Archive for the ‘Meetings’ Category
2005 Meeting List
Saturday, December 31st, 2005
2005
January 5th
Keith Tritton – “How Old Is The Universe”
February 2nd
Mike Stephens – “Einstein and Relativity – 100 Years In A Strange Universe”
March 2nd
Open Evening at Pendragon Primary School
April 6th
Antony Hewish – “The White Hot Universe”
May 4th
Alan Lawrie – “Secrets of Saturn V”
August 3rd
Ninth annual summer picnic
September 7th
Nick Achillios, Imperial College – “Magnetic Observations of Saturn During The Insertion Orbit of Cassini”
October 5th
Talks from Club Members
November 2nd
Ed Zanders and Lee Sproats – “The Sky Tonight”
December 7th
Peter Howell, Cambridge Astronomical Association – “Whistlers: Listening To The Earth’s Natural Radio Signals”
2004 Meeting List
Friday, December 31st, 2004
2004 – 10th Anniversary of the Club
January 7th
Robin Catchpole, Institute of Astronomy – “From the Solar System To The Edge Of The Observable Universe”
February 4th
David Whitehouse, BBC – “The Moon – A Biography”
March 3rd
Monica Grady, Natural History Museum – “Voyage In Space And Time”
April 7th
Nik Szymanek, University of Hertfordshire – “Astronomical Imaging From Hawaii”
May 5th
Jonathan Shanklin, British Antarctic Survey – “An Astronomer In Antarctica”
August 4th
10th Anniversary Dinner at The Conservatory
September 1st
Derek McNally, ex UCL – “Between The Stars”
October 6th
Dave Eagle, Bedford Astronomy Club
Observing Evening
November 3rd
Neil Parker, Green Witch – “Arizona Sky Village”
December 1st
Dr Sarah Symons, Leicester University – “Ancient Egyptian Astronomy”
2003 Meeting List
Wednesday, December 31st, 2003
2003
January 8th
Kevin Marshall – “From Technology To The Stars – And The Universe”
February 5th
Peter Howell – “The Sky Tonight”
March 5th
Mark Hurn, Institute of Astronomy – “The Story of Star Names”
April 2nd
Nik Szymanek, University of Hertfordshire – “Astronomical Imaging From La Parma”
May 7th
Lisa Wright – “Painting by numbers (galaxy formation)”
August 6th
Eighth annual summer picnic
September 3rd
Mike Stephens, PA Club – “Visitors From Earth”
September 19th
AstroQuiz
October 1st
Stephen Smartt, Institute of Astronomy – “Supernova Studies With The Hubble Space Telescope”
November 5th
Ed Zanders, PA Club – “From Eyes To Silicon Chips – A History Of Astronomical Imaging”
December 3rd
Bob Argyle, Institute of Astronomy – “Visual Double Stars And How To Observe Them”
2002 Meeting List
Sunday, December 15th, 2002
2002
January 9th
Derek Jones, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge – “Longitude”
February 6th
Peter Howell and Peter Ingram, CAA – “The Sky Tonight”
March 6th
Club Open Evening – Robot building with OMEN
April 3rd
Talks from Club Members:
- Fred Bastable “The Search For Planet X”
- Mike Stevens “Where To Park In The Solar System”
- Gordon Carter “Time”
- Janine Eisegood “Pennies From Heaven – Gold”
- Ed Zanders “The Kingston Pastures Observatory”
- Janet Vialls “Messier Objects”
- Georgio Rozario “The Leviathan of Parsons Town”
May 1st
Linton Guise, Bedford Astronomical Society – “Charles Piazzi Smyth”
August 7th
Seventh annual summer picnic
September 4th
Jerry Workman, Astronomical Society of Haringey – “The Galileo Mission To Jupiter”
October 2nd
Peter Howell and Peter Ingram, CAA – “The Sky Tonight”
November 6th
Monica Grady, Natural History Museum – “Strangers From Space”
December 4th
Peter Howell and Peter Ingram, CAA – “The Sky Tonight”
2001 Meeting List
Monday, December 31st, 2001
2001 Archive
January 3rd
Talks from Club Members
February 7th
Peter Howell and Peter Ingram, CAA – Demonstration Evening
March 7th
Club Open Evening
Prof. Colin Pillinger, Open University – “The Beagle 2 Project”
April 4th
Mike Leggett, Astronomy Lecturer and Writer &ndash “Neptune And The Outer Solar System”
May 2nd
Gareth Lloyd – “Stellarsphere”
August 15th
Sixth annual summer picnic
September 5th
Alex Barnett, National Space Centre – “The National Space Centre”
October 3rd
Peter Howell and Peter Ingram, CAA – “The Sky Tonight”
October 12th
AstroQuiz (Sawtry Methodist Church Hall)
November 7th
Bob Fosbury, Space Telescope Coordinating Facility – “The Next Generation Space Telescope And The Epoch Of Galaxy Formation”
December 5th
Peter Howell and Peter Ingram, CAA – “The Sky Tonight”
Professor Colin Pillinger – “The Beagle 2 Project”
Wednesday, March 7th, 2001
Wednesday, 7 March 2001
Following is an excerpt from an article published in “Astronomy Now” in July 2001, describing Professor Colin Pillinger’s visit to Papworth:
Papworth Astronomy Club held their third open evening on Wednesday, March 7 in the splendid surroundings of the Bradbury Progression Centre, Papworth Hall. The even included a series of video presentations, a slide show by Keith Tritton entitled “Galaxies”, the opportunity to use a range of hands-on astronomy computer software, and a display of telescopes and accessories laid on by Green Witch from Cambridge.
This year, the special attraction was Colin Pillinger from the Open University, who demonstrated the British Beagle 2 Mars Lander, scheduled for launch in 2003. A capacity audience was enthralled by Prof. Pillinger’s talk about the search for life on Mars.
2000 Meeting List
Friday, December 15th, 2000
2000 Archive
January 5th
Dr Andy Robinson, University of Hertfordshire “Quasars – Monsters Of Deep Space”
February 2nd
Dave Eagle, Bedford Astronomy Club – “The Sky Tonight”
March 1st
Club Open Evening
April 5th
Neil Parker, Green Witch – “Cassegrains and Canaries”
May 3rd
Dr Ann Bonell, Leicester Astronomical Society – “Ladies Of The Night”
June
Astronomy Quiz
August 2nd
Fifth annual summer picnic
September 6th
Philip Dembo, Mars Society UK – “Mars Direct”
October 4th
Peter Howell, Cambridge Astronomical Association – Demonstration Evening
October 13th
Astronomy Quiz (Sawtry Methodist Church Hall)
November 1st
Paul Murdin, British National Space Centre – “Black Holes – An Update From Space”
1999 Meeting List
Friday, December 31st, 1999
1999
January 1st
Dr Keith Tritton, PA Club member—“The Solar System”
February 3rd
Dave Eagle, Bedford Astronomy Club—“Introduction To The Night Sky – 2”
March 3rd
The first Club Open Evening, with Astronomy Roadshow
April 7th
Dave Eagle, Bedford Astronomy Club—“Introduction To The Night Sky – 3”
May 5th
Dr Barrie Jones, Open University—“Life In The Universe”
June 1st
Visit to The Mullard Radio Observatory, at Lord’s Bridge
June 2nd
Astronomy Roadshow—Visit of the Mobile Planetarium
June 4th
Annual AstroQuiz (Institute of Astronomy)
August 4th
Fourth annual summer picnic
August 11th
Visit to the CAA solar eclipse meeting
September 1st
Air Commodore Colin Foale—“How To Survive Being The Father Of An Astronaut”
October 6th
Dave Eagle, Bedford Astronomy Club—“Introduction To The Night Sky – 4”
November 3rd
Nobel Laureate Prof. Antony Hewish, Cambridge University—“The Pulsar Story”
December 1st
Dave Eagle, Bedford Astronomy Club—“The Sky Tonight”
Air Commodore Colin Foale—“How to Survive Being the Father of an Astronaut”
Wednesday, September 1st, 1999
Wednesday 1st September 1999
Papworth was delighted to welcome Air Commodore Foale who is the father of NASA astronaut Michael Foale. His talk was based on his recent book “MIR, Michael and Me”.
Using a drawing, Air Commodore Foale explained how the MIR Space Station was controlled and how in 1997 the station had major problems following a collision with a delivery craft. The routine of life on board the Space Station was also explained – eating, sleeping, exercising and performing scientific experiments. A lot of time is spent observing the Earth. Michael Foale has since been involved in servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
Approximately 30 people from Papworth and the surrounding villages attended the talk.
1998 Meeting List
Wednesday, December 2nd, 1998
1998
January 21st
Dr David Malin, Anglo/Australian Observatory—“A View Of The Universe”
March 4th
Night sky session
April 1st
Stan Trafford, Cambridge Astronomical Association—“The Night Sky And Your Camera”
May 6th
Night sky session
June 3rd
Peter Ingram and Brian Lister, CAA—“Spectroscopy – Is A Spectrum More Than A Squiggly Line?”
August 5th
Third annual summer picnic
September 2nd
Gordon Carter, PA Club member—“40 Years of NASA”
October 7th
Night sky session
November 11th
Dr Jasper Wall, Ex Director RGO
December 2nd
Dave Eagle, Bedford Astronomy Club—“Introduction To The Night Sky”