Image Credit: Plato: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5 Neutron: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Harp We have two talks for you this evening. Frank Johns starts the evening with a talk on Plato. The philosopher, was looking for a physical law which would account for the orbits of errant stars (planets) to satisfy his need for uniformity and regularity. PLATO, the ESO project, is designed to get the data that perhaps, Plato the philosopher, needed…

Image Credit: Original version: NASA; modified by Cherkash For the last talk of 2025, we have a belter for you. How to Build an Observable Universe by Dean Ashton: This presentation will take us on a 13.8 billion year journey from the Big Bang to the present day. We’ll share advanced simulations to explore how our universe, galaxy, and stars were built by natural laws. Finally, we’ll consider how amateur astronomers can observe and image the…

Image Credit: Science Museum London The main talk of the evening will be given by Phil Brotherwood: Strange Telescopes. A brief overview of some of the more unusual, and sometimes eye-catching,  telescopes created throughout history. After the break Heather Bobeck and her 10 minute talk : Apophis asteroid and the unmanned missions to it. We meet at 19:00 with kick-off at 19:30 at the Summercourt Memorial Hall Location details here

Image Credit: Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, The main talk of the evening will be given by Glynn Bennallick: Long Haired Rock Stars – Comets – Strange spectacular visitors to our planet, some revisiting us but some swing by never to return. How did ancient people understand them? Were they omens for good or ill? Where did they come from and what causes that tail? Discover the missions sent to find out up-close what they are and see…

Image Credit: Footy 2000 The main talk of the evening will be given by Mark Godwin on the Indian Space Agency and covering its very humble beginnings, satellite projects, lunar missions, and future aspirations. After the break Nick Tonkin and his 10 minute talk – The SIMBAD Astronomical database and why you might want to use it to understand the the objects that you observe. We meet at 19:00 for a 19:30 kick off. We…

Image Credit: ESO The main talk of the evening will be given by Barry Trudgian on Astrophysical Masers: Where Microwave messages meet mild-mannered Mitchell man.. from deep space. After the break Frank Johns 10 minute talk will be : Vera Ruben, her life, work and the new telescope named after her. We meet at 19:00 for a 19:30 kick off. We meet at 19:00 with kick-off at 19:30 at the Summercourt Memorial Hall Find…