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Event
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Location
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2024-Apr-23
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:00pm
(Zoom Start 7.30pm) |
Informal Meeting
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Meeting at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill
In-person from 07:00 for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge
Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
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Events (2023//2024) |
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2023-Sep-12
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:00pm |
Meeting/Talk
"SETI, the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence - a historical perspective”
by Neville Browne, AAS Member |
RGC
(Stevenson Lecture Theatre),
Aberdeen, 7 pm
(Directions to RGC)
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2023-Sep-26
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:30pm |
Informal Meeting
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Meeting in-person at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
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2023-Oct-10
(Tue)
In Person (and Online Meeting)
Start 7:00pm |
Meeting
"An evening of practical astronomy - getting ready for the upcoming season of night sky viewing” |
RGC
(Stevenson Lecture Theatre),
Aberdeen, 7 pm
(Directions to RGC)
Meeting Outline :
1) The celestial coordinate system (it's not as hard as it sounds!)
2) A beginners guidance on telescopes, pros and cons, etc.
3) Estimating star magnitudes, a simple guide, and a test for you all to work on at home!
4) The main things to see in the night sky in Oct to Dec.
5) A basic starter in night sky photography - images you can easily take for yourself.
6) Q and A, - all those hard questions you have been meaning to ask!
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2023-Oct-24
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:30pm |
Informal Meeting
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Meeting in-person at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
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2023-Nov-14
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:00pm |
Annual John Reid memorial lecture
"Listening to Einstein's Universe: The Dawn, and Exciting Future, of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy”
by Professor Martin Hendry, MBE, Professsor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology, and Vice Principal, at the University of Glasgow |
RGC
(Stevenson Lecture Theatre),
Aberdeen, 7 pm
(Directions to RGC)
This will be a fascinating talk by a leading expert in the field, well known for his ability to make leading edge science understandable to everyone - and in this case, it really is cutting edge astronomy!
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2023-Nov-28
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:30pm |
Informal Meeting
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Meeting in-person at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
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2023-Dec-12
(Tue)
In Person and Zoom Meeting
Start 7:30pm |
AAS
Christmas Quiz
at Bettridge Centre
Obviously best in Person
(so bring a dish & snacks etc) |
Meting in-person at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
Festive Christmas Quiz
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2024-Jan-09
(Tue)
In Person and Zoom Meeting
Start 7:00pm |
Meeting/Talk
"Quantum Gravity in Astronomy”
by Dr Charles Wang, Reader in Physics and Cruikshank lecturer in Astronomy in Dept of Physics, Aberdeen University |
RGC
(Stevenson Lecture Theatre),
Aberdeen, 7 pm
(Directions to RGC)
Quantum gravity and general relativity are the two foundations of modern physics. Recent Nobel Prize winning work on gravitational waves and black holes confirm general relativity as the best theory of gravity. This talk explores how gravitational waves are opening up a new approach to helping solving the mystery of quantum gravity.
This talk is opportune, given the talk we had in November fron Prof. Martin Hendry of Glasgow University on gravitational waves. Both Martin's work and that of Charles Wang are some of the most exciting work being done currently in astronomy.
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2024-Jan-23
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:30pm |
Informal Meeting
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Meeting in-person at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
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2024-Feb-13
(Tue)
Zoom Meeting
Only
Start 7:00pm |
Meeting/Talk
"The Sun, solar activity, and the many space and ground-based telescopes that observe it”
by Dr Hamish Reid, Lecturer in Solar Physics at Mullard Space Science
Laboratory, UCL, London |
Zoom Only Meeting
Hamish's research focuses on understanding the rapid acceleration &
expulsion of near relativistic electrons from the Sun.
Note that this is a Zoom Only Meeting
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2024-Feb-27
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:30pm |
Informal Meeting
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Meeting in-person at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
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2024-Mar-12
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:00pm |
Meeting/Talk
"Stability of the Solar System and Chaos”
by Dr Nicolas Rubido, Lecturer at the Institute of Complex Systems and
Mathematical Biology, Aberdeen University |
RGC
(Stevenson Lecture Theatre),
Aberdeen, 7 pm
(Directions to RGC)
Is the
solar system stable?
Will the planets elliptical orbits eventually come undone?
This talk will explore these topical issues!
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2024-Mar-26
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting
Start 7:30pm |
Informal Meeting
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Meeting in-person at Bettridge
Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)
(Directions to
Bettridge Centre)
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