Previous Meetings
Meetings 2021.
—AUGUST — NO MEETINGS–SUMMER BREAK.—-AUGUST — NO MEETINGS—-
—JULY — NO MEETINGS–SUMMER BREAK.—-JULY — NO MEETINGS—-
23.06.21 — Wed — Annual General Meeting. (Dependant on Government restrictions, this could be in person, otherwise this will be a Zoom Meeting).CANCELLED
9.06.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Pete Williamson “The Moons of the Solar System”.
26.05.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Anthony Southwell “Black Holes”.
12.05.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Peter Dunsby “From the Big Bang to the Big Rip & other Cosmic Adventures”.
28.04.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Gary Poyner “The Monster in the Crab.”
14.04.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Peter Jenkins “Astrophotograpy / Processing.”
24.03.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Ian Robson “The Pluto Story”.
10.03.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Emma Thompson “Pluto”.
27.02.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Paul Money “Why are there no Green Stars?”
10.02.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Colin Steele “Coronal Conundra and Prominence Puzzles”.
27.01.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Chuck Wood “Trouble on Titan: The Case of the Missing 4 Billion Years”.
13.01.21 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Nick Hewitt “The Great Debate”.
Meetings 2020.
DECEMBER: NO MEETINGS
25.11.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Brad Gibson “How will the Universe End?”.
11.11.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Ian Ridpath “Pictures in the Sky (Constellations)”.
28.10.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Mike Poxon “Variable Stars”.
14.10.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Sam Cornwell “Solar Can”.
23.09.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Chris Grimmer “The Cassini Mission”.
09.09.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Nicholas Booth “A Clearer View-Mars”.
26.08.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Dave Eagle (FRAS) “Saving Apollo 13:Houston we had a problem”.
12.08.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting–Dr. Julian Onions “One Gigayear at a time: Galaxies”.
12.08.20–Wed–Potteric Carr- “Wild” Drinks Evening & the Perseid Meteors. CANCELLED
05.08.20 — Wed — DAS Zoom Meeting — Discussion: Future Events.
26.05.20 — Tue — Dr. Martin Braddock. “Space, Drug Discovery & Development”.CANCELLED
12.05.20 — Tue — Dr. Christopher Wareing. “Simulations of the Rosetta Nebula”.CANCELLED
28.04.20 — Tue — Paul Money. “Through the StarGate”. CANCELLED
14.04.20 — Tue — Prof. Clive Tadhunter. “Searching for Supermassive Black Holes”. CANCELLED
24.03.20 — Tue — Gary Poyner. “Variable Stars-How & why they vary”. CANCELLED
24.03.20–Tue–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Cub Scouts-6:30pm. CANCELLED
17.03.20 — Tue — Committee Meeting–from 7:30pm onwards. CANCELLED
10.03.20 — Tue — Shaun Reynolds. “Astrophotography”.
25.02.20 — Tue — Dr. Steve Parsons. “White Dwarfs-Planets in the Stellar Graveyard”.
11.02.20 — Tue — Roy Gunson. “Venus”.
05.02.20–Wed–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Cubs-6:30pm to 8pm.
01.02.20–Sat–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Scouts.
28.01.20 — Tue — Dr. Katharine Johnston. “Star Formation”.
14.01.20 — Tue — Sam Walton. “Space Weather”.
Meetings 2019
07.12.19–Sat–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Sea Scouts.
06.12.19 –Fri — DAS Christmas Dinner — The Mayflower — 7:00pm for 7:30pm.
05.12.19–Thu–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Brownies.
26.11.19 — Tue — Dr. Susan Cartwright. “Galaxies to Atoms”.
12.11.19 — Tue — Dr. Peter Lloyd. “Where did that come from?”
03.11.19–Sun–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Brownies-6pm to 9pm.
22.10.19 — Tue — Prof. Brad Gibson. “How Astronomers control your life.”
19.10.19–Sat–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Cubs–6pm to 9pm.
09.10.19–Wed–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Cubs–6pm to 7:30pm.
08.10.19 — Tue — Dr. Julian Onions. “Things that go bang in the night (sky)!”
24.09.19 — Tue — Phil Muffett. “Scanning for Meteors”.
17.09.19 — Tue — Committee Meeting — from 7:30pm onwards.
10.09.19 — Tue — Gerard Gilligan. “William Lassell (1799-1880) Telescopes & Planets & Drinking Beer”.
August — No Meetings — Summer Break.
17.08.19 — Sat — Auckley Show — 10:30pm to 5pm. (Set-up 9:30am).
12.08.19 — Mon — Perseid Meteor Watch at Austerfield — from 9pm onwards.
23.07.10 — Tue — No Meeting — Summer Break.
13.07.19 — Sat — Hatfield Garden Party — 2:00pm to 5pm. (Set-up 1pm).
09.07.19 — Tue — Jacob Kegerreis. “Planetary Giant Impacts: How Uranus Fell Over..”
07.07.19 — Sun — Town Field Gala Doncaster — 11:00am to 5pm. (Set-up 10am).
25.06.19 — Tue — Prof. Richard Stephenson “Historical Eclipses and what we can learn from them”.
11.06.19 — Tue — John Cox. “Double Stars”.
10.06.19–Mon–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Cubs–7:00pm to 10pm.
28.05.19 — Tue — Dr. Peter Lloyd “Orbits”.
09.05.19 — Thu — Dr. Simon Joyce. “White Dwarf Stars”.
27.04.19–Sat–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Scouts–7:30pm to 10pm.
25.04.19 — Thu — Prof Chris Done. “Extrasolar planets & Extraterrestial life”.
11.04.19 — Annual General Meeting (Members only please).
28.03.19 — Thu — Dr. Stuart Lumsden. “Star Formation”.
19.03.19–Tue–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Brownies & Guides–5:30pm to 7:00pm.
14.03.19 — Thu — Prof. Paula Chadwick. “Gamma-ray Astronomy”.
28.02.19 — Thu– Dr. Emily Brunsden. “The Music of the Stars”.
22.02.19–Fri–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Scouts–6:30pm to 8pm.
14.02.19 — Thu– Dr. Peter Lloyd. “Celestial Coordinates and Where is the Moon tonight?”.
13.02.19–Wed–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Cubs–6:00pm to 8pm.
06.02.19–Wed–Community Outreach-Stargazing for Scouts–6:15pm to 7:45pm.
24.01.19 — Thu– Dr. Susan Cartwright. “The History of Theories of the Solar System”.
10.01.19 — Thu– Alice Booth. “Exoplanets”.