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Programme of Lectures 2006-2007

   

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Autumn Term 2006
Sep 21 Astronomical Highlights of the Past and What's Left to Look Forward to
- Nick James (BAA)
Sep 28 Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium
- Dr Serena Viti (University of London)
Oct 5 SOCIETY MEETING
Oct 12 Evolution of the Solar System
- Dr Alan Longstaff (RGO)
Oct 19 Solar Neutrinos
- Robert Smith (Sussex)
Oct 26 HALF TERM
Nov 2 What is Matter? Where is the Antimatter?
- Prof Mike Green (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Nov 9 SOCIETY MEETING
Nov 16 The Life and Times of John Mason
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Dr John Mason (BAA)
Nov 23 Recent Work on BAA Sunspot Numbers
- Mr Norman Walker (BAA)
Nov 30 Volcanoes
- Prof Lionel Wilson (Lancaster University)
Dec 7 Copernicus in England 1550 to 1660
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Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College, Oxford)
Dec 14 SOCIETY MEETING

Winter Term 2007
Jan 11 The Observers Observed: Charles Dickens at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
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Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College, Oxford)
Jan 18 SOCIETY MEETING
Jan 25 News from the American Astronomical Meeting
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Dr John Mason (BAA)
Feb 1 Cataclysmic Variables: Their Evolution and Recent Results from XMM-Newton
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Dr Darren Baskill (University of Leicester)
Feb 8 CANCELLED - due to adverse weather
Feb 16 HALF TERM
Feb 22 Impact Cratering in the Solar System
- Ms Emily Baldwin (University College London)
Mar 1 Rosetta and Venus Express Mission Updates
- Nick James (BAA)
Mar 8 Are Interstellar Space Science Missions Feasible?
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Mr David Fearn (Britsh Interplanetary Society)
Mar 15 SOCIETY MEETING
Mar 22 Stars in your eyes - the Mark 1 eyeball
- Mr Charles Hugkelstone (Queen Mary's, Sidcup)
Mar 29 Clusters of Galaxies
- Dr Caroline Crawford (Institute of Astronomy)

Spring Term 2007
Apr 19 Solar Physics during International Heliophysical Year
- Dr Lucie Green (Mullard Space Science Laboratories)
Apr 26 Cassini-Huygens to Saturn and Titan
- Dr Andrew Coates (Mullard Space Science Laboratories)
May 3 Small Heavenly Bodies of the Solar System Kind!
- Dr Richard Miles (BAA President)
May 10 SOCIETY MEETING
May 17 The Search for Supernovae
- Mr Guy Hurst (BAA)
May 24 Dinosaurs on the Moon - Astronomy in the Media
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Dr David Whitehouse