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N96 Updated Aug 23, 2008

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Diary dates —

 

Sep 21, SUNDAY 5pm

Lecture Theatre NMM

Fred Watson talk on Navigation & the Inter-planetary Superhighway.  Tickets £7 from the NMM Members Office.

 

Coming next season, dates for your diaries:

 

Sep 26, FRIDAY

‘Decoding Meteorites’ a talk by Dr Alan Longstaff,

ROG astronomer and Astronomy Now ‘Ask Alan’ columnist.  Preceded by Flamsteed AGM

 

Oct 13, Monday  7:15pm

The Antikythera mechanism. A talk by Prof. Mike Edmunds.  NMM Lecture Theatre.

 

Nov 3, Monday 6:30pm

annual Flamsteed Bookmart, and ‘Photographing the night sky’ a talk by Nik Szymanek.

 

 

What’s On Soon  —

Fred Watson visit to the NMM — Special event for members at 5pm on Sunday September 21st.  NMM Lecture Theatre.  The celebrated astronomer Fred Watson will be talking on the subject of “Navigation and the Interplanetary Superhighway”.  Fred is the ‘Patrick Moore of Australia’ — he is Astronomer-in-Charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory at Siding Spring NSW and presents several highly popular radio and TV astronomy shows downunder.  He is author of “Stargazer — The life and times of the Telescope” and “Why is Uranus upside down?” and has a terrific reputation as a very entertaining and interesting speaker.  Tickets £7 including wine reception, from the NMM Members Office

 

New Flamsteed season starts again on Friday September 26th.    Enjoy the ‘summer’ !

 

 

What’s happening in the sky? Flamsteed Observing Calendar

click here

 

Sun smiles on Greenwich while we watch the partial solar eclipse

August 1, 2008

Total Eclipse pics by Francisco Diego, Pat Wainwright, & Malcolm Porter

August 1, 2008

New Public Astronomer joins the ROG

 

Welcome

Dr Marek Kukula