2025
9th January Meeting postponed. Members met at the Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory for a practical session.
13th February Our guest speaker was Professor Ian Robson, The Pluto Story.
13th March Our guest Speaker was Dermot Gerald Gethings “Our place in the Milky Way”
10th April Our guest speakers were Dermot Gethings on The Life of Stars and Graham Mac on The Extremely Small Telescope.
8th May Our guest Speaker will be Dr Licia Ray, Senior Lecturer in Space and Planetary Physics at Lancaster University. “Neither here or there. Jupiter’s connection to its local space environment.”
12th June Our guest speaker will be Dr Keith Robinson, PADAS Honorary Vice President, on Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars.
10th July
14th August
11th September
9th October
13th November
December TBC
Christmas Dinner and Guest Speaker
2024
Jan 13th
Charlotte Proverbs, she will be talking about sunspots and Simon Ebo will be talking about δ Scuti pulsators. Both from ULCAN.
Feb 8th Talk postponed. February Meeting may be rescheduled to a new date
15th February 7.30pm Deepdale Labour club will be an informal members night , members encourage to show their astro images , share their projects or even asK for assistance how to set up your equipment , bring in any kit your want show or demonstrate.
March 13th 7.30pm (WEDNESDAY)
Visit to the Alston Observatory. Please note this on the Wednesday. Observing with the 700mm MHT Telescope , tour of the observatory .If cloudy we will have a talk by Dr Mark Norris, use of the Planetarium.
April 11th Dermot Gethings, FRAS, Vice-chair PADAS. The Sun, our nearest star.
May 12th Keith Pearson, PADAS. “Are we alone in the Universe?”
June 13th Our speaker this evening will be Dr Keith Robinson, PADAS Vice President with a talk titled “The road to imaging the brightest object in the Universe”
July 14th Members night at JHO
August 11th Victor P. Debattista “Stellar Migration, How stars surf the Waves”
September 8th
Alexia Lopez, UCLAN. ‘A Big Ring on the Sky’
October 5th
Preston Astro Show. 10-6pm Deepdale Labour Club £5 in advance. Lectures, panel discussion, networking, Astro boot and lots more….
October 10th Our speaker will be our own Secretary Graham McLoughlin , FIREBALL , Talk on Meteors, Meteorites
November 14th Our guest Speaker RAS , Dr Sue Bowler Meet the Herschels The first modern Astronomers.
December 12th
Christmas Dinner. Garstang Golf Club. Places can be book at October/November meetings. Cost £30 per person.
2023
Jan 12th
Wayne Lloyd will provide details from The Apollo Programme of the things that go wrong
Feb 9th
Mike Armstrong will talk about Transient Luminous Events
March 9th
Graham MacLoughlin will tell us about Frank Holden FRAS, a founder member of PADAS
April 13th
Meet the Members Night and Astro Boot
May 11th
Licia Ray will explain Planetary Aurora
June 8th
PADAS Vice President Dr Keith Robinson will be our guest speaker, explaining how to measure the temperature of a star from your back garden.
July 13th
Members Night at the observatory
August 10th
Dr Joanne Pledger of UCLan will deliver a talk on supernovae.
September 14th
Graham McLoughlin FRAS, PADAS Secretary on Dr. Arthur Beer Vistas in Astronomy.
October 12th
Steve Warbis, Macclesfield Astronomical Society on Astrophotography under light polluted skies.
November 9th
Dr Sue Bowler, Editor of the RAS bimonthly magazine A&G on Gravitational Waves
December 14th
Christmas Dinner at Garstang Country Hotel & Golf Club. Places can be book at October/November meetings. Cost Approximately £27 per person.
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