Mike Frost (Director of the Historical Section of the BAA) treats us once again with his presentation on his latest project – a contributor to the new book Eclipse and Revelation due for release...
In January 2024, we received an invitation to look around the recently opened Marsh Observatory at Warwick University. When the announcement was first made, it seemed like our entire membership wanted to attend! Fortunately,...
Tony Green presented this month’s talk about the challenges of making precise photometric observations using small telescopes. The talk covered the use of photometric filters, transformations, aperture photometry and uploading results to the AAVSO...
Following November’s presentation from our guest speaker Michael Morris about Observing the Moon, the Society has received a number of fantastic contributions from members about the moon that we share on our group channel....
The first Astronomy On Tap event in Coventry is happening on the 22nd of November at the Town Crier pub (Corporation St, Coventry, CV1 1PB), from 7 pm onwards, and will feature a couple...
Rebecca Nealon is a Stephen Hawking Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on warped and misaligned accretion discs and planet formation. In...
This month’s talk was kindly delivered by Sheridan Williams. More details to follow…
Our August monthly meeting included a special talk about rainbows and an array of weird atmospheric effects from our guest presenter Mary McIntyre. Mary’s passion and expertise for photography and optical phenomena really shone...
There have been some unbelievable advances in imaging in recent years that has enabled amateurs in city locations to produce stunning images of deep sky objects. Our own Mark Tweedie shares some fantastic images...
With our scheduled speaker unfortunately unable to attend, our very own Chairman, none other than “Mr Pokemon” himself stepped up to deliver a very entertaining talk about flight performance challenges of spaceships visiting remote...
