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Calendar of AAS Events for 2023/2024

Please look out for further notices regarding in-person meetings 
   (look out for notices here and on
aberdeenastro.groups.io )

Date

Event

Location

     
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 
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)
 

2024-Jan-23
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:30pm
Informal Meeting
Meeting in-person at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
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

2024-Feb-27
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:30pm
Informal Meeting
Meeting in-person at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
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. 

2024-Mar-26
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:30pm
Informal Meeting
Meeting in-person at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
    
 
Past Events (2023//2024)    
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)
 

2023-Sep-26
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:30pm
Informal Meeting
Meeting in-person at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
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!

2023-Oct-24
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:30pm
Informal Meeting
Meeting in-person at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
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!

2023-Nov-28
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:30pm
Informal Meeting
Meeting in-person at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill (from 07:15)
also available online to members, via Zoom (from 07:30)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
    
 

 

Meetings/Talks 2nd Tuesday of Month unless otherwise stated,
 7:30pm start unless otherwise stated
On ZOOM (directions to RGC - if/ when meetings resume) 
Meetings at Bettridge Centre  4th Tuesday of Month (except Dec),  
 7:30pm start unless otherwise stated
(directions to Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill
In Person (from 07:15) and via ZOOM (from 07:30)
Dark Sky Observing -  Knockburn Loch. Look out for notices from Neal Weston
AAS Members Only
 
 
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