Lecture Programme 2010-2011

MEETINGS are held at 7 pm on Thursdays, in the Red Cross Headquarters, Western Avenue, (off the West road, opposite the exit from the General Hospital), except for:

The joint meeting  with the Institute of Physics which will be at Northumbria University

The January meeting which will be at the Centre for Life.

This is the lecture programme for 2010/2011:-

Date	Time	Subject	Speaker
Oct 7th 2010	7 pm	Members' Night - Astronomy for beginners, Night Sky in Autumn, using Meade DSI	Jason Russell & Tom Moran
Oct 21st 2010	7 pm	The Jewellery of Luminous Giants and Dim Dwarfs	Dr. Christiane Helling St. Andrews University
Nov 25th 2010	7 pm	Instrumentation of JWST replacing the Hubble Telescope. Joint Meeting with IOP at Northumbria University.	Dr. Alistair Glasse Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Dec 16th 2010	7 pm	Adaptive optics and Integral field spectroscopy	Dr. Jeurgen Schmoll Durham University
Jan 20th 2011	7 pm	Presentation  at the  Centre for Life	TBA
Feb 24th 2011	7 pm	TBA	Dr. Carlos Frenk Durham University
Mar 24th 2011	7 pm	The Physics of the Solar Corona, Flares and sunspots	Dr.Lyndsay Fletcher Glasgow University
Apr 21st 2011	7 pm	Moons of the Solar System	Dr.Gordon Moir Northumbria University
May 19th 2011	7pm	AGM & Telescope meeting (please bring an instrument)

Observing Sessions

30-Aug-10   1:00pm                     Bank Holiday visit to Tom's Observatory with Solar Observing

09-Sep-10   8:30pm                     Late Summer Deep Sky Observing at Vallum Farm

09-Oct-10    Afternoon-?              NAS visit to Kielder 8th Annual Star Camp

04-Nov-10   7:30pm                     Autumn Deep Sky Observing at Vallum Farm

14-Dec-10   8:00pm                     The Geminids at Vallum Farm

04-Jan-11   8-20am - 9:30am   Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise at St.Mary's Lighthouse Car Park

03-Feb-11   7:30pm                     Winter Deep Sky Observing at Vallum Farm

26-Mar-11    8:00pm                    Spring Galaxy Observing at Vallum Farm

11-Apr-11    8:00pm                    8 day old moon observing at Jason's 

These sessions are weather dependent (except 30 Aug) and details will be posted on the Society’s yahoo newsgroup nearer the time.

THE OBSERVING SECTION regularly organises additional observing sessions. These generally take place at Vallum farm. The sessions are organised through the society's newsgroup. No previous observing experience or equipment is necessary.  Additional loan telescopes are available.