Coventry and Warwickshire Astronomical Society Events and Activities
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Summer time is upon us again and given that the nights get even shorter as we approach the Solstice, what better way to celebrate than to hold our AGM! Not to worry though, we...