Image courtesy of NASA image library For April’s monthly meeting, we welcome Warwick University research fellow Dr Ingrid Pelisoli. Dr Pelisoli’s background involves the study of compact stars in binary systems, their evolution and...
March’s Monthly Meeting saw us welcome back Michael Morris who gave an interesting presentation on observing double stars. Mark’s last talk on observing the moon sparked off a spate of drawings and images from...
Sinus Iridum: sketch by Mark Tweedie Clavius: Sketch by Mark OK, I’ll come clean – I’m not a huge fan of the moon – the Coventry skies are bright enough without having our companion...
When conducting his research, Professor Nial Tanvir looks further – and further back – than almost anyone else on the planet. As an expert on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most luminous and violent explosions...
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...
