Society Talks 2025/26

Thursday evening lectures are provided for Swansea Astronomical Society members, however, potential new members or members of other astronomical societies should feel free to come along as a guest.

In addition to the events listed below, we hold regular member observation evenings, subject to weather conditions.

Date	Event	Venue
Thursday 18/09/2025 19:15	Special Relativity - John Evans SAS member John Evans will give a talk on Special Relativity.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 02/10/2025 19:15	Stellar Classification Prof Nik Whitehead (SAS) will give a talk on "Stellar Classification".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 16/10/2025 19:15	Penllergare Equatorial Observatory - Stuart Hemsley-Rice We are delighted to have Stuart Hemsley-Rice the General Manager of the Penllergare Trust to come and give a talk on the historic Eeuatorial observatory at Penllergare Valley Woods.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 30/10/2025 19:15	Making sense of the CBR Dr Andrew McLean (SAS) will give a talk about making sense of the Cosmic Background Radiation.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 13/11/2025 19:15	Rocket Science is Hard Jeff Zork (SAS) will give a talk entitled "Rocket Science is Hard".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 11/12/2025 19:15	Christmas social and Quiz SAS will once again hold its very popular Christmas Quiz and social.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 08/01/2026 19:15	SAS meeting and talk by Mary McIntyre We are delighted to welcome back Mary McIntyre to give another talk to our society which she will make via Zoom.	IQ Building Room 001 + Zoom
Thursday 22/01/2026 19:15	SAS meeting and talk by Philip Wallace Philip Wallace (Cardiff A.S.) will give a talk entitled ""Second star to the Right: A History of Celestial Navigation".	IQ Building Room 001 + Zoom
Thursday 05/03/2026 19:15	ISS – The Life and Death of a Space Station SAS member Nick Lewis will give a talk entitled "ISS – The Life and Death of a Space Station".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 19/03/2026 19:15	John Beer - 3d printers and astronomy John Beer (SAS) will give a talk on how 3D printers can be used to great success with various astronomy applications.	IQ Building Room 001 + Zoom
Thursday 02/04/2026 19:15	Biosignatures: How do we look for life on other planets SAS member Prof Nik Whitehead will give a talk entitled "Biosignatures: How do we look for life on other planets".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 15/10/2026 19:15	The Antikythera device SAS member Prof Nik Whitehead will give a talk entitled "The Antikythera device".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
(Previous Events)