2018 -2019
CONFIRMED DATES
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17 September 2018
David Warrington
About Lunar X Prize
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22 October 2018
Chris O’Kane
The Pharao, The Stars and a God called Horakti
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26 November 2018
David Clark
TBC
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December TBA
Christmas Meal
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28 January 2019
Dr Alec MacKinnon
Anti matter in Space
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25 February 2019
Dr Stuart Grey
The History and Future of Space Debris
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25 March 2019
Prof Martin Hendry
Gravitational Waves and the recent Binary Neutron Star Discovery
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29 April 2019
TBC
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20 May 2019
AGM
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2017 -2018
CONFIRMED DATES
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18 September
The Origin of the Solar System – Nick Martin
Space and Astronomy News Review – Derrick Oldfield
The Total Solar Eclipse 2017 in the USA – John Burns
Additional Talks time permitting
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23 October
New views of the Suns hot corona
Dr Iain G Hannah
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27 November
Members only visit to Scottish Dark Sky Observatory
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11 December – Christmas Meal
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22 January 2018
The Music of the Universe – How gravitational waves are giving us new perspectives on the Universe
Daniel Williams
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26 February
Title to be Confirmed
Prof. Massimiliano Vasile
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26 March
Astronomy in the Sun- The Open Science Observatory in Tenerife
Dr Alan T Cayless
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23 April
Mascons, Maria and Magma Oceans: The Geology and Origins of the Earths Moon
Dr Simon Cuthbert
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21 May – This will be the AGM and is MEMBERS ONLY
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2016 -17
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26th September 2016
Beginners and Equipment Night
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24th October 2016
Prof. Danny Goreman
James Clark Maxwell his Life, Work and Impact – from Radio to Saturn
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28th November 2016
Dr Alex McKinnon
Gamma Ray Astronomy of the Sun and Moon
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12th December 2016 Provisional date
Christmas Meal venue to be determined
Bookings and payment at November Meeting !!!!!
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23rd January 2017
Dr Patrick Harkness
A sample Retrieval Campaign from a Mars Analogue Environment
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27th February 2017
Mark Klimex
Light Sources their Emission Spectra and Problems they cause for Astronomy
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27th March 2017
Richard Jenner
Director Prestwick Spaceport
Title to be Confirmed (but it will be about the Spaceport)
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24th April 2017
Dr Lindsay Fletcher
Title to be confirmed
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15th May 2017
To be held at Prestwick Academy
Speaker/events after AGM TBC
AGM
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