Club Talks


2020


Professor Charles Lawrence - 'Newton's Calculus' - 15 January

https://youtu.be/eFLc0ngGThI


Nick James - 'Great Comets and Great Disappointments' - 15 April

 https://youtu.be/f8188aA8uQk


Magda Wheatley - '30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope', and Les Brand - 'Stellarium run-through' - 29 April

https://youtu.be/57j2qEnDFLQ


Doug Millard - '30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope', and Peter Morris - 'Summer Sky Notes' - 12 May

https://youtu.be/Ig-hsEz51Yo


Roger O'Brien - 'Interstellar Visitors' - 20 May

  https://youtu.be/FdXhnDktmIM


Szabolcs Nagy - 'Shooting the International Space Station' - 3 June

 https://youtu.be/LeNYn4Myk48


Steve Tonkin - 'Two eyes are better than one' - 17 June

https://youtu.be/AZq-fFWAGCs


Dr Louise Devoy - 'Annie Maunder (1868-1947): pioneering astrophotographer and 'lady computer' at Greenwich”, and

Peter Morris on Colours of double stars - 1 July

https://youtu.be/4Z1OhbZTVk4  


Dick Campbell, Director of the Central Texas Astronomical Society.- Live camera tour of the telescope and control room; 

talk about the remote operation, and their science; talk about our public outreach and education support - 22 July

https://youtu.be/7NYl3b_LH74


Zach Dickeson - ‘Lakes, Oceans, and the Search for Life on Mars’ - 29 July

https://youtu.be/os06Z2NDAnE


Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - 'Bursts, bangs and things that go bump in the night - transient astronomy' - 19 August

https://youtu.be/JL_7iXS6RQc


Anastasia Kokori - 'ARIEL: the future of exoplanets and ExoClock' - 2 September

https://youtu.be/-CHeuY2PyCA


Paul Money - 'The Vikings at Barsoom Part Two - The search for life' - 16 September

https://youtu.be/7tpZJkh-3iw


Dr Paul Whiting - ' Colliding Galaxies' - 21 October

https://youtu.be/cE-X1JN7EGI


Professor John Zarnecki -  ‘Spacecraft I have known and loved’ - 4 November

https://youtu.be/w3W1_oeErtA



2021


Professor Marc Schumann - 'Exploring the Dark Universe with XENON' - 7 January

 https://youtu.be/CzuyVxkyCEI


Professor Alan Fitzsimmons - 'Understanding Near-Earth Objects and Planetary Defence' - 20 January

https://youtu.be/-bCvIFS2n40


Ryan French - 'Ancient times to new results - a journey through solar physics' - 3 February

https://youtu.be/wPmLzU-nQMU


Dr Dafydd Wyn Evans - 'Gaia: what was delivered in EDR3 and what is to come in DR3' - 17 February

https://youtu.be/ic2EuAI9GHk


Dr Rebekah Higgitt - 'Transits of Venus and 'precision exploration' in the 18th century' - 3 March

https://youtu.be/PkyEDx0ija8


Dr Greg Brown - 'Black Holes: The Small, the Medium and the XXL' - 17 March

https://youtu.be/QmRUKwrvYNg



2022


Dr Martin Suttle – ‘The Winchcombe meteorite and what we’ve learnt so far’ – 19 January 

https://youtu.be/uGhQCB5WT8k


Dr David Arditti – ‘History of the Telescope’ – 16 February 

https://youtu.be/vTaGcIx9mGA 


Dr Lee Macdonald – ‘From cracked mirror to Nobel Prize: the story of the Isaac Newton Telescope – 16 March 

https://youtu.be/IpVl-qh79l8 


Konrad Malin-Smith – ‘Gravity - historical and modern (without the maths!)’ – 20 April 

https://youtu.be/oOkoL-pj3AQ 


Roger O’Brien – ‘Interstellar communication’ – 18 May 

https://youtu.be/QZgSRpDyQYE


Gerry Workman – ‘The Apollo moon landings from 11 to 17’ – 15 June 

https://youtu.be/BoRoe8VemAg


Dr Paul Whiting – ‘The Energetic Whirligigs of the Universe’ - 20 July 

https://youtu.be/v5sF-GNAwEs


Chris Woodhouse – ‘Imaging roundup’ – 19 October 

(only available to end 2022; to then be de-listed, at Chris' request)

https://youtu.be/LujE0a3qXRk 


16 November: 

Nik Szymanek - ‘New Adventures with Image Processing’

https://youtu.be/YuBvxQa9Rx0 

Les Brand - 'Variable phenomena and photometry - a short intro' (Club members' talk, same date) 

https://youtu.be/FdPO79OiT6Y



  • 2020

    2020


    15 January

    Professor Charles Lawrence - 'Newton's Calculus' -

    https://youtu.be/eFLc0ngGThI


    15 April

    Nick James - 'Great Comets and Great Disappointments' -

     https://youtu.be/f8188aA8uQk


    29 April

    Magda Wheatley - '30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope', and Les Brand - 'Stellarium run-through' 

    https://youtu.be/57j2qEnDFLQ


    12 May

    Doug Millard - '30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope', and Peter Morris - 'Summer Sky Notes'

    https://youtu.be/Ig-hsEz51Yo


    20 May 

    Roger O'Brien - 'Interstellar Visitors' 

    https://youtu.be/FdXhnDktmIM


    3 June 

    Szabolcs Nagy - 'Shooting the International Space Station' -

    https://youtu.be/LeNYn4Myk48


    Steve Tonkin - 'Two eyes are better than one' - 17 June

    https://youtu.be/AZq-fFWAGCs


    1 July:

    Dr Louise Devoy - 'Annie Maunder (1868-1947): pioneering astrophotographer and 'lady computer' at Greenwich”, and

    Peter Morris on Colours of double stars 

    https://youtu.be/4Z1OhbZTVk4  


    22 July:

    Dick Campbell, Director of the Central Texas Astronomical Society.- Live camera tour of the telescope and control room; talk about the remote operation, and their science; public outreach and education support 

    https://youtu.be/7NYl3b_LH74




    29 July: 

    Zach Dickeson - ‘Lakes, Oceans, and the Search for Life on Mars’ 

    https://youtu.be/os06Z2NDAnE



    19 August:

    Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - 'Bursts, bangs and things that go bump in the night - transient astronomy' -

    https://youtu.be/JL_7iXS6RQc




    Anastasia Kokori - 'ARIEL: the future of exoplanets and ExoClock' - 2 September


    https://youtu.be/-CHeuY2PyCA




    Paul Money - 'The Vikings at Barsoom Part Two - The search for life' - 16 September


    https://youtu.be/7tpZJkh-3iw




    Dr Paul Whiting - ' Colliding Galaxies' - 21 October


    https://youtu.be/cE-X1JN7EGI




    Professor John Zarnecki -  ‘Spacecraft I have known and loved’ - 4 November


    https://youtu.be/w3W1_oeErtA



    2021




    Professor Marc Schumann - 'Exploring the Dark Universe with XENON' - 7 January


     https://youtu.be/CzuyVxkyCEI




    Professor Alan Fitzsimmons - 'Understanding Near-Earth Objects and Planetary Defence' - 20 January


    https://youtu.be/-bCvIFS2n40




    Ryan French - 'Ancient times to new results - a journey through solar physics' - 3 February


    https://youtu.be/wPmLzU-nQMU




    Dr Dafydd Wyn Evans - 'Gaia: what was delivered in EDR3 and what is to come in DR3' - 17 February


    https://youtu.be/ic2EuAI9GHk




    Dr Rebekah Higgitt - 'Transits of Venus and 'precision exploration' in the 18th century' - 3 March


    https://youtu.be/PkyEDx0ija8




    Dr Greg Brown - 'Black Holes: The Small, the Medium and the XXL' - 17 March


    https://youtu.be/QmRUKwrvYNg





    2022




    Dr Martin Suttle – ‘The Winchcombe meteorite and what we’ve learnt so far’ – 19 January 


    https://youtu.be/uGhQCB5WT8k




    Dr David Arditti – ‘History of the Telescope’ – 16 February 


    https://youtu.be/vTaGcIx9mGA 




    Dr Lee Macdonald – ‘From cracked mirror to Nobel Prize: the story of the Isaac Newton Telescope – 16 March 


    https://youtu.be/IpVl-qh79l8 




    Konrad Malin-Smith – ‘Gravity - historical and modern (without the maths!)’ – 20 April 


    https://youtu.be/oOkoL-pj3AQ 




    Roger O’Brien – ‘Interstellar communication’ – 18 May 


    https://youtu.be/QZgSRpDyQYE




    Gerry Workman – ‘The Apollo moon landings from 11 to 17’ – 15 June 


    https://youtu.be/BoRoe8VemAg




    Dr Paul Whiting – ‘The Energetic Whirligigs of the Universe’ - 20 July 


    https://youtu.be/v5sF-GNAwEs




    Chris Woodhouse – ‘Imaging roundup’ – 19 October 


    (only available to end 2022; to then be de-listed, at Chris' request)


    https://youtu.be/LujE0a3qXRk 




    16 November: 


    Nik Szymanek - ‘New Adventures with Image Processing’


    https://youtu.be/YuBvxQa9Rx0 


    Les Brand - 'Variable phenomena and photometry - a short intro' (Club members' talk, same date) 


    https://youtu.be/FdPO79OiT6Y





  • 2021


  • 2022


  • 2023



2020


Professor Charles Lawrence - 'Newton's Calculus' - 15 January

https://youtu.be/eFLc0ngGThI


Nick James - 'Great Comets and Great Disappointments' - 15 April

 https://youtu.be/f8188aA8uQk


Magda Wheatley - '30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope', and Les Brand - 'Stellarium run-through' - 29 April

https://youtu.be/57j2qEnDFLQ


Doug Millard - '30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope', and Peter Morris - 'Summer Sky Notes' - 12 May

https://youtu.be/Ig-hsEz51Yo


Roger O'Brien - 'Interstellar Visitors' - 20 May

  https://youtu.be/FdXhnDktmIM


Szabolcs Nagy - 'Shooting the International Space Station' - 3 June

 https://youtu.be/LeNYn4Myk48


Steve Tonkin - 'Two eyes are better than one' - 17 June

https://youtu.be/AZq-fFWAGCs


Dr Louise Devoy - 'Annie Maunder (1868-1947): pioneering astrophotographer and 'lady computer' at Greenwich”, and

Peter Morris on Colours of double stars - 1 July

https://youtu.be/4Z1OhbZTVk4  


Dick Campbell, Director of the Central Texas Astronomical Society.- Live camera tour of the telescope and control room; 

talk about the remote operation, and their science; talk about our public outreach and education support - 22 July

https://youtu.be/7NYl3b_LH74


Zach Dickeson - ‘Lakes, Oceans, and the Search for Life on Mars’ - 29 July

https://youtu.be/os06Z2NDAnE


Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - 'Bursts, bangs and things that go bump in the night - transient astronomy' - 19 August

https://youtu.be/JL_7iXS6RQc


Anastasia Kokori - 'ARIEL: the future of exoplanets and ExoClock' - 2 September

https://youtu.be/-CHeuY2PyCA


Paul Money - 'The Vikings at Barsoom Part Two - The search for life' - 16 September

https://youtu.be/7tpZJkh-3iw


Dr Paul Whiting - ' Colliding Galaxies' - 21 October

https://youtu.be/cE-X1JN7EGI


Professor John Zarnecki -  ‘Spacecraft I have known and loved’ - 4 November

https://youtu.be/w3W1_oeErtA



2021


Professor Marc Schumann - 'Exploring the Dark Universe with XENON' - 7 January

 https://youtu.be/CzuyVxkyCEI


Professor Alan Fitzsimmons - 'Understanding Near-Earth Objects and Planetary Defence' - 20 January

https://youtu.be/-bCvIFS2n40


Ryan French - 'Ancient times to new results - a journey through solar physics' - 3 February

https://youtu.be/wPmLzU-nQMU


Dr Dafydd Wyn Evans - 'Gaia: what was delivered in EDR3 and what is to come in DR3' - 17 February

https://youtu.be/ic2EuAI9GHk


Dr Rebekah Higgitt - 'Transits of Venus and 'precision exploration' in the 18th century' - 3 March

https://youtu.be/PkyEDx0ija8


Dr Greg Brown - 'Black Holes: The Small, the Medium and the XXL' - 17 March

https://youtu.be/QmRUKwrvYNg



2022


Dr Martin Suttle – ‘The Winchcombe meteorite and what we’ve learnt so far’ – 19 January 

https://youtu.be/uGhQCB5WT8k


Dr David Arditti – ‘History of the Telescope’ – 16 February 

https://youtu.be/vTaGcIx9mGA 


Dr Lee Macdonald – ‘From cracked mirror to Nobel Prize: the story of the Isaac Newton Telescope – 16 March 

https://youtu.be/IpVl-qh79l8 


Konrad Malin-Smith – ‘Gravity - historical and modern (without the maths!)’ – 20 April 

https://youtu.be/oOkoL-pj3AQ 


Roger O’Brien – ‘Interstellar communication’ – 18 May 

https://youtu.be/QZgSRpDyQYE


Gerry Workman – ‘The Apollo moon landings from 11 to 17’ – 15 June 

https://youtu.be/BoRoe8VemAg


Dr Paul Whiting – ‘The Energetic Whirligigs of the Universe’ - 20 July 

https://youtu.be/v5sF-GNAwEs


Chris Woodhouse – ‘Imaging roundup’ – 19 October 

(only available to end 2022; to then be de-listed, at Chris' request)

https://youtu.be/LujE0a3qXRk 


16 November: 

Nik Szymanek - ‘New Adventures with Image Processing’

https://youtu.be/YuBvxQa9Rx0 

Les Brand - 'Variable phenomena and photometry - a short intro' (Club members' talk, same date) 

https://youtu.be/FdPO79OiT6Y



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