[BAA 00509] Reminder for Next meeting in Sidmouth

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BAA electronic bulletin No. 00509            http://www.britastro.org/
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I would like to remind you that the next meeting of the BAA will be
September 3rd to 5th in Sidmouth including visits to the Norman Lockyer
Observatory.

The closing date is fast approaching so if you are planning on coming
you should book now whilst we still have a few places available.

Friday Evening
19:00 – 21:30   Drinks reception at the Knowle followed by a talk by Mrs
Margaret Morris, Glasgow: 'International Year of Astronomy in Philately'

Saturday
10:00 – 10:25   Registration and tea/coffee
10:25 – 10:30   Dr David Boyd, BAA President – Official welcome
10:30 – 11.00   Dr Keith Orrell – 'Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer - A short
summary of a very full life'
11.00 – 11.25   Dr George Wilkins – 'History of the Norman Lockyer
Observatory'
11:30 – 12:20   Mr Olivier Thizy (France) 'Amateur spectroscopy'
12:30 – 14:00   Lunch
14:00 – 14:50   Dr Haley Gomez, Cardiff – 'Smoking supernovae and
smouldering stars' - What the Herschel Space Observatory has told us
about cosmic dust
15:00 – 15:50   Prof Tim Naylor, Exeter – 'Star and planet formation'
15:50 – 16:30   Tea
16:30 – 17:20   Dr Chris North, Cardiff - 'The Herschel Space
Observatory: Unveiling the earliest stages of star formation'
17:30 – 18:20   Dr Enzo Pascale, Cardiff - 'BLAST: studying the
evolution of the Universe from Antarctica'
18:30   Dr David Boyd, BAA President - Raffle & Close

Saturday Evening
20:00 – 22:30   Practical spectroscopy by Mr Robin Leadbeater &
Observing at the Norman Lockyer Observatory

Sunday Morning
10:30 – 13:00   Tour of Norman Lockyer Observatory and Planetarium show

Hope to see you there

Hazel

Hazel Collett
Meeting Secretary

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