Date
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Event
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Location
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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
"Title TBA”
by Dr Charles Wang, Reader in Astronomy in Dept of Physics, Aberdeen University |
RGC
(Stevenson Lecture Theatre),
Aberdeen, 7 pm
(Directions to RGC)
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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 |
RGC
(Stevenson Lecture Theatre),
Aberdeen, 7 pm
(Directions to RGC)
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
"Title TBA”
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)
Topic title to be agreed, but will focus on the ongoing debate about how chaotic (or not) the formation of our solar system actually was.
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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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Past
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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