Speaker: Mary Louise McIntyre ASTRONOMY: PAST & PRESENT This talk covers the history of astronomy, from prehistoric cave paintings to robotic telescopes. It includes stories aboutimportant people who were pivotal with their contribution to astronomy, the changes in theory and science behind the subject and how modern life has benefited from space science. THE SPEAKER · Introducing Mary McIntyre, […]
January 2024 Meeting – 19/01/2024 Read More »
‘CRAWLEY ASTRO – Members Meeting’ We take the opportunity each year to hold a Members Meeting in which we encourage some of our members to talk, for 20 minutes, on an interesting Astro-related topic. This year is no exception and we have talks from each of Stephen Avery, Kabir Jami and Axel Stoeller-Rambault. Their topics respectively
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Topic – The Search for Life in the outer solar system Speaker: William Joyce Meet William Joyce, a Chartered Physicist and esteemed Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, whose journey spans astrophysics, space research, and academia. With an early career focused on groundbreaking space research at Leicester University and diverse roles in laboratories, space
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Topic – Searching for Clear Dark Sites Speaker: Dr Mazin Younis Dr. Mazin Younis, a physicist and avid astronomer, embarked on a transformative journey from the sunlit landscapes of Southern Iraq to academic excellence. Raised in a small town near Basra, their passion for astronomy ignited with the historic Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.
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20/10/2023 – 7:30pm – Annual AGM Annual AGM Friday 20th October at 7.30 p.m. is our annual AGM! This will be held in the Oak Room at the Haven Centre, Hophurst Lane, Crawley Down. RH10 4LJ This is the time each year when our members get together and discuss what we hope to do in the coming
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15/09/2023 – 7:30pm – Speaker Dr. David Arditti. THE TALK ‘Observing and Imaging the Planets’ The planets of our own solar system constitute some of the principal, most attractive and interesting objects for amateur astronomers to study. Despite them all having now been visited by probes that have sent back vast amounts of data, back-gardentelescopes
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21/07/2023 – 7:30pm – Speaker Kabir Jami. A beginners guide to the universe The universe is full of various types of objects. There are many types of galaxies, stars and planets in addition to various types of nebula. Some of them evolve from others, some spend their lives quietly, some end up in a violent
