BAA Meeting in Sidmouth: September 3rd to 5th 2010

Tthe next meeting of the BAA will be September 3rd to 5th in Sidmouth including visits to the Norman Lockyer Observatory.

Norman Lockyer Observatory

The closing date is fast approaching so if you are planning on coming you should book now whilst we still have a few places available.

Friday Evening
19:00 – 21:30 Drinks reception at the Knowle followed by a talk by Mrs Margaret Morris, Glasgow: ‘International Year of Astronomy in Philately’

Saturday
10:00 – 10:25 Registration and tea/coffee
10:25 – 10:30 Dr David Boyd, BAA President – Official welcome
10:30 – 11.00 Dr Keith Orrell, ‘Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer: A short summary of a very full life’
11.00 – 11.25 Dr George Wilkins, ‘History of the Norman Lockyer Observatory’
11:30 – 12:20 Mr Olivier Thizy (France), ‘Amateur spectroscopy’
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 Dr Haley Gomez, Cardiff, ‘Smoking supernovae and smouldering stars: What the Herschel Space Observatory has told us about cosmic dust’
15:00 – 15:50 Prof Tim Naylor, Exeter, ‘Star and planet formation’
15:50 – 16:30 Tea
16:30 – 17:20 Dr Chris North, Cardiff, ‘The Herschel Space Observatory: Unveiling the earliest stages of star formation’
17:30 – 18:20 Dr Enzo Pascale, Cardiff, ‘BLAST: studying the evolution of the Universe from Antarctica’
18:30 Dr David Boyd, BAA President – Raffle & Close

Saturday Evening
20:00 – 22:30 Mr Robin Leadbeater, ‘Practical spectroscopy’ followed by observing at the Norman Lockyer Observatory

Sunday Morning
10:30 – 13:00 Tour of Norman Lockyer Observatory and Planetarium show