Derby and District Astronomical Society

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2010 Meeting Programme

Date Title Speaker Venue
January 8th
7:30 pm
Cosmic Casualty - Farce and Fortuity in the Exploration of Space Doug Ellison
Unmanned Spaceflight.com
The Friend's Meeting House
January 23rd
7:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
February 5th
7:30 pm
Society Quiz - The Friend's Meeting House
February 20th
7:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
March 5th
7:30 pm
Five Ways to Find a Black Hole Dr Somak Raychaudhury
Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham
The Friend's Meeting House
March 20th
7:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
April 2nd
7:30 pm
The 2009 Total Solar Eclipse Chris Newsome & Malcolm Neal
Derby and District Astronomical Society
The Friend's Meeting House
April 17th
8:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
May 7th
7:30 pm
Annual General Meeting - The Friend's Meeting House
May 22nd
9:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
June 4th
7:30 pm
Cosmology: What do we really know about the Universe? Dr Anne Green
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nottingham
The Friend's Meeting House
June 19th
9:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
Saturday 3rd July
7:30pm
Society BBQ and Observing Session
(Replaces July main meeting)
- The Flamsteed Observatory
July 17th
9:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
August 6th
9:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION
(Replaces main meeting)
- The Flamsteed Observatory
August 21st
9:00 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
September 3rd
7:30 pm
The Space Shuttle Programme: A Review and Farewell Anthony Southwell
Derby and District Astronomical Society
The Friend's Meeting House
September 18th
7:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
October 1st
7:30 pm
Titan - The Moon That Would Be a Planet Professor John Zarnecki
Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space & Astronomical Research
The Open University
The Friend's Meeting House
October 23rd
7:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
November 5th
7:30 pm
Nothing is Real
A Journey Through the Quantum Universe
Dr Mike Lancaster
Derby and District Astronomical Society
The Friend's Meeting House
November 20th
7:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory
December 3rd
7:30 pm
Robert Burns and Astronomy Dr Catherine Smith The Friend's Meeting House
December 18th
7:30 pm
OBSERVING SESSION - The Flamsteed Observatory

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