[BAA-ebulletin 00737] Final chance to book for the ONE-DAY SPRING MEETING IN CHICHESTER.

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

We still have a few places for this ONE-DAY SPRING MEETING IN CHICHESTER.
If you are planning to come but have not yet booked can you please do so
now. The closing date is on Friday 19th April.

The final programme for the one-day spring meeting of the BAA, which is being
held at the South Downs Planetarium in Chichester, West Sussex on Saturday,
27th April 2013, is now available.

Bookings should be made using the form inserted with the April issue of the BAA
Journal or available on the BAA website at www.britastro.org/mtg_april27

The theme if the meeting is 'Comets and Other Fuzzy Objects' and the speakers
and lecture titles are as follows:

The Intriguing Life of Massive Galaxies Dr Claudia Maraston Reader in
Astrophysics, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation,
University of Portsmouth

The Rosetta Mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Dr Christopher
Carr Senior
Research Lecturer, Space and Atmospheric Physics Group Imperial College,
London

Charles Messier: The Man and His Famous Catalogue Lee MacDonald Editor,
Deep-Sky Observer, Journal of the Webb Deep-Sky Society
and Assistant Director, BAA Historical Section

The Great Comets of 2013? Nick James Assistant Director, BAA Comet Section

The Local Group of Galaxies: Not Such A Quiet Place! Dr John Mason Principal
Lecturer, South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre


Doors open at 10.00am and the first lecture commences at 10.30am.  The meeting
ends at 5.30pm.  The venue is a short walk from Chichester rail and bus
stations and there is free car parking on site.

The cost of the meeting, including the lectures, tea/coffee and a light lunch
is £10 for BAA members and £12.50 for non-members. Members of BAA affiliated
societies may attend at the members' rate.

Early booking is recommended as space is limited in the Planetarium's
main auditorium
and all bookings need to be received at the BAA's London Office by Friday,
19th April 2013 at the latest.

Hazel Collett

Meetings Secretary