The Astronomy Section of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society is the oldest and largest astronomical society representing amateur astronomers in the Northampton region. Formed back in 1957, the section meets every second and last Monday at 7:30pm. Such is the reputation of the Section, that it now regularly hosts meetings of the British Astronomical Association and other organisations.
The current president, Nick Hewitt, has served as President of the BAA, Director of the Deep Sky Section and as meetings secretary. Other Society members include Martin Taylor who is a BAA Council member; Tom Boles, also a past president of the BAA and the discoverer of over 100 supernovae and Karen Holland who is the Editor of the BAA Variable Star Section circulars and Secretary of the BAA Radio Astronomy group. Past members include Roy Panther who discovered Comet Panther back in 1980.
The Society is also affiliated to the British Astronomical Association, the Society for Popular Astronomy, and was the first society to join the Federation of Astronomical Societies.
the moon today courtesy of the US Naval Observatory
The “live” presentations continue on a monthly basis according to the schedule below. These are available to anyone with a Mac or PC and a broadband connection. The World AstroCast site URL is http://www.ustream. tv/channel/ world-astrocast- astronomy
The password for the event is: "newton"
Please tell all your astronomy friends - there's enough space for everyone.
Sat July 26th Martin Ratcliffe USA
Sat Aug 30th Prof.Emeritus Jim Kaler I'll Univ. USA
Sat Sept. 27th Dr. Pamela L. Gay S. I'll Univ USA
Sat Oct. 25th Dr Alain Maury Chile
Sat Nov. 29th TBA
NNHS Astronomy Section President Dr. Nick Hewitt receives the AL Logo from Section Secretary Michael Finney
World AstroCast 2007
