Newbury Astronomical Society
Important Notice: Due to the current outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), all meetings have been moved to Zoom meetings until further notice: please check the meetings pages for further details.
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December 2020 Main Meeting - Dr Alexandra Loske (University of Sussex)
The next Newbury Astronomical Society meeting on the first Friday in December has been moved back a week, to the second Friday of December (the 11th). The meeting subject has also changed, and will be a Christmas lecture.
In this talk art historian Dr Alexandra Loske will give an introduction to colour and pigment history and how artists and illustrators have coloured the universe. Alexandra is the curator of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton and teaches at the University of Sussex. She has published widely on colour in art and is the co-author of a book about the Moon in art and science (with astronomer Robert Massey).
Ann Davies, Programme Organiser
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What's Up & Newsletter - November 2020
By Steve Harris
The November edition of the Society Newsletter and What's Up of items to see over the coming month are now both available to read from the below links. Featured this month are Venus and the Leonid meteor shower. November 2020 Newsletter
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What's Up & Newsletter - October 2020
By Steve Harris
The October edition of the Society Newsletter and What's Up of items to see over the coming month are now both available to read from the below links. Featured this month is the planet Mars and a homemade DSLR mount. October 2020 Newsletter
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October 2020 Main Meeting - Tony Bell
The next NAS zoom meeting on Friday the 2nd of October at 7:30pm will be given by Professor Tony Bell. Tony is professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Somerville College Oxford.His research interests are in cosmic rays and high energy particles.
The title of his talk is 'Astrophysics at the highest energies'.
I hope you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing you.
Ann Davies, Programme Organiser
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