BAA electronic bulletin
Historical Section Meeting - Saturday May 26th 2018 - Stirling
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A reminder of the BAA Historical Section meeting in Stirling on May 26th
Date: Saturday May 26th 2018
Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (doors open at 09:30)
Venue: The Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2RQ
Cost: 5 pounds for BAA members, 10 pounds for non-members
You can book in advance or pay at the door; advance booking is preferred.
Please use the form at www.britastro.org/
Timetable:
09:30 Doors open
09:30 – 10:00 Refreshments
10:00 – 10:10 Introduction and Welcome
10:10 – 11:05 Dr. Lee Macdonald
'Kew Observatory and the Birth of Solar-Terrestrial Physics'
11:05 – 12:00 John Rosenfield
'Fear and Dread:The Moons of Mars'
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
(lunch is not included in the price but there is a cafe in the Smith Gallery, and other places nearby)
13:30 – 13:35 Welcome Back
13:35 - 14:30 Bill Barton
'Alice Grace Cook - an East Anglian Meteor Observer'
14:30 - 15:25 Dr. Vanessa Smer Barreto (note change of speaker)
'Mayan Astronomy'
15:25 – 15:50 Refreshments
15:50 – 16:50 Dr. Dave Gavine
'Thomas Dick of Dundee'
16:50 - 17:00 Concluding Remarks
17:00 Meeting Closes
Entrance to the Smith Gallery is free. We hope you will take the chance to look around! Museum exhibits include
the world's oldest football.
There is plenty of parking in the grounds of the gallery. Stirling Station is fifteen minutes walk away.
The Smith Gallery and Museum is the meeting place of Stirling Astronomical Society.
Section Director Mike Frost will be lecturing to Stirling AS on "The Green Flash" on Friday May 25th at 7:30 PM.
We also intend to visit Stirling AS's observatory on the roof of the Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, Stirling.
More details on our web site - www.britastro.org/history
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Historical Section Director: Mike Frost frostma@aol.com
Deputy Director: Lee Macdonald leetmacdonald@gmail.com
BAA-ebulletin mailing list: visit
http://lists.britastro.org/
(c) 2017 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
Historical Section Meeting - Saturday May 26th 2018 - Stirling
====================
A reminder of the BAA Historical Section meeting in Stirling on May 26th
Date: Saturday May 26th 2018
Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (doors open at 09:30)
Venue: The Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2RQ
Cost: 5 pounds for BAA members, 10 pounds for non-members
You can book in advance or pay at the door; advance booking is preferred.
Please use the form at www.britastro.org/
Timetable:
09:30 Doors open
09:30 – 10:00 Refreshments
10:00 – 10:10 Introduction and Welcome
10:10 – 11:05 Dr. Lee Macdonald
'Kew Observatory and the Birth of Solar-Terrestrial Physics'
11:05 – 12:00 John Rosenfield
'Fear and Dread:The Moons of Mars'
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
(lunch is not included in the price but there is a cafe in the Smith Gallery, and other places nearby)
13:30 – 13:35 Welcome Back
13:35 - 14:30 Bill Barton
'Alice Grace Cook - an East Anglian Meteor Observer'
14:30 - 15:25 Dr. Vanessa Smer Barreto (note change of speaker)
'Mayan Astronomy'
15:25 – 15:50 Refreshments
15:50 – 16:50 Dr. Dave Gavine
'Thomas Dick of Dundee'
16:50 - 17:00 Concluding Remarks
17:00 Meeting Closes
Entrance to the Smith Gallery is free. We hope you will take the chance to look around! Museum exhibits include
the world's oldest football.
There is plenty of parking in the grounds of the gallery. Stirling Station is fifteen minutes walk away.
The Smith Gallery and Museum is the meeting place of Stirling Astronomical Society.
Section Director Mike Frost will be lecturing to Stirling AS on "The Green Flash" on Friday May 25th at 7:30 PM.
We also intend to visit Stirling AS's observatory on the roof of the Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, Stirling.
More details on our web site - www.britastro.org/history
====================
Historical Section Director: Mike Frost frostma@aol.com
Deputy Director: Lee Macdonald leetmacdonald@gmail.com
BAA-ebulletin mailing list: visit
http://lists.britastro.org/
(c) 2017 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
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