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Damian Peach is giving us an extra talk on Wednesday 13th January 2021 at 7:30pm entitled “High Resolution Astrophotography”. Damian A. Peach FRAS is a British amateur astronomer, astrophotographer, lecturer and author. Best known for his photographs of a wide variety of astronomical objects. His career in the field spans nearly thirty years. Peach’s passion…
Bath Astronomers are supporting CPRE, the countryside charity, again this year with their annual Star Count. Star Count 2021 uses citizen scientists like yourselves to assess the current levels of light pollution in your area using a simple task to count stars within an area of sky and send you location and count to them….
November’s talk is to be given by Bud Martin Budzynski. Starts at 7:30pm on Wednesday 25th November after the AGM (starts at 7:00pm). We take a look at the personalities, speculations and theories that have contributed to our changing views of the Red Planet over the last 150 years. From the sublime to the ridiculous,…
Wednesday 18th November at 7pm, Dr Becky Smethurst will be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture. The lecture will be online and is entitled “Supermassive Black Holes: The Ultimate Galaxy Killers?” Dr Becky was awarded the Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship earlier this year and we had been hoping she would be able to join us…
Wednesday 28th October 7:30pm – BA Monthly online gathering stars Stephen Tonkin and his talk on binocular astronomy. Two Eyes are Better than One. Steve Tonkin has been an amateur astronomer since childhood and now spends most of his time doing astronomical outreach; he leads public observing sessions at BBC Stargazing Live events. He has…
Damian Peach is giving us an extra talk on Wednesday 13th January 2021 at 7:30pm entitled “High Resolution Astrophotography”. Damian A. Peach FRAS is a British amateur astronomer, astrophotographer, lecturer and author. Best known for his photographs of a wide variety of astronomical objects. His career in the field spans nearly thirty years. Peach’s passion…
Bath Astronomers are supporting CPRE, the countryside charity, again this year with their annual Star Count. Star Count 2021 uses citizen scientists like yourselves to assess the current levels of light pollution in your area using a simple task to count stars within an area of sky and send you location and count to them….
November’s talk is to be given by Bud Martin Budzynski. Starts at 7:30pm on Wednesday 25th November after the AGM (starts at 7:00pm). We take a look at the personalities, speculations and theories that have contributed to our changing views of the Red Planet over the last 150 years. From the sublime to the ridiculous,…
Wednesday 18th November at 7pm, Dr Becky Smethurst will be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture. The lecture will be online and is entitled “Supermassive Black Holes: The Ultimate Galaxy Killers?” Dr Becky was awarded the Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship earlier this year and we had been hoping she would be able to join us…
Wednesday 28th October 7:30pm – BA Monthly online gathering stars Stephen Tonkin and his talk on binocular astronomy. Two Eyes are Better than One. Steve Tonkin has been an amateur astronomer since childhood and now spends most of his time doing astronomical outreach; he leads public observing sessions at BBC Stargazing Live events. He has…