Derby and District Astronomical Society
2009 Meeting Programme
Date | Title | Speaker | Venue |
January 9th 7:30 pm |
Jupiter - Friend or Foe? | Dr Jonti Horner The Open University |
The Friend's Meeting House |
January 17th 7:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
February 6th 7:30 pm |
Society Quiz | - | The Friend's Meeting House |
February 21st 7:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
March 6th 7:30 pm |
The Music of the Heavens | Chris Newsome | The Friend's Meeting House |
March 21st 7:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
April 3rd 7:30 pm |
Photographing the Night Sky | Nik Szymanek | The Friend's Meeting House |
April 18th 8:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
May 1st 7:30 pm |
Annual General Meeting | - | The Friend's Meeting House |
May 16th 9:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
June 5th 7:30 pm |
Apollo: Tranquility Base and Beyond | Anthony Southwell | The Friend's Meeting House |
June 20th 9:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
22nd - 27th July | DDAS Display | - | Derby QUAD |
Saturday 27th July | DDAS Display & Solar Observing at the Derby Well Dressing |
- | Derby QUAD and Market Place |
Saturday 4th July 7:30pm |
Society BBQ and Observing Session | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
Saturday 11th July 11am - 5pm |
DDAS Display at the Aston Upon Trent Well Dressing |
- | The Malt Shovel Aston Upon Trent |
Saturday 18th July | DDAS Display at the Barton Gate Charity Steam Rally |
- | Needwood Rise Farm, Barton Gate, Barton-u-Needwood, Staffordshire, DE13 8AP |
August 7th 7:30 pm |
The Ghost Book of Manchester | Kevin Kilburn The Society for the History of Astronomy |
The Friend's Meeting House |
August 22nd 9:00 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
September 4th 7:30 pm |
The Biggest Bangs in the Universe | Professor Nial Tanvir Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester |
The Friend's Meeting House |
September 19th 8:00 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
October 2nd 7:30 pm |
Meteors – from Comet to Camera | Dr Colin Steele School of Mathematics University of Manchester |
The Friend's Meeting House |
October 17th 7:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
November 6th 7:30 pm |
Planetary Landers: Exotic Spacecraft for Strange Places | Dr Andrew Ball ExoMars Instrument Engineer European Space Agency |
The Friend's Meeting House |
November 21st 7:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
December 4th 7:30 pm |
In Pursuit of Pulsars | Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE, FRS, FRAS | The Friend's Meeting House |
December 9th 6:15 pm |
FLAMSTEED LECTURE The Hubble Space Telescope - Past, Present and Future |
Professor Jeffrey A. Hoffman MIT |
The University of Derby Kedleston Road Campus FREE Tickets: www.derby.ac.uk/flamsteed or call Angela Drinkwater at The University of Derby on 01332 591046 |
December 19th 7:30 pm |
OBSERVING SESSION | - | The Flamsteed Observatory |
For a location map of the Friend's Meeting House click here.
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