2021/22 Talks
PLEASE NOTE: We are awaiting further clarification from the University about the availability of the lecture theatre. However, it is highly likely that the talks will continue to be held on zoom for the start of this season.
Our talks usually start at 7.30 p.m. and are usually hosted by the School of Physics and Astronomy at:
Cardiff University
Queen's Buildings
The Parade
Cardiff
CF24 3AA
All attendees are kindly invited to sign the visitors' book upon arrival!
| Date | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||
| 2nd September | Exploring Astronomy through Philately | Katrin Raynor-Evans |
| 16th September | Virtual Narrated Tour of the 200-inch Hale Telescope and Palomar Observatory | Steven Flanders, CAL Tech |
| 30th September | Exo Rings & Exo Moons | Dr Phil Sutton, Lincoln University |
| 14th October | Modelling Exoplanet Atmospheres | Prof Alan Aylward, UCL |
| 28th October | Black Holes & Gravitational Waves | Prof Malcolm MacCallum, Queen Mary University, London |
| 11th November | Strong interactions under extreme conditions | Prof Gert Aarts, Swansea University |
| 25th November | The Perils of Time Travel | Phill Wallace, CAS Chair |
| 9th December | Overview of the UK Space Agency | Derek Smale, UKSA |
| 2022 | ||
| 6th January | Astronomy in Antarctica | Professor Michael Burton. Director of the Armagh Observatory & Planetarium |
| 20th January | How I measured the orbit of Mars | Dr Jane Clark, CAS |
| 3rd February | Space Law | Greg Titley, CAS Secretary |
| 17th February | Infra Red Astronomy | Dr Eric Dunford |
| 3rd March | Why are there no Green Stars? | Paul Money, Reviews Editor, the BBC Sky at Night Magazine |
| 17th March | The Cassini Mission to Saturn | Prof Carl Murray, Queen Mary, University of London |
| 31st March | Prospero & the Black Arrow Rocket | Doug Millard, Deputy Keeper, Technologies & Engineering, The Science Museum. |
| 14th April | Stellar Explosions | Maxime Deckers, Trinity College, Dublin |
| 28th April | AGM | |
| 12th May | Three Short Talks | |
| 26th May | Noctilucent Clouds | Sandra Brantingham, Section Director, British Astronomical Association |
| 9th June | Antikythera Mechanism | Prof Mike Edmunds, Cardiff University |
| 23rd June | Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Historical & Current Perspectives | Alan Foster, Cardiff Astronomical Society |
| 7th July | The Art of Nightscape & Milky Way Photography | Pete Williamson FRAS, Founder of the Solarsphere Astronomical & Music Festival |