Gwynedd Astronomical Society

Previous Lectures


1983
Dec     		P Curtis	Dark matter
1984 Jan B Jones News from the observatories Feb D Evans The Moon 1986 Jan R Paganuzzi X-ray astronomy Dec P Curtis Photographic and visual observation 1987 Feb R Smith Venus Mar P Llewellyn Magnetism and astronomy Apr G Clark Computers and astronomy May A Elliott Lunar occultations Jun P Curtis Radio astronomers look at the Earth 1990 Feb A Roberts Computing and astronomy Mar R Smith Apollo Moon landings Apr A Roberts Voyager Mission to Jupiter P Curtis Type II Supernovae May P Llewellyn Origin of the Solar System (early theories) Jun P Llewellyn Formation of stars and the origin of the Solar System Jul J Thompson Galaxies Oct J Thompson Radio astronomy Nov P Curtis Milankovitch Cycle and Ice Ages Dec A Roberts Eyepieces 1991 Jan B Jones Hubble Space Telescope Feb P Llewellyn Gravity Mar R Smith Southern skies Apr J Rowlands Light pollution Jun P Curtis Pulsating variable stars Jul P Llewellyn Spectra Sep J Rowlands Detection of meteors with electrometers P Curtis Observing variable stars Oct D Fear Plate tectonics Nov D King Observational astronomy Dec P Curtis Life in the universe 1992 Jan D Fear Uranus Jan Star party Feb P Llewellyn Black holes Mar D Fear Viking Mission to Mars Apr D Fear Jupiter J Thompson Voyager Mission to Jupiter and Saturn May B Jones COBE and the expanding universe Jun P Curtis Astrophotography Jul B Jones Stellar spectra Sep P Llewellyn Measuring the distance to the planets Oct P Curtis Dark matter Nov J Mithan Deep sky observing Dec B Jones Hubble Space Telescope 1993 Jan B Jones Comets and Giotto Feb P Curtis Eruptive variable and eclipsing binary stars Mar P Llewellyn Origin of the universe Apr D Fear Venus May A Roberts Shareware astronomical computer programmes Jun D Fear NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Jul P Curtis Astrophotography Sep J Thompson Computing and rocket technology Oct D Fear Remote sensing Nov P Curtis Measuring the Earth using radio telescopes / The Greenhouse Effect Dec P Llewellyn Astrophotography 1994 Jan J Thompson Tour of the Universe Feb R Smith Teaching astronomy to schoolchildren Mar E Greenwood Old astronomical books Apr P Llewellyn Adaptive optics E Greenwood Tides D King Motor drives for telescopes J Thompson James Nasmyth J Mithan Aids to observation May P Curtis X-ray binaries Jun J Mithan Black hole in M87 E Greenwood Comet Shoemaker-Levy P Llewellyn NASA bulletins on the Internet D King SOS for the Earth / Missing mass J Thompson Deep sky objects Jul D Fear Titan Sep P Curtis Dark matter Oct D Fear Shareware - Our Cosmohood / Skyglobe Nov E Greenwood History of astronomy J Thompson Optical devices in astronomy D King The use of red light in astronomy Dec D Fear CDROM - A guide to ERS-1 1995 Jan A Roberts Binocular observation J Mithan Extinction of the dinosaurs D Fear ESA probe to Mercury Feb J Thompson The Moon and Venus Mar P Llewellyn Changing ideas about gravity Apr E Greenwood The 1874 Transit of Venus Apr Star party May A Roberts Astronomical programmes for the Amiga computer Jun J Thompson Gamma-ray astronomy Jul D King Einstein's universe Sep D Fear Surfaces of the Terrestrial planets Oct J Mithan The naming of lunar features P Llewellyn Ring lasers E Greenwood Camera lenses and telescopes Nov D King Shareware programmes for PC's J Thompson Microwave astronomy Dec P Llewellyn The colour of stars 1996 Jan B Lewis Polaris J Thompson The work of David Malin Feb J Mithan Planetary nebulae Mar Quiz Apr D Fear The contamination of space May A Roberts Comet Shoemaker-Levy and Jupiter J Mithan Buckyballs D King Bode's Law Jun D Hughes The 1995 solar eclipse in India J Mithan The lunar landscape D King Images of the Universe Jul Session on Internet Sep D Fear FESTIP E Greenwood Star maps N Brown A year's observing Oct Open day and star party Nov D King The origin and evolution of the Solar System Dec Quiz 1997 Jan D Fear Meteorites in Wales Feb Session on Internet Mar Star party Apr J Mithan Comets May P Llewellyn The Sun Jun D Fear The Apollo Missions Jul D Fear The Ozone Layer / Mapping Venus' surface Sep M McCormick CDROM - Northern Mars Oct J Thompson Spectral classes Nov Star party Dec D King Measuring the Solar System 1998 Jan E Greenwood Home-made spectroscopes Feb D Fear The European Space Agency Mar B Taylor Black holes Apr M McCormick Quantum computing May J Mithan Renaissance astronomers Jun P Llewellyn Light Jul J Mithan Vision and perception E Greenwood Funding in astronomy D Fear The Canadian space programme T Rogers The stars Sep D Fear The Japanese space programme Oct E Greenwood The Sun Nov G Williams Life and the Universe Dec 3rd Christmas Quiz 1999 Jan J Mithan Radiation and Concorde G Williams The end of the Universe D King Von Neumann machines and missing mass 4 Feb E Greenwood John Jones - Welsh 19th Century astronomer 4 Mar Joint meeting between Gwynedd Astronomical Society and the Morien Institute (Bangor) Prof. Benny Peiser (Liverpool JM Univ) 'Comets and Disasters in the Bronze Age' 1 Apr H Hynes Saturn D Roberts Mars M Wildsmith Earth 6 May G Williams Quasars 3 Jun J Mithan Renaissance Astronomers #2 - Tycho Brahe 1 Jul D Fear Using Space Technology in Harsh Terrestrial and Marine Environments 2 Sep D King Cosmology 6 Oct P Llewelyn Variable stars Nov Ernie Greenwood The Recent History of Jupiter Dec Christmas Quiz. 2000 Jan Star party at Aberogwen (Bangor) Feb E Greenwood "James Nasmyth" Mar G Bryans "Cepheid variable stars" Apr Tour of D King's homebuilt observatory in Mynydd Llandegai May J Mithan "Kepler" Jun B Lewis "Video on The Planets" Jul P Llewellyn "Big Telescopes" Sep J Rowlands "A North Wales Observatory" Oct D Fear "The Astronomical legacy of Genghis Khan" Nov E Greenwood "Edmond Halley" Dec Xmas Quiz
2001 January D King "Charles Messier and the Messier objects"
February G Williams "The International Space Station"
March D Fear "The Tharsis Bulge"
April P Llewelyn "Gravitational Waves"
May Exhibition of astronomical equipment and accessories
May Hosting of NWGAS meeting
June J Thompson "The Galactic Centre"
July J Mithan "Globular clusters"
September D Fear "An update on Welsh and British meteorites"
October D King "M42"
November Annual quiz
December Star party at Aberogwen 2002 January G Williams The Oort Cloud
February E Greenwood Navigation, Life and Space Travel
March P Llewellyn The Cosmic Background Radiation and Quintessence
April D King The Structure of the Sun
May J Mithan Open Clusters
June D Fear Ancient Celtic and Welsh Astronomy
July A series of lecturettes by society members:
D King The Earths Orbit
J Thompson The Yerkes Refractor
J Mithan The Astronomical Slate Carvings of Dyffryn Ogwen
E Greenwood Timekeeping and Astronomy
September S Reid Telescopes, a septic tank, and the National Press!
October B Woosnam A History of TAL telescopes
November J Thompson Mysteries of deep space
December Quiz

Lectures for 2003

January                  Members forum
February   J Thompson    Meteors
March      B Woosnam     Astrophotography
April      D King        The Moon
May        R Derbyshire  Eclipse in Zimbabwe
June       P Llewellyn   A home made magnetometer
July       D Fear        The Kuiper Belt
September  E Greenwood   Astronomy and the beginnings of astronomy
October    G Williams    T Tauri stars
November   B Woosnam     CCD imaging / A visit to Patrick Moore's observatory
December                 Christmas Quiz

Lectures for 2004

January S Reid Plantetary atmospheres
February D Smith Optics
March E Greenwood Transit of Venus
April P Llewellyn spectroscopy
May D Fear The Space programs of less developed countries
June J Mithan Ancient astronomers
July A Nourse NASA missions and spacecraft
September T Radford An introduction to Radio Astronomy
October J Thompson Lunar Occultations
November D King Moons
December   Quiz

Lectures for 2005

January G Williams ET's Home planet
February Star Party

To be held on Saturday 5th - 7.30pm at Treborth Botanic Garden, Bangor

March D Smith The Development of the Astronomical Telescope
April P Llewellyn Dark Matter and Energy
May S Reid Galaxies
June 2nd D Fear Astrobiology
June 25th Star Party At Treborth Botanic Garden 10pm
July 7th J Mithan Star Maps
September 1st N Brown The Influence of Celestial Bodies on Plants
October 6th B Woosnam Asteroids
October 8th Star Party At Treborth Botanic Garden 7.30pm
November 3rd J Lapington  Topical Developments in Optical, Ultraviolet & X-Ray Astronomy
December Christmas Quiz  

Lectures for 2006

5 January G Williams Supernovae
2 February J Mithian
L Adfield
E Greenwood
D King
D Bennett
J Thompson

The Webb Society (Rev T W Webb)
Saturn V rockets
The Measurement of Time
Iridium Flares
Advances in Communication
Eyepieces

3 March   No meeting - adverse weather
7 April D King Towards Better Seeing
5 May S Reid Webcameras and astronomy - an illustrated guide
2 June P Llewelyn Aurorae
7 July D Fear Spirit & Opportunity - the Martian Rovers
7 September D Fear Ancient Chinese Astronomy
October L Adfield Cassini, Huygens and Saturn
November N Brown The Influence of Celestial Bodies on Animals
December Quiz  

Lectures for 2007


January

D Fear
D King
G Williams
J Mithan
P Llewelyn

COROT space telescope
A demonstration of a Philips Patent Orrery
The reversal of the Earth's magnetic field
False moon landings - a pictorial exhibition
An update on the search for dark matter
February J Lapington

SWIFT and Gamma-ray Bursters

March D King Einstein's Universe
April G Williams Black Holes
May D Fear Radio Telescopes
June J Thompson Exhibition of Astronomical Equipment
July J Mithan The Moon
September S Reid The History of Pluto as a Planet
October P Llewelyn Cosmic Jets
November D Fear Archaeoastronomy
December B Woosnam Operating the Faulkes Telescope
     


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