Meetings

By tradition meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month; the theme is normally a lecture or presentation on a particular astronomical topic given by guest speakers or society members.

Meetings of an informal nature, whereby members have the opportunity to show something about their interests - e.g. slides, videos, instruments, observations, etc. - occur two weeks following, on a Wednesday again.

The venue UNTIL AUGUST 2008 is The Leeds Centre for Deaf and Blind People (also known as Centenary House), doors open at 7.00 pm and meetings end at 9.00 pm.

FROM SEPTEMBER 2008 the venue will be The Quakers Meeting Room on Carlton Hill.  Doors open at 7.00pm and meeting ends between 9.30 and 10pm

2008 Formal Meetings

January 9th - Annual General Meeting

February 13th - "The Aurora Borealis, Nature's Light Show"

• Dr Jim Wild, University of Lancashire

March 12th - "The History of The Calendar"

• Norman Oldham, Oldham Optical

April 9th - "Extrasolar Solar Planets and Extra Terrestrial Life"

• Dr Chris Done, Durham University

May 14th - "Telescopes of the Future"

• Dr Lee Sproats, Green Witch Telescopes

June 11th - "Images of the Universe"

• Paul Money FRAS

July 9th - "The Tungunska Event"

• Dr Chris Trayner, Leeds University & Leeds AS

August 13th - "The Yorkshire Planetarium"

• Richard Everiss, The Yorkshire Planetarium

September 10th - "Saturn, Lord of the Rings"

• Andrew Lound, The Planetary Society

October 8th - "In Search of Wm Gascoigne"

• David Sellers, Leeds AS

November 12th - "Supernovae"

• Dr Sam Falle, Leeds University

November 15th - Leeds AS Astromeet 2008

December 10th - President Evening

2009 Formal Meetings

January 14th - Annual General Meeting

February 11th - "Cauldron in the Cosmos"

• Dr David Jenkins, University of York

March 11th - "The LHC at CERN: A Peak Through the World's Most Powerful Microscope"

• Dr Joe Foster, Manchester University

April 8th - "The AMASE Project"

• Dr Liane Benning, Leeds University

May 13th - "Gravitational Lensing"

• Dr Meghan May, University of Nottingham

June 10th - "A Panoramic Moon"

• Peter Rea

July 8th - "Light Pollution from an Astronomical Point of View"

• Dr Jurgen Schmoll, Durham University

August 12th - "Who was James Clerk Maxwell"

• John Singleton, Hebden Bridge AS

September 4/5/6 - Leeds AS 150th Birthday & BAA out of town meeting

September 10th - "John Harrison's Clocks"

• Don Metcalfe

October 14th - "Eta Carina"

• Dr Julian Pittard, Leeds University

November 7th - Leeds AS Astromeet 2009

November 11th - "Optical Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence"

• Dr Joachim Rose, Leeds University

December 9th - President Evening