Somerset Levels Stargazers is a group of enthusiastic amateur astronomers interested in looking at the stars, planets and anything else in space. We meet at least once a month to pass on our knowledge and share our interest in astronomy with people from the Somerset Levels.
Dear All,
Due to the sucess of our online meeting in April we have decided to continue with all future meetings online until further notice.
The next online meeting will be on the 27th May and we have Paul talking about starhopping and also lined up Bob Mizon as a guest speaker who will be giveing a "The Tunguska Events and other Factors" and will also talk a little about objects in space.
We will be continue updating this months sky and have also added a few more new pages.
Here we will to try and add as much of the upcoming meeting online as best we can. We will do our best to add additional news when possible.
For adding comments and info from our members. You can also use our forum to communicate with each other and share information.
Please also keep an eye on our facebook page as well. Membership renewal dates will be altered to incorporate any meetings we have to cancel.
Take care and thank you for you understanding
Paul and The Stargazing Committee.
The monthly meetings of the Somerset Levels Stargazers take place on the last Wednesday of every month except December at 7.30pm in Othery Village Hall,
Fore Street, Othery, TA7 0QU everyone welcome…Each month we will:
Each month we will:
- Give details of Astronomical highlights for the Month ahead including a guide to exploring the Moon, planets and Stars.
- Have a talk on a different subject each month given by a club member or guest speaker.
- Look at a prominent figure from the history of Astronomy their life and work.
- Keep members up to date on any interesting discoveries and events..
- After our meeting if the sky is clear we conduct an observing session at the back of the hall in the car park.
We ask attendees to pay only £2.50 per meeting, or alternatively take out an annual membership at a cost of £20.00. Tea and Coffee are provided.
We hope to see you there.
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Date |
Speaker |
Main Subject |
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29th January |
Paul Adamson |
Animals in Space |
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26th February |
Richard and Sue Horsham |
Exoplanets. |
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25th March |
John Martin MBE |
Apollo 13. |
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29th April |
Hugh Allan |
Spectoscopy. |
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27th May |
Bob Mizon FRAS MBE |
The Tunguska Event and other impactors.
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24th June |
Richard Kilbey |
How James Cook measured the Universe. |
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29st July |
Tim Wetherell
|
Victorian telescopes and Obsevatories. |
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26th August |
Bob Mizon FRAS MBE |
The Hubble Space Telescope. |
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30th September |
Chris Starr FRAS FBIS IAAA |
The Planet Mars |
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28th October |
Douglas Rice |
The Sky in Science and Imagination. |
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25th November |
End of Year Social |
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No December meeting |
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e-mail Somersetlevelsstargazers@hotmail.com
website http://www.somersetlevelsstargazers.co.uk/ find us on facebook
You do not need to register to use this site but registration is required if you wish to use our forums. Should you have any issue having your account activated please email the club by replying to one of our previous emails.
To help cover costs, we ask members to pay either £2.50 per month, or alternatively take out an annual membership at a cost of £20.00.