’Guest Stars, Ancient & Modern’	Guy Hurst Editor, ‘The Astronomer’	A summary of the brightest naked eye ‘new’ stars of the last 2000 years	Leo, Cancer Cancer is high in the south so a chance to see the famous star cluster M44 the Praesepe. Leo is also well up with its many galaxies.
April 19th	AGM followed by talk: ‘Debunking the Apollo Hoax Protagonists’	Graham Bryant	A critical review of several of the more popular Apollo hoax theories	Leo Leo will be high in the sky.

Click here to see a copy of the society's health and safety plan which particularly relates to our observing sessions.
which are held after the talks, in the car park outside the village hall.

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