Paul held a rocket workshop with the Girls Guides from Shipley on 8th July 2014, at Esholt.
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June Society Meeting
“Aperture fever”. Getting the most out of amateur and profession telescopes.” Mike Evans (Leeds University) demonstrates to members of Keighley Astronomical Society how a telescope works, and the limits that the laws of nature put on its performance. He discusses how interferometry can create a telescope as big as the world, as well as the...
Read MoreVisit To Armagh Planetarium May 2014
Armagh Planetarium was established by the seventh director of Armagh Observatory, Dr. Eric Lindsay, who, after twenty five years of effort, secured funding from local councils and the Ministry of Commerce of Northern Ireland in 1965. In 1965 Sir Patrick Moore was appointed as Director of the Planetarium to oversee its construction. The planetarium cost...
Read MoreMay Society meeting. Wednesday 21st May 2014
The Guest speaker at the May society meeting was Prof Lee Thompson (Professor of Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Sheffield). With a presentation on Neutrinos from Space. He remarked that he was very impressed with the quality of questions put to him after his lecture. [Show as...
Read MoreApril Society meeting 23th April 2014
The guest presenter at the April society meeting was photographer and society members Carl Bromwich, with his ever popular 3D astro-Show. This was followed by a presentation on the astronomical highlights of the coming month. [Show as...
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