BAS Meetings and Events

This is what we got up to during our 2001 programme (click here to see our 2004/2005 programme):

2002/2003

September 20th

Beginners Item Constellations of the Month John Ball
Main Item Apollo - 30 Years On. Simon Barnes
Observing Weather permitting.

October 18th

Beginners Item Members' Short  15 mins Presentations.  
Main Item Members' Short  15 mins Presentations.
OU Astronomy - Mike Witt
Eyepieces - Ian Hasell
Setting up a Newtonian Telescope - John Ball
Meteors - Simon Barnes
Various
Observing Weather permitting.
November 15th
Beginners Item How to find objects in the sky. Pete Bowers
Main Item The Pyramids and the Pole Star. Edmund Phillimore
Observing Weather permitting.
December 6th
Social Evening TBC (Members Only)
Observing Weather permitting.
2003
January 17th
Beginners Item Astrofest 2003. Ian Hasell
Main Item Famous Astronomers. Martin Griffiths
Observing Weather permitting.

February 21st

Beginners Item Navigation by the Stars David Harries
Main Item Weather Forecasting Hints for Amateur Astronomers. Mike Gray
Observing Weather permitting.
March 21st
Beginners Item Mizar Travelling Planetarium.  
Main Item Mizar Travelling Planetarium (The Moving Heavens and The Spring Night Sky). Bob Mizon FRAS
Observing Weather permitting.
April 11th
Beginners Item The Southern Night Sky. Ian Hasell
Main Item Recent Thinking and Discoveries in Astronomy. Rev. David Clark FRAS
Observing Weather permitting.
May 16th
Beginners Item Basic Astrophotography. Pete Bowers
Main Item Stone Age Astronomy. Tom Harwood
Observing Weather permitting.
June 20th
AGM BAS Annual General Meeting.  Followed by a Video (Astronomy subject to be chosen). John Ball
Observing Weather permitting.

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