| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Wednesday evenings 7:00 pm-9:00 pm 2nd Wednesday of the month |
| Venue: | The Merse |
| Cost: | Share of room hire |
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Whether you are a complete novice, have a general interest, or have been practising astronomy for years, we try to cater for all tastes. We have a mixture of discussions, talks from local experts, and recorded presentations, and occasionally get out for some practical observing, weather and time of year permitting.
Next meeting
8th April.
Please bring £2 to cover the cost of hiring the venue.
News Flash: BBC News - New Scottish Dark Sky Observatory plans submitted - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clygzd7z786o?app-referrer=deep-link (thanks to Simon for this).
Andy's links to the free Open University short courses on astronomy, science and maths, plus the Cosmic Distance Ladder videos are all on our Astro extras page. If you want to listen to the programme about Catherine Heymans again, search for The Life Scientific on BBC Sounds (broadcast 3rd June)
Astro extras
We have put a selection of links to websites that you might find useful and some other resources for you on a separate page for those nights when our wonderful dark skies are not visible.
Previous meetings and updates
We've had so many fascinating meetings that we have put the reports onto a separate page. We hope you will be inspired to join us!
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October 2024 - James Clerk Maxwell
Many thanks to Stuart for organising October's astronomy group session with a terrific evening about local genius James Clerk Maxwell. It combined a BBC documentary with a Q&A session (and explanation of Maxwell's equations) by David Sumner. Maxwell has been described as Scotland's Einstein - but in truth, Einstein is Germany's James Clerk Maxwell!