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Location Newbury United Reformed Church Hall, Access to the hall is through the tunnel in the large brick building. |
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Click here for local map or here for interactive map |
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All main Meetings are held on the first Friday of the month unless otherwise stated. |
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Meeting starts at 7:30pm |
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September 5th |
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The English Mounting |
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Peter Hingley (Royal Astronomical Society Librarian) |
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October 3rd |
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Exploring the Structure of Planetary Nebulae |
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Dr. Nick Hewitt (BAA) |
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November 7th |
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Galaxies & Black Holes |
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Prof. Roger Davies (Oxford University) |
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December 5th |
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The Radial Velocity Experiment, Gaia and a Historical Coincidence |
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Dr. George Seabroke (Open University) |
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December 20th |
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Christmas Dinner |
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Thomas Harriott: The Englishman Who Beat Galileo |
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Dr. Allan Chapman (Oxford University) |
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January 9th, 2009 |
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The Ultimate Timeline, The Story of the Universe |
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Dr. Francis Diego (University of London Observatory) |
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NOTE: This meeting will be held at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
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February 6th |
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Shield for the Starship Enterprise |
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Dr. Ruth Bamford (RAL) |
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March 6th |
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An Amateur's Search for Supernovae |
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Ron Arbour |
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Supernovae from Monasteries to Light Echoes |
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Guy Hurst |
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March 27th |
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Star party |
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Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre |
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This meeting is in place of the April meeting which clashes with the Winchester Weekend |
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April 3rd - 5th |
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BAA Winchester Weekend |
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May 1st |
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Microquasars: Scaled Down Versions of Powerful Supermassive Black Holes |
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Sebastian Perez (Oxford University) |
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June 5th |
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Mmmagma: Edible Demonstrations of Volcanic Processes |
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Dr. Alison Rust (Bristol University) |
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Talk is followed by the AGM |