Historical Section Meeting, York
Saturday 3rd May 201408:00
A meeting themed around “North Country Astronomy, old and new”.
A booking form for the meeting is available here as a Word document or in PDF format.
Cost: £5 for BAA members, £7 for non-members (includes refreshments but not lunch)
Timetable
| 10:00 | Doors open |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Refreshments |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Introduction and Welcome |
| 10:40 – 11:35 | Mike Maunder –‘The first 100 years of the BAA (north of Watford)’ |
| 11:35 – 12:30 | Gerard Gilligan –‘William Lassell 1799-1880: Telescopes, Planets and Drinking Beer’ |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break (lunch is not included in the price but there are lots of cafes and pubs nearby) |
| 14:00 – 14:55 | David Sellers – ‘William Gascoigne’ |
| 14:55 – 15:50 | Dr Emily Winterburn – ‘The jobbing musician: William Herschel discovers astronomy’ |
| 15:50 – 16:20 | Refreshments |
| 16:20 – 17:20 | Prof. Tom McLeish – ‘A Medieval Big Bang: The Cosmology of Robert Grosseteste’ |
| 17:20 – 17:30 | Concluding Remarks |
| 17:30 | Meeting Closes |
The Friargate Centre (www.quaker.org.uk/friargate) is in the centre of York, less than half a mile from the railway station. Visitors coming by car are recommended to use the excellent park-and-ride scheme operating from the outskirts of the city.
Organised by Mike Frost.
Venue
Friargate Quaker Centre, York, YO1 9RL