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| Meeting Date | Subject | Speaker |
| 1998-Nov-03 | Slide and Video evening | Various members |
| 1998-Dec-01 | Subject TBA (Leonids?) | Dr John Mason |
| 1999-Jan-05 | Ten Minute Talks evening | Various members. |
| 1999-Feb-02 | Time | Stephen Tonkin |
| 1999-Mar-02 | Galaxies | Alan Jefferis |
| 1999-Apr-06 | 'Here's one I made earlier' | Colin Pither |
| 1999-May-04 | Meteorites: Space probes & time machines | Dr Sara Russell |
| 1999-Jun-01 | Computer, Exhibition and Planetarium Evening to be held in the Large Hall | |
| 1999-Jul-06 | Build a Back Garden Observatory | Graham Bryant |
| 1999-Aug-03 | Eclipse 1999 a report by Geoff Kirby, Grahame Barnwell & Shelley Fey | |
| 1999-Sep-07 | AGM & Eclipse Round-up | Various members |
| 1999-Oct-05 | Photographing the Milky Way | Bob Mizon |
| 1999-Nov-02 | Through the Eye of the HST | Paul Money |
| 1999-Dec-07 | Slide and Video evening | Various members |
| 2000-Jan-04 | 10 Minute Talks | Society Members |
| 2000-Feb-08 | Under the Weather [NOTE: Feb 8th] | Grahame Barnwell |
| 2000-Mar-07 | Spaceguard | Jay Tate |
| 2000-Apr-04 | Computer, Exhibition and Planetarium Evening to be held in the Large Hall | |
| 2000-May-02 | Particles and the Universe | Prof. Peter Kalmus |
| 2000-Jun-06 | "If we had no Moon..." | Dr John Mason |
| 2000-Jul-04 | Images of the Year | David Strange |
| 2000-Aug-01 | Apollo and the Clementine Missions | Jerry Workman |
| 2000-Sep-05 | AGM - Antarctic Astronomy | Jonathan Shanklin |
| 2000-Oct-03 | Star Names | Bob Mizon |
| 2000-Nov-06 | The Deep Sky in Winter | Alan Dowdell |
| 2000-Dec-05 | Slide & Video Evening | Society Members |
| 2001-Jan-09 | Ten Minute Talks [NOTE: Jan 9th] | Various Members |
| 2001-Feb-06 | Where Have All the Martians Gone? | Trevor Sproston |
| 2001-Mar-06 | Journey into Space | Stephen Tonkin |
| 2001-Apr-03 | Observing Jupiter | John Rogers |
| 2001-May-01 | Effects of Precession | Robin Gorman |
| 2001-Jun-05 | Telescope Basics | Various Members |
| 2001-Jul-03 | Computer, Exhibition and Planetarium Evening in the Large Hall | |
| 2001-Aug-07 | Clementine (?) | Jerry Workman |
| 2001-Sep-04 | AGM - Time and the Stars | AGM + Bob Mizon |
| 2001-Oct-02 | The 2 Micron All Sky Survey | Paul Money |
| 2001-Nov-06 | Naming the Moon (nomenclature of features) | Graham Bryant |
| 2001-Dec-04 | Slide and Video Evening | Various Members |
| 2002-Jan-08 | Ten Minute Talks [NOTE: Jan 8th] | Various Members |
| 2002-Feb-05 | NASA Genesis Mission - Solar wind sample return | Anna Butterworth |
| 2002-Mar-05 | Life in the Universe | James Fradgley |
| 2002-Apr-02 | Video Astronomy | Andrew Elliott |
| 2002-May-07 | A night on the JKT - La Palma | Lin Harwood et al |
| 2002-May-28 | Last Tuesday in MAY Exhibition meeting | Visitors Welcome! |
| 2002-Jul-02 | 2 Micron All Sky Survey - A New View of the Universe | Paul Money |
| 2002-Aug-06 | HST Planetary Images | Jerry Workman |
| 2002-Sep-03 | One Step Beyond Casual Observing (Preceded by the AGM) | Joe Kaplonek |
| 2002-Oct-01 | "Wish you were here" - for astronomers | Lilian Hobbs |
| 2002-Nov-05 | Roll-off-roof Observatory and Telescope Control | David Brown |
| 2002-Dec-03 | Slide and Video evening | Various Members |
| 2003-Jan-07 | Ten Minute Talks | Various Members |
| 2003-Feb-04 | 'A Tour through the Universe' replaced 'The Beagle 2 Project' | Bob Mizon |
| 2003-Mar-04 | Twisting and stretching in the Sun. | Professor Gough |
| 2003-Apr-01 | The Violent Universe | Dr Malcolm Coe |
| 2003-May-06 | "Wish you were here" - for astronomers | Lilian Hobbs |
| 2003-Jun-03 | Exhibition meeting | Visitors Welcome! |
| 2003-Jul-01 | National Schools Observatory | Robert Massey |
| 2003-Aug-05 | The Sky at Many Wavelengths | Jerry Workman |
| 2003-Sep-02 | 'A Tour through the Universe - II' (Follows the AGM) | Bob Mizon |
| 2003-Oct-14 | Note - 2nd Tues. UK Spacegaurd Project - Update | Jonathan Tate |
| 2003-Nov-11 | Note - 2nd Tues. Inside Stars: Cooking Pots for the Elements | James Fradgley |
| 2003-Dec-02 | Slide and Video evening | Various Members |
| 2004-Jan-06 | Ten Minute Talks | Various Members |
| 2004-Feb-03 | 'SALT - the Southern African Large Telescope' | Dr Malcolm Coe |
| 2004-Mar-02 | Observing the Moon with modest equipment. | John Pedler |
| 2004-Apr-06 | Tales of the strange world of Astronomy. | Alan Dowdell |
| 2004-May-04 | CCD Imaging from La Palma | Nick Szymanek |
| 2004-June-01 | Transits of Mercury and Venus | Tony Ruth |
| 2004-Jul-06 | Radio-loud Active Galactic Nebulae in the optical | Joanna Holt |
| 2004-Aug-03 | Mars Global Surveyor | Jerry Workman |
| 2004-Sep-07 | Exhibition meeting | Visitors Welcome! |
| 2004-Oct-05 | Pulsars and their Relation to Supernovae - preceeded by the AGM | Conrad Malin-Smith |
| 2004-Oct-29 | Songs of the stars: the real music of the spheres (Note: Fri before Tues) | Prof. Donald Kurtz |
| 2004-Dec-07 | Pulsars and their Relation to Supernovae Note - Rescheduled from Sept. | Konrad Malin-Smith |
| 2005-Jan-04 | Ten Minute Talks | Various Members |
| 2005-Feb-01 | 'Dark Skies Update' | Bob Mizon |
| 2005-Mar-01 | Asteroids. | Arthur Davis |
| 2005-Apr-05 | 'Glows, Bows and Halos'. | Richard Fleet |
| 2005-May-03 | Fringe Astronomy | Geoff Kirby |
| 2005-June-07 | Messier Marathon | Paul Money |
| 2005-Jul-05 | Exhibition Evening - Members' equipment, telescopes etc - Visitors Welcome! | |
| 2005-Aug-02 | 2003 Mars Missions and Cassini | Jerry Workman |
| 2005-Sep-06 |
Southern skies and the Magellanic Clouds
Note change of speaker and subject!
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Konrad Malin -Smith |
| 2005-Oct-04 | Deep Space in Wiltshire - preceeded by the AGM | Philip Perkins |
| 2005-Nov-08 |
From Solar System to the edge of the Observable
Universe (Note: 2nd Tues) |
Robin Catchpole |
| 2005-Dec-06 | Slide and Video evening | Various Members |
| 2006-Jan-03 | Members' Ten Minute talks | |
| 2006-Feb-07 | Tour of the Universe | Bob Mizon |
| 2006-Mar-07 | The UK in Space | Dr Chris Davis (R A Lab) |
| 2006-Apr-04 | What you have always wanted to know but dare not ask about astronomy | Norman Walker |
| 2006-May-01 | From 9pm - Public Astronomy Event - Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and the Spring constellations | |
| 2006-May-02 | Meteorites; Space probes, time machines and the origins of life? | Dr Caroline Smith of the N H M |
| 2006-June-06 | Exhibition Evening - Telescopes, Member's equipment, Mizar Planetarium - members of the public welcome | |
| 2006-June-18 | From 9.30pm Public Astronomy Event at Durlston Country Park - Jupiter and the Summer constellations | |
| 2006-Jul-04 | In pursuit of pulsars | Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
| 2006-Aug-01 | Mars Missions and Cassini-Huygens | Jerry Workman |
| 2006-Aug-12 | From 9:30pm Public Astronomy Event - Perseid meteors and the Autumn constellations | |
| 2006-Sep-05 | AGM - How to choose a telescope | Alan Jefferis and Paul Snell |
| 2006-Oct-03 | X (-rays) mark the spot! | Darren Baskill |
| 2006-Nov-07 | Astrophotography | Nik Szymanek |
| 2006-Dec-05 | Relativity for Non-Mathematicians - Replaced by a James Fradgely talk. | James Fradgely |
| 2006-Dec-13 | From 7:30pm - Public Astronomy Event at Durlston - Geminid meteors and the Winter constellations | |
| 2007-Jan-02 | Members' Ten Minute talks | Various |
| 2007-Feb-06 | Star Names - from the Banal to the Bizarre | Bob Mizon |
| 2007-Mar-03 | From 9:00pm - Public Astronomy Event at Durlston - Total eclipse of the Moon, Saturn and the Spring Constellations | |
| 2007-Mar-06 |
Relativity for non-mathematicians (Note: talk postponed from 2006 Dec) [replaces: Strange goings-on with 3 or more bodies. Given on 2006 Dec James Fradgley] |
Dr Konrad Malin-Smith |
| 2007-Apr-03 | Cassini - the Icy Moons of Saturn | Jerry Workman |
| 2007-May-01 | Cosmology Today | Chris Baddiley |
| 2007-Jun-05 | Exhibition Evening - Member equipment and demonstrations - Members of the Public Welcome | |
| 2007-Jul-03 | Things that go Bang in the Night | Andy Newsam |
| 2007-Aug-07 | Cosmic Recycling - an Amateur Perspective | Nick Hewett |
| 2007-Aug-12 | From 9:00pm - Public Astronomy Event at Durlston - Perseid Meteors, Jupiter and the Summer Constellations | |
| 2007-Sept-04 | AGM "&" Members' slide, video and digital images | Various |
| 2007-Oct-02 | From Ice to Fire, the Birth, Life and Death of our Solar System | Robin Catchpole |
| 2007-Oct-19 | From 9:00pm - Public Astronomy Event at Durlston - The Moon, Jupiter and the Autumn Constellations | |
| 2007-Nov-06 | Our Galaxy, The Milky Way | Paul Money |
| 2007-Dec-04 | White Dwarves | Dr Konrad Malin-Smith |
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