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PREVIOUS LECTURES - GWYNEDD ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY Dec 1983 P Curtis Dark matter Jan 1984 B Jones News from the observatories Feb D Evans The Moon Jan 1986 R Paganuzzi X-ray astronomy Dec P Curtis Photographic and visual observation Jan 1987 R Smith Venus Feb J Thompson The Radio Universe Mar P Llewellyn Magnetism and astronomy Apr G Clark Computers and astronomy May A Elliott Lunar occultations Jun P Curtis Radio astronomers look at the Earth Sep B Jones The Magellanic Clouds Oct A Roberts Making a Small Refractor Nov R Smith Observing Meteors Dec P Curtis Present and Future Techniques with Large Telescopes Feb 1988 P Curtis Life Elsewhere in the Universe Mar R Smith The Giant Planets Apr B Jones The Magnitude Scale May P Llewellyn Light Jun A Baran The Universe is One Big Plasma! Jul P Curtis Life Elsewhere in the Universe Sep B Jones Galaxies Oct R Smith Astronavigation Nov P Curtis The Temperature of the Terrestrial Planets Dec P Llewellyn Cosmology Jan 1989 P Curtis Active Galaxies Feb Mar R Smith Mercury Apr P Curtis Comets May P Llewellyn The Interstellar Medium Jun J Thompson Infrared and Microwave Telescopes Jul G Clark Stonehenge Sep P Curtis Novae Oct J Thompson Deep Sky Objects Nov P Llewellyn Measuring Starlight Dec R Smith Star-photo Quiz Jan 1990 P Curtis Binary Stars Feb A Roberts Computing and astronomy Mar R Smith Apollo Moon landings Apr A Roberts Voyager Mission to Jupiter P Curtis Type II Supernovae May P Llewellyn Origin of the Solar System (early theories) Jun Jul Oct Nov Dec Jan 1991 Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Sep May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 1993 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov P Llewellyn J Thompson J Thompson P Curtis A Roberts B Jones P Llewellyn R Smith J Rowlands P Curtis P Llewellyn J Rowlands P Curtis D Fear D King P Curtis D Fear Star party P Llewellyn D Fear D Fear J Thompson B Jones P Curtis B Jones P Llewellyn P Curtis J Mithan B Jones B Jones P Curtis P Llewellyn D Fear A Roberts D Fear P Curtis J Thompson D Fear P Curtis Dec Jan 1994 Feb P Llewellyn J Thompson R Smith Oct Nov Dec Jan 1992 Jan Feb Mar Apr Formation of stars and the origin of the Solar System Galaxies Radio astronomy Milankovitch Cycle and Ice Ages Eyepieces Hubble Space Telescope Gravity Southern skies Light pollution Pulsating variable stars Spectra Detection of meteors with electrometers Observing variable stars Plate tectonics Observational astronomy Life in the universe Uranus Black holes Viking Mission to Mars Jupiter Voyager Mission to Jupiter and Saturn COBE and the expanding universe Astrophotography Stellar spectra Measuring the distance to the planets Dark matter Deep sky observing Hubble Space Telescope Comets and Giotto Eruptive variable and eclipsing binary stars Origin of the universe Venus Shareware astronomical computer programmes NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Astrophotography Computing and rocket technology Remote sensing Measuring the Earth using radio telescopes / The Greenhouse Effect Astrophotography Tour of the Universe Teaching astronomy to schoolchildren Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 1995 Feb Mar Apr Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 1996 Feb Mar Apr May E Greenwood P Llewellyn E Greenwood D King J Thompson J Mithan P Curtis J Mithan E Greenwood P Llewellyn D King J Thompson D Fear P Curtis D Fear E Greenwood J Thompson D King D Fear A Roberts J Mithan D Fear J Thompson P Llewellyn E Greenwood Star party A Roberts J Thompson D King D Fear J Mithan P Llewellyn E Greenwood D King J Thompson P Llewellyn B Lewis J Thompson J Mithan Quiz D Fear A Roberts J Mithan Old astronomical books Adaptive optics Tides Motor drives for telescopes James Nasmyth Aids to observation X-ray binaries Black hole in M87 Comet Shoemaker-Levy NASA bulletins on the Internet SOS for the Earth / Missing mass Deep sky objects Titan Dark matter Shareware - Our Cosmohood / Skyglobe History of astronomy Optical devices in astronomy The use of red light in astronomy CDROM - A guide to ERS-1 Binocular observation Extinction of the dinosaurs ESA probe to Mercury The Moon and Venus Changing ideas about gravity The 1874 Transit of Venus Astronomical programmes for the Amiga computer Gamma-ray astronomy Einstein's universe Surfaces of the Terrestrial planets The naming of lunar features Ring lasers Camera lenses and telescopes Shareware programmes for PC's Microwave astronomy The colour of stars Polaris The work of David Malin Planetary nebulae The contamination of space Comet Shoemaker-Levy and Jupiter Buckyballs Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 1997 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 1998 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 1999 Feb Mar Apr D King Bode's Law D Hughes The 1995 solar eclipse in India J Mithan The lunar landscape D King Images of the Universe Session on Internet D Fear FESTIP E Greenwood Star maps N Brown A year's observing Open day and star party D King The origin and evolution of the Solar System Quiz D Fear Meteorites in Wales Session on Internet Star party J Mithan Comets P Llewellyn The Sun D Fear The Apollo Missions D Fear The Ozone Layer / Mapping Venus' surface M McCormick CDROM - Northern Mars J Thompson Spectral classes Star party D King Measuring the Solar System E Greenwood Home-made spectroscopes D Fear The European Space Agency B Taylor Black holes M McCormick Quantum computing J Mithan Renaissance astronomers - Copernicus P Llewellyn Light J Mithan Vision and perception E Greenwood Funding in astronomy D Fear The Canadian space programme T Rogers The stars D Fear The Japanese space programme E Greenwood The Sun G Williams Life and the Universe Quiz Night J Mithan Radiation and Concorde G Williams The End of the Universe D King Von Neumann Machines and Missing Mass E Greenwood John Jones - Welsh Astronomer Dr B Peiser Comets and Disasters in the Stone Age H Hynes Saturn D Roberts Mars May Jun Jul M Wildsmith G Williams J Mithan D Fear Sep P Llewellyn Oct Nov Dec Jan 2000 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2001 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2002 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul D King E Greenwood Quiz Night Star Party E Greenwood James Nasmyth G Bryans Cepheid Variable Stars Tour of D King's homebuilt observatory J Mithan Kepler B Lewis The Planets P Llewellyn Big Telescopes J Rowlands A North Wales Observatory D Fear The Astronomical Legacy of Genghis Khan E Greenwood Edmund Halley Quiz Night D King Charles Messier G Williams The International Space Station D Fear The Tharsis Bulge P Llewellyn Gravitational Astronomy Equipment viewing night J Thompson The Centre of our Galaxy J Mithan Globular clusters D Fear Meteorites D King M42 Quiz Night Astronomy in Wales video G Williams The Oort Cloud E Greenwood Navigation, Life and Space Travel P Llewellyn Cosmic Background Radiation and Quintessence D King The Structure of the Sun J Mithan Open clusters D Fear Ancient Celtic and Welsh Astronomy D King The Earth's orbit J Thompson The Yerkes Refractor J Mithan The Astronomical slate carvings of Dyffryn Ogwen E Greenwood Timekeeping and Astronomy S Reid Telescopes, a septic tank, and the national press! Sep Earth Quasars Tycho Brahe Using Space Technology in Harsh Terrestrial and Marine Environments Accelerating Expansion in the Universe - A Revolution in Cosmology Variable Stars Jupiter Oct Nov Dec Jan 2003 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2004 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2005 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jun Jul Sep Oct Oct Nov B Woosnam J Thompson Quiz Members forum J Thompson B Woosnam D King R Derbyshire P Llewellyn D Fear E Greenwood G Williams B Woosnam Quiz S Reid D Smith E Greenwood P Llewellyn D Fear J Mithan A Nourse T Radford J Thompson D King Quiz G Williams Star party D Smith P Llewellyn S Reid D Fear Star party J Mithan N Brown B Woosnam Star party J Lapington Dec Jan 2006 Feb Quiz G Willliams J Mithan L Oldfield E Greenwood A history of Tal telescopes Mysteries of deep space Meteors Astrophotography The Moon Eclipse in Zimbabwe A home made magnetometer The Kuiper Belt Astrology and the beginnings of astronomy T Tauri stars CCD Imaging/A visit to Patrick Moore's observatory Planetary atmospheres Optics Transit of Venus Spectroscopy The space programmes of less-developed countries Ancient astronomers NASA missions and spacecraft An introduction to radio astronomy Lunar occultations Moons ET's home planet The development of the astronomical telescope Dark matter and energy Galaxies Astrobiology Star maps The influence of celestial bodies on plants Asteroids Topical developments in optical, ultraviolet and x-ray astronomy Supernovae The Webb Society (Rev. TW Webb) Saturn V rockets The measurement of time Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2007 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2008 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2009 Feb D King Iridium flares D Bennett Advances in communication J Thompson Eyepieces no meeting (adverse weather) D King Towards better seeing S Reid Webcameras and astronomy P Llewelyn Aurorae D Fear Spirit and Opportunity – the Martian rovers D Fear Ancient Chinese astronomy L Oldfield Cassini, Huygens and Saturn N Brown The influence of celestial bodies on animals Quiz D Fear COROT space telescope D King An demonstration of a Philips’ Patent Orrery G Williams The reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field J Mithan False Moon landings – a pictorial exhibition P Llewelyn An update on the search for dark matter J Lapington SWIFT and Gamma Ray Bursters D King Einstein’s Universe G Williams Black Holes D Fear Radio telescopes J Thompson Exhibition of astronomical equipment J Mithan The Moon S Reid The history of Pluto as a planet P Llewelyn Cosmic jets D Fear Archaeoastronomy B Woosnam Operating the Faulkes telescope J Thompson Kielder star party D Bennett Hubblecasts D Bennett Journey to Palomar G Williams Measurement in Astronomy Question and answer session D King Daytime astronomy E Greenwood Uses for lenses in Astronomy D Fear Long term climate change on Earth J Mithan Space medicine S Reid Building a 16” Dobsonian telescope B Lewis Meteoroids and meteors D Bennett Birth of the Universe D Fear Space elevators G Williams Interstellar material D Fear Where in the Universe quiz H Pritchard Superlatives in the Universe Mar 2009 Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Snowdon Dec Jan 2010 Feb Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2011 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2012 Feb Mar Apr May Jun J Mithan N Brown S Reid B Woosnam D Fear B Woosnam J Mithan G Williams S Reid Comet Lulin Evolution and the beginning of life on Earth Tricolour imaging History of astronomy Spin offs from space research Solar observing Science fiction Extra-solar planetary systems One man and his Dob – observing from the summit of Informal discussion J Thompson The Sun J Thompson Patrick Moore’s introduction to astronomy Star party D Hopkins/I Stokes Solar Suite J Mithan Deep sky observing S Reid Mars D Smith Hubble Space Telescope D Fear Optical Atmospheric phenomena G Williams Why hasn’t ET called yet? D Fear Salty geysers on Enceladus J Thompson Book review of ‘A zeptospace odyssey’ G Williams Magnetic field reversals J Mithan Quiz J Thompson The history and observation of double stars D Fear The life and work of the Rev. Dr. Nevil Maskelyne J Mithan Open star clusters G Williams The inner core of the Sun S Reid Models of the Solar System DW Jones Astrobiology D Fear Structure of the Universe B Woosnam Stone Circles and astronomy H Mithan Geology of Mars H Mithan Geology of Venus D Jones Coronal mass ejections D Fear The Mercury programme Quiz DW Jones Babylonian astronomy G Williams The outer core of the Sun D Fear ‘Oh my God’ and Fly’s Eye – Cosmic Rays J Mithan Mediaeval astronomy D Jones Dark matter and energy Dr A Glover Space weather and the Sun/Earth connection Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec DW Jones Quiz N Brown DW Jones G Williams D Jones W Gash D Fear DW Jones D Fear J Mithan G Williams H Mithan D Jones D Fear Doug Jones Hubble Space Telescope Jan 2014 Feb 1st Feb Mar Apr May Jun M Akesson Star party D Fear D Jones M Akesson B Woosnam N Brown Jul M Akesson The development of Sun-like stars Treborth Botanical Gardens Tides True and artificial gravity The development of larger stars Solar observing The University of North Wales Museum collections location – Brambell Building, Ffordd Deiniol, Bangor The development of the largest stars Poetry and astronomy Kepler Space Telescope The photosphere of the Sun Measurement in astronomy Pulsars / Work experience in Jodrell Bank Observatory Water in the Universe 1 Hebrew Astronomy Water in the Universe 2 Double and multiple stars The Sun's corona What makes planets habitable? Extreme objects Women in astronomy An ordinary piece of sky
