Image Credit: Frank Johns The main talk of the evening will be given by Dr Nigel Price – Planetary Nebulae… how do they form and what can they tell us about their progenitors? This talk will consider the origin and evidence for the different ways in which planetary nebulae form and how that can explain their fantastic morphologies. I hope to find a few colourful examples to whet our visual appetites as well an…

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Palomar Observatory Tonight we will have the double act with Jacquie and Dean Ashton. The main talk of the evening will be by Jacquie Ashton – Detecting Exoplanets. The search for exoplanets has escalated since the first one was confirmed in 1995 – 51 Pegasus b. Jacquie will describe the techniques that were developed in the discovery of exoplanets and their characteristics, and how these are being used to find Earth-like planets…

Image Credit: NASA -SDO We have a special treat this evening. Tonight we will be visited by Matthew Browning an associate professor in the Astrophysics group at the University of Exeter. This evening he will be presenting a talk entitled ‘How the stars got their spots’ We realise this is at rather short notice and hope you will be able to come. This talk is open, not just to our membership, but anyone who…

Image Credit: NASA The main talk of the evening will be given by Dan Baker on – Up and coming space missions. After the break Dr Nigel Price’s 10 minute talk will be an update on his spectrohelioscope project that he is running with the pupils at Tretheras School. Meeting Lead Glynn Bennallick We meet at 19:00 for a 19:30 Kick-off. Find Us: https://kernowastronomers.com/find-us/ What3Words: ///remodel.tequila.hazy

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…

For our main talk for this evening, Nick will be demonstrating Skytools 4 – Planning software that few astronomers have heard of. Rather than end up looking at the same tired old Messiers you’ve seen multiple times, Skytools will access nearly every astronomical database out there and based on your location, your chosen observing time – now or in the future, what will look good through the equipment you own and the sky conditions…