Just before Christmas several members of the society installed the long-awaited observatory at Copthorne Prep School, next to the playing fields. Copthorne Prep is considering
18/11/2022 – Speaker Samuel Walton on “The Van Allen Radiation Belts”, one of the first major discoveries of the space age, by Prof. James Van
09/12/2022 – Speaker Martin Ong on “The Dark Forest”. Considers the apparent conflict between our high estimates for the number of planets that could support
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
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
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
