LYRA Programme and Local Events 2017 – All talks will commence at 7.30pm in the Coach House Room at Parkhill Hotel, Oulton (unless otherwise stated)
All Talks £2.50 For Non Members
January 10th – AGM followed by a short talk by Dr. Leonard Brundle
January 24th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
February 14th – Talk by Andrew Robertson “Telescopes – Choice, Use and Maintenance”
February 28th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
March 14th – Talk by Nick Hewitt, BAA, “Exploring the Shapes of Planetary Nebulae”
March 28th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
April 11th – Talk by Dan Self “Where Air Ends and Space Begins”
April 25th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
May 9th – Talk by Matthew Bothwell, Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge. “Monsters in the Dark – Hunting for the Universes’ most Extreme Galaxies“
May 23rd – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
June 13th – Talk by Michael Willis, e2v, Chelmsford. “Cameras for Spacecraft”
June 27th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
July 11th – Talk by Sarah Bosman, Kavil Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge “Cosmology After The First Five Minutes
July 25th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
Aug 8th – Summer Social Evening, Hog Roast and Trimmings at Parkhill Hotel
Nov 14th – Talk by Nikku Madhusudhan Exo Planets latest news
Dec 12th – LYRA Christmas Dinner
Further Events will be updated
Other Astronomy Events for 2017
Saturday 25 March Brecklands AS Star Party Public Night at Haw Wood www.hawwoodfarm.co.uk
Saturday 22nd April Kelling Heath Spring Star Party Main Day www.kellingheath.co.uk
And Society for History of Astronomy meeting at Cambridge IoA www.ast.cam.ac.uk
Saturday 3 June Webb Deep Sky Society meeting at Cambridge IoA
Saturday 23 September Kelling Heath Autumn Star Party
Saturday 14 October Brecklands AS Star Party Public Night at Haw Wood
Please check date, time and location before travelling in case of changes. More events may be displayed as we get further information.
