These are the programme of Regular Meetings and Public Outdoor Events which form the main
features of our Society activities. The Public Events are listed below the list of the Regular Meetings. Links to previous year's events are at the bottom of the page.
Our Regular Meetings take place on the first Tuesday of the month in the Allendale Community Centre , Hanham Road, Wimborne.
Regular meetings start at 7:30pm with Society Announcements followed by the Introduction of the main Speaker. An interval of about 20 minutes is scheduled for 9:00pm for refreshments and informal chat The balance of the meeting up to its close at 10:00pm may include The Sky this Month, Object of the Month and short contributions by members.
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Meeting Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
| 2009-Jan-06 | Members' Ten Minute talks | Various |
| 2009-Feb-03 | Sixty Years an Amateur Astronomer | Geoff Kirby |
| 2009-Mar-03 | Colliding Galaxies | Sheri Barrington |
| 2009-Apr-07 | The Early Universe | Konrad Malin Smith |
| 2009-May-05 | Gamma-Ray Bursters | Mark Gibbons |
| 2009-Jun-02 | Exhibition evening | Yourselves |
| 2009-Jul-07 | The Northern Dawn: aurorae for everybody | Bob Mizon |
| 2009-Aug-04 | Apollo revisited | Jerry Workman |
| 2009-Sep-01 | Cosmology today | Chris Baddiley |
| 2009-Oct-06 | AGM + The Evolution of Cataclysmic Binaries | Darren Baskill |
| 2009-Nov-03 | The Universe Unveiled; from Galileo to the Hubble Telescope | Dr Robin Catchpole |
| 2009-Dec-01 | Members’ slide, video and digital images | Yourselves |
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This is the programme of Public Outdoor Events at Durston which form a
feature of our Society activities.
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Wessex Astronomical Society Forthcoming Programme at Durlston - 2009
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Event Date |
Event |
From Time |
| 2009-Feb-19 | Venus, Winter Constellations, Nebulae and Star Clusters | 7.30pm |
| 2009-Mar-01 | Venus, Winter/Spring Constellations and the Moon | 7.30pm |
| 2009-Mar-28 | Saturn, Spring Constellations and the Moon | 8.00pm |
| 2009-Apr-16 | Saturn, Spring Constellations | 8.30pm |
| 2009-May-01 | Moon, Saturn, Spring Constellations | 8.30pm |
| 2009-Jun+July | No Events - the sky isn't dark enough! | |
| 2009-Aug-12 | Perseid meteors (shooting stars), Milky Way | 8.30pm |
| 2009-Aug-27 | Moon, Jupiter, Summer Constellations, Milky Way | 8.00pm |
| 2009-Sep-25 | Moon, Jupiter, nebulae, clusters, Autumn Constellations | 7.30pm |
| 2009-Oct-27 | Moon, Jupiter, galaxies, Autumn Constellations | 7.00pm |
| 2009-Nov-17 | Leonid meteors (shooting stars), Jupiter, galaxies, Winter Constellations | 7.00pm |
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Public Astronomy Events are held at Durlston Country Park, Swanage , commencing at the times shown with an illustrated talk followed by observation through telescopes. Phone 01929 427965 after 4pm on the day to check if weather doubtful or go to www.wessex-astro.org.uk/durlston . The subsequent evening will sometimes be available as backup.