Society Talks 2024/25

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 06/02/2025 19:15	Asteroids harbingers of life and death Dr Simon Helan (SAS) will give a talk on "Asteroids harbingers of life and death".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 06/03/2025 19:15	Searching for life and what it means - Dr David Whitehouse We are delighted to be able to have a talk by Astronomer, science writer and BBC Science correspondent David Whitehouse on "searching for life and what it means".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 20/03/2025 19:15	Dark Nebulae - Paul Howat Following a very successful trip to Portugal capturing dark nebulae, Paul Howat (SAS) will give a talk on what exactly these objects are and how we can best image them.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 03/04/2025 19:15	Kuiper Belt Objects Prof Nik Whitehead (SAS) will give a talk on "Kuiper Belt Objects".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 17/04/2025 19:15	X-Ray Astronomy - Howard Davies Howard Davies (SAS) will give a talk on X-Ray Astronomy.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 01/05/2025 19:15	Building telescopes - Tadas Nikonavas Tadas Nikonavas (SAS) will give a talk about his experiences in building telescopes over the years.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 15/05/2025 19:15	Southern Sky Observing from Namibia - Mark Radice Mark Radice will give a talk describing his visits to Namibia to view dark sky objects under extremely dark skies.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 29/05/2025 19:15	AGM SAS will hold a brief AGM following which we will have a selection of 10 minute talks from members.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 12/06/2025 19:15	Shooting for the stars! John Beer (SAS) will give a talk about his experiences with astrophotography.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 26/06/2025 19:15	"Stardust Hunters" - Dr Sarah Roberts Dr Sarah Roberts (Swansea University) will give a talk about searching for dust from space in urban areas (micrometeorites).	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 24/07/2025 19:15	TBA - Paul Spurr Returning friend of the society Paul Spurr will give another engaging talk to our society.	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
Thursday 21/08/2025 19:15	Euclid - Prof Andrew Taylor Professor Andrew Taylor (Edinburgh University) will give a Zoom talk to our society on "Euclid".	IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom
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 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
Saturday 22/11/2025 19:15	Astronomical Almanacs Jonathan Gale (SAS) will give a talk on Astronomical Almanacs.	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
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