19/05/2023 – 7:30pm – Speaker Professor Martin Hardcastle. To join through Facebook follow this link History of radio sky surveys, why it’s important, and the work that’s done to find new galaxies with the Dutch radio telescope LOFAR. Martin Hardcastle is an astrophysicist specializing in radio astronomy, high-energy astrophysics and the physics of active galactic nuclei. […]
21/04/2023 – 7:30pm – Speaker Peter Grimley. To join through Facebook follow this link The Universe evolves over very long timescales — billions of years — so it’s tempting to think that it is a rather gentle place. But it is also host to some violence goings-on, events that release vast amounts of energy over very
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17/03/2023 – Speaker CAS Members March’s meeting is a magazine style mix of topics from members covering everything from our usual items like sky diary and updates from our very own observatory at Copthorne.
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17/02/2023 – Speaker Dr. Ezzy Pearson on the 10th Anniversary of Chelyabinsk. On 15 February 2013, a huge explosion occurred over the Russian town of Chelyabinsk. The cause – a large meteor had struck the atmosphere above the town, and broken apart, showering meteorites all over the town. Space rock hunters from all over the
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20/01/2023 Presentation from the guest speaker – Dr. Melissa Gillone on Galaxy groups. Over 50% of galaxies in the Universe live in groups. This environment affects the galaxy properties and evolution. Despite being very common, groups are difficult to study because of their diversity and they remain a real challenge for modern Astrophysics. In this
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