[BAA-ebulletin 00972] BAA Autumn Weekend Meeting - Friday 8th – Sunday 10th September 2017

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

Full details for the Chester Autumn Weekend meeting are now on the BAA web
page  *www.britastro.org/chester2017
<http://www.britastro.org/chester2017> *

**** Closing date for booking is 21st August 2016 ****



******If you are planning to come and need to stay, please book your
accommodation ASAP because hotels may be full.*****



*Venue: - *The King's School, Wrexham Rd, Chester, CH4 7QL


*Theme: - *"Stars: Life and death of the Universe"



*Speakers include: -*

*Friday: - *Lyndsay Fletcher - "Living with a Star"

*Saturday: - *

Professor Paul A Crowther - “Birth, life and death of massive stars”

Professor Nate Bastian - “Stellar clusters and stellar populations”
Dr Jacco van Loon - "Stellar Ecology"
Professor Bill Chaplin - "Sounding stars and the search for other worlds in
our Galaxy"
Dr Matt Darnley - Novae: (Brief) new life after stellar death

*Costs: - *for Friday and Saturday: -

Friday evening refreshments only BAA Members, Host AS, BAA Affiliated
Societies & under 16's £1.00 Non-Members £1.50.

Refreshments on Saturday *excluding* lunch BAA Members, Host AS, BAA
Affiliated Societies & under 16's £2.50 & Non-Members £3.00.

Refreshments on Saturday *including* a cold buffet lunch BAA Members, Host
AS, BAA Affiliated Societies & under 16's £11.00 per person. Non-BAA
Members, £15.00 per person,

*Sunday *Morning Visit (10:00 - 13:00)

We will be visiting The OpTIC Centre in St. Asaph (LL17 0JD) where we will
have a short introduction by Prof Paul Rees and a tour the factory where
they polish large mirrors for terrestrial and space telescope.

*Costs: -* for Sunday visit to The OpTIC Centre which includes refreshments
Members £2.00 & Non-Members £2.50



We have also arranged for a return Coach Journey for those without
transport to The OpTIC Centre at £12.00 per person from Chester to St
Asaph.

Depart Chester Station 09.00 return at 13.00 approx.

You can book directly on-line *www.britastro.org/chester2017
<http://www.britastro.org/chester2017>*  or print of a form to send to the
BAA office .


A further reminder with the booking form will be in the June Journal

Looking forward to seeing you there.





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*Hazel CollettMeetings Secretary For the British Astronomical
AssociationBurlington HousePiccadillyLondonW1J 0DUTel: 07944 751277*
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