The following is a list of our public meetings for 2008/2009. Public meetings are open to all members of the public and are held at the Henry Dixon Hall, Henry Dixon Road, Rivenhall End, CM8 3HR (Google Maps link: http://tinyurl.com/2uy8us). The meetings start at 7:30pm, with the talk usually starting at 8pm.
We charge a small amount (usually approx. £3 depending on the speaker) and this is to cover the costs of hall hire and speaker.
Upcoming lectures in 2009
16th September – “The Places That Gravity Forgot” by Dr Stuart Clark [link]
21st October – “The Solar Eclipses of 2008 & 2009″ by Jerry Workman
18th November – “Variable Stars by Chris Jones”
And coming in 2010 – Dr Chris Lintott, Nik Syzmanek and many more.
Previous lectures from 2009
“Wide Field CCD Imaging” – Ian King [ link ]
“Telescopes of the Future” by Dr Lee Sproats [ Green-Witch ]
“Meteorology & Weather Forecasting” – Stephen Davenport [ Meteogroup ]
“The Telescopes of La Palma” by Neil Parker [ Green-Witch ]
“Solar Observing” by Peter Meadows [link]
“The Apollo Missions” by Jerry Workman
10 February, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I would be greatfulto know the time of your event of feb 20 and any post code I could key into my sat nav regarding its location.
Cheers
Dean
10 February, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Dean,
I believe the postcode for the hall is CM8 3HR but beware that this postcode likely won’t take you direct to the hall’s location. I’d suggest checking out the location on Google Maps as well.
19 June, 2008 at 8:24 am
Hello, I found details of the NEAS in Astronomy Now and would like to become a member. I am a complete novice and have recently been bought a telescope as a gift. Unfortunately I am having difficulty in setting up the alignment and wondered if it would be appropriate for me to bring the telescope with me to one of your events in the hope that someone could help me to set it up? The scope is a Celestron NexStar 130SLT.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Kindest regards,
Sarah Esson
29 July, 2008 at 2:41 pm
You are more than welcome to bring your telescope along to one of our meetings. I’m sure there will be someone who can help you out.
14 September, 2008 at 12:08 pm
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27 January, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Hi There,
I’m trying to find out if there are any amateur astonomy clubs/societies near my home town – Harlow in Essex. I have found the website for the Loughton Astonomical Society but wondered if there are any others that you know of.
Many thanks – Wendy
27 January, 2009 at 10:04 pm
There are six clubs in Essex, details of which can be found here:
http://www.fedastro.org.uk/cgi-bin/cms-society.php#England
However, none of them are that close to Harlow unfortunately. Us (at Witham) and LoughtonAS (at Theydon Bois) are probably nearest.
Hope that helps – David