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Programme of Lectures 2003-2004

   
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Winter Term 2003
Sep 18 The Evolution of Galaxies
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Dr Alan Longstaff (Science Writer)
Sep 25 The Moon
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Mr Peter Gill (Eastbourne A.S.)
Oct 2 SOCIETY MEETING
Oct 9 Unwinding the Milky Way
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Dr Sean Ryan (Open University)
Oct 16 The Herschel Dynasty - Part 2
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Ms Emily Winterburn (Royal Observatory Greenwich)
Oct 23 The Sun and its Influence on the Earth's Space Environment
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Prof Peter Cargill (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College)
Oct 30 HALF TERM
Nov 6 SOCIETY MEETING
Nov 13 Dwarf Novae: X(-rays) Mark the Spot
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Dr Darren Baskill (Leicester University)
Nov 20 The N-body Problem and the Dynamical Future of the Solar System
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Mr Nick James (BAA Papers Secretary)
Nov 27 Timescales of the Solar System Formation
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Dr Sara Russell (Natural History Museum)
Dec 4 SOCIETY MEETING
Dec 11 Big Telescopes in the 19th Century
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Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College, Oxford)

Spring Term 2004
Jan 8 Venus in Transit 1639-1882
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Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College, Oxford)
Jan 15 Cosmic Dust
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Dr Matthew Genge (Imperial College)
Jan 22 SOCIETY MEETING
Jan 29 Theoretical Study of Accretion in WZ Sagittae
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Mr Owen Matthews (Leicester University)
Feb 5 Astronomical Events in 2004
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Dr John Mason (BAA)
Feb 12 TBA
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Dr Antoniono Chrysostomou (University of Hertfordshire)
Feb 19 SOCIETY MEETING
Feb 26 HALF TERM
Mar 4 Cruising Through the Cosmos and Massive Star and Methanol Masers
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Dr Geoff MacDonald (University of Kent)
Mar 11 Radio Astronomy - Three Score and Ten Years Young
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Prof Les Little (University of Kent)
Mar 18 The Solar Neutrino Problem
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Dr Peter Williams (Queen Mary College)
Mar 25 SOCIETY MEETING
Apr 1 Future Prospects of Deep Space Exploration within the Solar System and Beyond
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Mr David Fearn (British Interplanetary Society)

Summer Term 2004
Apr 22 Giotto, Rosetta, STARDUST... the Answer to Life from Comets?
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Dr Simon Green (Open University)
Apr 29 The Physical and Dynamical Properties of Comets
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Dr Mario Melita (Queen Mary College)
May 6 Cassini at Saturn
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Dr John Mason (BAA)
May 13 SOCIETY MEETING
May 20 The Glory of Star Clusters
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Mr Guy Hurst (Vice President, BAA)

Extra weeks (2004):

Sep 3   - TBA
Sep 10 - TBA