October 2021 Meeting Report Our speaker this evening was Katrin Raynor who gave us an excellent talk about Stamps involving Space and Astronomy. It was an amazing talk because we learnt that there are specialist groups devoted to the collection of these stamps and Katrin explained why and what people collect, its not use because […]
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August Meeting
August Meeting 2021 There is a change of venue and format for the August Meeting, we will be going to see Lilian’s 3 Observatories in Chandlers Ford but only if its dry. Please bring the following Something to sit on Food to eat (there will be no barbecue) Something to drink Please note you will […]
May Meeting Report 2021
May Meeting Report 2021 Our speaker tonight was Dr Robin Wilson whose talk was ‘Monitoring the Earth from Space’ Rather than looking out from Earth towards Space, Robin introduced us to the amazing world of using Space to look towards the Earth. Many of his images showed us areas around us in Southampton in different […]
April Meeting Report 2021
Apollo 13 – Dave Eagle FRAS Our speaker this evening was Dave Eagle FRAS speaking about Apollo 13. Although you may think you know the story of Apollo 13, Dave told the story including many unknown facts. Using some wonderful animations we felt like we were watching it for real. Dave included video and radio […]
March 2021 Meeting Report
February 2021 Meeting Report Our speaker tonight was James Fragley who spoke to us about objects which can hit the earth. He started by explaining to us where they come from and what they look like and are made of. They could be asteroids of which there are many types and comets. The chance of […]