Talks programme for 2022

Dr Martin D. Suttle – Lecturer in Planetary Science at the Open University 

'The Winchcombe meteorite and what we’ve learnt so far'

Dr David Arditti, Director of the Equipment & Techniques Section of the BAA, and BAA President.

'History of the Telescope'

Dr Lee Macdonald, Sackler Fellow, Royal Museums Greenwich

'From cracked mirror to Nobel Prize: the story of the Isaac Newton Telescope'

Konrad Malin-Smith, Life Honorary Member of the HAS and retired schoolteacher

'Gravity - historical and modern (without the maths!)'

Roger O’Brien, astronomy tutor at City Lit and the Royal Observatory Greenwich

'Interstellar communication'

Jerry Workman, presenter of talks to astronomy societies

'The Apollo moon landings from 11 to 17'

Dr Paul Whiting, outreach astronomer providing talks, activities and courses to schools, youth and adult groups 

'The Energetic Whirligigs of the Universe'

Club member’s talk: Magda Wheatley – 'Pluto :A Space Oddity'

Paul Money, reviews editor for the BBC Sky at Night magazine

'Through the StarGate: Imaging the night sky with an alt-az Dobsonian'

Club member’s talk: Andrew Lyner – 'Time'

Chris Woodhouse, author of books on darkroom photography and astrophotography

'Imaging roundup'

Followed by our AGM

Nik Szymanek, amateur astronomer, renowned astrophotographer and author

'New Adventures with Image Processing'

Club member's talk: Les Brand – 'Variable phenomena and photometry - a short intro'

Dr Peter JT Morris and Magda Wheatley– HAS Meetings Secretaries (Joint) 

Christmas Quiz 

- and results of our annual Photography Competition