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Calendar of AAS Events for 2024/2025

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

Date

Event

Location

     
2024-Oct-22
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2024-Nov-12
(Tue)

In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talk

Talk about Supernova
"Title: TBA"

by David Richards, AAS Member

RGC (Stevenson Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)
 

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

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2024-Dec-10
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Meeting - Christmas Quiz

Questions by AAS Quiz Master,
Torcuill Torrance
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)
2025-Jan-14
(Tue)

In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talk  

"Title: "Exploring Ocean Worlds"
Presenter: Dr Miracle Nazarious
Research Fellow
Aberdeen University

RGC (Stevenson Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)
 

2025-Jan-28
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2025-Feb-11
(Tue)

Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talk  

Talk about 
Solar Orbiting Observatories

"Title: TBA"

by Sheri Karl, AAS Member

RGC (Stevenson Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)
 
Note: RGC Holiday, so Zoom meeting only

2025-Feb-25
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2025-Mar-11
(Tue)

In Person and  Online Meeting?

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talk  

John Reid Memorial Lecture:

by Prof. Annette Ferguson of Edinburgh University – The Euclid mission

"Title: TBA"

RGC (Stevenson Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)


2025-Mar-25
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2025-Apr-08
(Tue)

In Person and  Online Meeting?

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talk at RGC
or   AAS Dinner

Details : TBA 

RGC (Stevenson Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)


or Restaurant, TBA

2025-Apr-22
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2025-May-27
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2025-Jun-24
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2025-Jul-22
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2025-Aug-26
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
    
 
Past Events (2024/2025)    
2024-Sep-24
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2024-Aug-27
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
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)
2024-Sep-10
(Tue)

In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talk  

"From Ptolemy to Copernicus; 1400 years of little or no astronomy progress - really?” 

by Neville Browne, AAS Member

RGC (Stevenson Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)
 

2024-Oct-08
(Tue)

In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talks  

"Astronomy Basics"
– short talks by AAS members

RGC (Stevenson Lecture Theatre), Aberdeen, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)
 
** This is an ideal meeting for beginners **

Attend in person to allow us to meet you and vice versa

- Introduction to the night sky - Rhona
- How stars got their names - Neville
- Introduction to deep-sky catalogues - Neal
- T Corona Borealis, 'the blaze star' - Neal

2024-Oct-21
(Mon)

In Person  

Open to AAS Members &
the Public
Evening Event  

"Stargazing in the Botanic Gardens"
Aberdeen University

(weather permitting)

Aberdeen University, Cruickshank Gardens (next to Zoology Dept)
 
View the University's new advanced 16" telescope, alongside its existing 10"-aperture telescope, and take part in stargazing in the University's Botanic Gardens

Organised by the University of Aberdeen and supported by the Aberdeen Astronomical Society, Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden and STEM Learning (UK), this event provides an opportunity for public and educational engagement in astronomy and astrophysics at amateur, school, and university levels.

* Participants are welcome to bring portable astronomical telescopes and binoculars to the event. 

* Please dress appropriately for cold and changeable weather conditions when stargazing.


* More Info on this event 

* Booking Online (required)

    
 

 

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 07:00/07:15) 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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(   In person at Stevenson Lecture Theatre, RGC and via Zoom (Directions to RGC) )


Previous Meeting in March

Tuesday 12th March 2024
  7:00 - 9:00 pm
Talk  
"Stability of the Solar System and Chaos"
by

Lecturer at the Institute of Complex Systems 
and Mathematical Biology, Aberdeen University
   In person at Stevenson Lecture Theatre, RGC 
and via Zoom
(Directions to RGC

 



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