Assoc. of Falkirk Astronomers • Meeting Archive

The monthly meetings, starting at 7.30pm. usually take the form of an introduction and welcome by the chairman followed by any announcements, Sky Diary for the month ahead, observing reports and news items, the last two are open discussions. A new feature is the Constellation of the Month which is a short talk with illustrations given by a member and this has been voted a great success by all. This is followed by the main event of the evening which is normally a talk/lecture by a guest speaker or one of our members, with an interval for tea/coffee about 8.45pm. The meetings normally end between 9.30 and 10.00pm. (map)

Session:	2001/2 · 2002/3 · 2003/4 · 2004/5 · 2005/6 · 2006/7 · 2007/8 · 2008/9 · 2009/10
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2001 - 2002	Title	Speaker
8^th Aug, 2001	An introduction to Observing and Astrophotography
12^th Sep, 2001	Russell's African Escapade'. (The Solar Eclipse)	Russell Cockman
22^nd Sep, 2001	Public Exhibition in Laurieston Old Peoples Hall
10^th Oct, 2001	1) Night Sky Pointers 2) Navigating by the Stars	Jim Ward David Goulding
14^th Nov, 2001	1) Practical Astronomy using Photographs 2) Trip to Cape Canaveral	Mark Pollock Diane & Yvonne Cherry
12^th Dec, 2001	A History of Astronomy in Scotland	David Gavine
9^th Jan, 2002	Satellite Tracking	Russell Eberst
13^th Feb, 2002	AGM, followed by members slide show	Committee
13^th Mar, 2002	Telescope Manufacturing	John Braithwaite
10^th Apr, 2002	TBA	TBA
8^th May, 2002	Session round-up	Commitee



2002 - 2003	Title	Speaker
21^st Aug, 2002	Open night	Commitee
11^th Sep, 2002	Astronomy software	Committee
9^th Oct, 2002	TBA	TBA
13^th Nov, 2002	Observing variable stars	Dave Gavine
11^th Dec, 2002	An accretion disc on two legs	Margaret Morris
8^th Jan, 2003	The Moon: History and Observations	Dominic Fleming
12^th Feb, 2003	AGM	Committee
12^th Mar, 2003	TBA	TBA
9^th Apr, 2003	TBA	TBA
14^th May, 2003	Session round up	Committee



2003 - 2004	Title	Speaker
13^th Aug, 2003	Changing Views of Mars	Heather Couper
10^th Sep, 2003	Cameras, telescopes and observing	Douglas Couper
15^th Oct, 2003	Meteors	Neil Bone
12^th Nov, 2003	Rocks from Space. Display and talk on Meteorites	Jamie Shepherd
10^th Dec, 2003	Astronomy with Magic Lantern Slides	Mark Butterworth
14^th Jan, 2004	Looking at Nebulae	Brian Kelly
11^th Feb, 2004	AGM, followed by members’ slide show	Various
10^th Mar, 2004	Visit by Stirling and Dundee astronomy societies	Various
14^th Apr, 2004	TBA	TBA
13^th May, 2004	Session round up	Various



2004 - 2005	Title	Speaker
11^th Aug, 2004	Transit of Venus	Russell, Douglas, Diane and Martin
8^th Sep, 2004	TBA	TBA
13^th Oct, 2004	X-Craft - The First Space Shuttle?	Neil Grubb
10^th Nov, 2004	TBA	TBA
8^th Dec, 2004	Medieval Meteors and Aurora	David Gavine
12^th Jan, 2005	A Trip to the Stars	Alan Cayless
11^th Feb, 2005	AGM	Committee
4^th Mar, 2005	Joint Meeting with Falkirk, Stirling & Dundee at Mills
9^th Mar, 2005	In Search of the 40 Foot	Bob Bowers
13^th Apr, 2005	Falkirk & District Amateur Radio Society	Various
11^th May, 2005	Session Round-up	Committee



2005 - 2006	Title	Speaker
10^th Aug, 2005	Open Meeting
14^th Sep, 2005	Members Night
12^th Oct, 2005	Lunar Eclipse	Various members
9^th Nov, 2005	Sunspots	Dr Lyndsay Fletcher
14^th Dec, 2005	The History of Calton Hill Observatories	Graham Rule
11^th Jan, 2006	Comets	Ken Kennedy
8^th Feb, 2006	AGM	Committee
8^th Mar, 2006	TBA	TBA
12^th Apr, 2006	The Turkey Experience	Various members
10^th May, 2006	Session Round-up	Committee



2006 - 2007	Title	Speaker
16^th Aug, 2006	Astronomy Beginners	Various
13^th Sep, 2006	New Eyes in the Sky	Bill Ward
11^th Oct, 2006	Magic of the Cosmos	Professor John Brown
8^th Nov, 2006	James Naysmyth	David Gavine
13^th Dec, 2006	Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes	Professor Ian Robson Royal Observatory Edinburgh
10^th Jan, 2007	Rocket Science	Neil Grubb
14^th Feb, 2007	A.G.M.	A.G.M.
14^th Mar, 2007	Hinode and STEREO satellites	Dr Lyndsay Fletcher
11^th Apr, 2007	Imagined Planets	David Paterson
9^th May, 2007	Session Round-up.	Various



2007 - 2008	Title	Speaker
8^th Aug, 2007	Open meeting.	Open meeting
12^th Sep, 2007	Space Without a Rocket	Andy Nimmo
3^rd Oct, 2007	Astronomy with a Small Telescope.	Neil Bone
14^th Nov, 2007	1) Spectra 2) A visit to ESO Paranal	Graeme McCloud Horst Meyerdierks
12^th Dec, 2007	Quiz Night	Quiz Night
9^th Jan, 2008	Applied Astronomy	David Paterson
13^th Feb, 2008	A.G.M.	A.G.M.
12^th Mar, 2008	The Sun in White Light and H-Alpha.	Lyn Smith
9^th Apr, 2008	Captain Cook and the Cosmic Yardstick.	Martin Hendry
14^th May, 2008	Volcanoes in the Solar System	Alice-Amanda Kay



2008 - 2009	Title	Speaker
10^th Sep, 2008	The Southern Sky	Dr. Russell Cockman
8^th Oct, 2008	Narrow Band Imaging & working with the Canon 20DA	Douglas Cooper
12^th Nov, 2008	Skating on Thin Ice	Dr. Helen Fraser.
10^th Dec, 2008	Magic Lantern show Christmas Quiz	Mark Butterworth
14^th Jan, 2009	TBA	Prof John Brown
11^th Feb, 2009	AGM	The Committee
11^th Mar, 2009	The Astronomy of Sundials	Dave Gavine
8^th Apr, 2009	The Science of Star Wars	Martin Hendry
13^th May, 2009	Neutron Astronomy	Alex MacKinnon - Glasgow University



2009 - 2010	Title	Speaker
9^th Sep, 2009	The wonders of silicon – How CCD cameras work	Paul Kent from Glasgow
14^th Oct, 2009	Robert Burns and Astronomy (a synopsis of the talk is also available	Dr Catherine Smith-Mason
11^th Nov, 2009	Basic Astro Photography	Douglas Cooper
9^th Dec, 2009	Astrochemistry: Revealing the Nature of Star Forming Regions Also Xmas Quiz	Alison Craigon
13^th Jan, 2010	The Science of Star Wars	Martin Hendry
10^th Feb, 2010	AGM	The committee
10^th Mar, 2010	TBA	TBA
14^th Apr, 2010	TBA	TBA
12^th May, 2010	Crash diets – or how weightlessness and sharks are key to extraterrestrial life.	Dr Helen Jane Fraser, Strathclyde



2010 - 2011	Title	Speaker


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