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BAA Out of London Meeting

February 1st, 2010

Monday, 1 February 2010 The British Astronomical Association is holding an ‘Out of London Meeting’ on Saturday 24th April, in Shrewsbury. The theme of the meeting is ‘Cosmic Bangs and Explosions’, and the cost for the day is £12 for BAA members and £15 for non-members, which includes refreshments and a buffet lunch. Speakers include: […]

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Measuring the Distance to Mars

January 18th, 2010

Monday, 18 January 2010 John Clark has contacted the Club seeking help with measuring the distance to Mars by parallax, at and around the forthcoming opposition on January 29th. To do this requires imaging from different continents, and John already has interest from two sites in the UK and South Africa. If you’d like to […]

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St Neots Astronomy Association Meeting

January 4th, 2010

Monday, 4 January 2010 The January meeting of the St Neots Astronomy Association will include a talk by Leonard Honey about sundials. The meeting will be held at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Hight Street, Little Paxon, from 19:00. If the sky is clear there will also be an observing session afterwards.

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BAA “Back to Basics” Workshop

October 11th, 2009

Sunday, 11 October 2009 Bedford School and the Bedford Astronomical Society (BAS) are hosting a “Back to Basics” workshop at Bedford School. Although more advanced BAA “Observers” workshops have been held in our region, principally at the Open University, this is the first B2B to visit Bedford. For the past few years these events have […]

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