Image Credir: Carsten Jonas The main talk of the evening will be given by Dr Daniel Moore will be: An introduction to meteorites – our personal connection to space. Meteorites provide a tantalising link to our solar system that we can hold in our hands. But where do they come from? Where are they found? Are they all the same? In this talk, Daniel will provide an introduction to meteorites and answer some of…
A Constellation With a Sting In Its Tail.
I write this while on a ship in the South Atlantic travelling from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia on a wildlife expedition to see the amazing creatures and plant life in the polar regions and Antarctica before the environment is altered through climate change. Image Credit: Glynn Bennallick To get here, on the way down south to Buenos Aires, I glanced out of my plane window at night over the wing to the…
Sun and Stars – 8th March: Carnewas
The second of this years Sun & Stars events. The event, as always, is dependant on clear skies, but this evening we hope to be able to see sunspot activity on the surface of the Sun before it sets. As the skies darken, we will be able to observe a 1% illuminated crescent Venus followed by Jupiter and her moons. followed by Mars and a waxing gibbous Moon as they pass through the meridian….