[BAA-ebulletin 00703] Radio Astronomy Group Meeting: Saturday 27 October, Leicester

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

Please note that bookings for the RAG meeting at the National Space
Centre, Leicester will close on Friday 19th October.  We now have over
100 attending this event which promises to be a successful and
informative day.  Our keynote speakers will be Prof Andrew Lyne
(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Pulsar Team) who will talk on
"Using pulsars as cosmic clocks in the study of gravitational
theories" and Dr Chris North (Cardiff University School of Physics and
Astronomy & co-presenter for The Sky at Night) who will talk on
"Astronomy at Mega Megahertz".   There will be a range of supporting
papers from Group members and a number of demonstrations of equipment
for amateur radio astronomy.  Details of the papers can be found at
www.britastro.org/radio/

Tickets are £15 (£12 for BAA members) and include a buffet lunch,
afternoon tea, free admission to the NSC and free parking. Tickets can
be purchased via the BAA office on 020 7734 4145 .  For any other
queries, please contact Paul Hyde at radiogroup (at) britastro (dot)
org