STORNOWAY ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
PROGRAMME FOR 2020 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
Venue |
7th - 21st
February 2020 |
See the festival
website
for full
programme
information.
|
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival 2020
See the website below for full programme and further information:
www.lanntair.com/darkskies
The festival is led by An Lanntair in partnership
with Stornoway Astronomical Society,
Callanish Visitors Centre, Gallan Head
Community Trust, and Lews Castle College
UHI with
additional support from Outer Hebrides Tourism and Natural Retreats.
|
An Lanntair, Stornoway
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Callanish Visitors Centre
Callanish
Standing Stones
Isle of Lewis
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Edge Cafe,
Gallan Head
Aird Uig, Isle of Lewis |
| Saturday 8th February 2020 |
Andy Yearley |
Astrophotography Workshop
Admission free but spaces are limited.
See Dark Skies Festival website above for further information. |
11:00 am
Arts Room
An Lanntair
Stornoway |
| Saturday 8th February 2020 |
Angus Morrison
BSc. |
Solar
Observing Session
See what the Sun really looks like!
(Observe the Sun using Stornoway
Astronomical Society's
Solar Telescope fitted with special
hydrogen alpha safety filters).
|
Between 2pm and 3pm,
Meet
at 2pm in the foyer
An Lanntair.
This event is free but is
entirely
weather (sun)
dependent. |
| Tuesday 3rd March 2020 |
Angus Morrison
BSc. |
How to Photograph a Black Hole |
07.30 pm
Grianan Centre
Westview Terrace
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis |
Tuesday 7th
April
2020 |
Mary
Rowlands
BA. BSc.
|
Leviathan of Parsonstown
"The Monster Telescope" |
07.30 pm
Grianan Centre
Westview Terrace
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis |
Tuesday
5th May
2020 |
Donny Mackay
BA.
BSc. FBRS.
|
Journey
to Distant Worlds
New Horizens to Pluto and Beyond |
07:30 pm
Sornoway Library
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
(Admission Free) |
Tuesday
2nd June
2020 |
David Rowlands
BA.
BSc. |
The
Herschels- A Family of Astronomers |
07:30 pm
Sornoway Library
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
(Admission Free) |
July
2020 |
|
Summer Break - No Meeting. |
|
| August 2020 |
|
Summer Break - No Meeting.
|
|
Tuesday
1st September 2020 |
Donny Mackay
BA.
BSc. FBRS. |
Exploring the
Rings and Moons of Saturn
(includes details of 20 new moons announced on 7th
October 2019,
bringing the total moon count of Saturn to 82)
|
07:30 pm
Sornoway Library
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
(Admission Free) |
Tuesday
1st October 2020 |
Angus Morrison
BSc. |
Gamma Ray Bursts and
Neutron Stars |
07.30 pm
Grianan Centre
Westview Terrace
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis |
Tuesday
3rd November 2020 |
|
Annual General Meeting |
07.30 pm
Grianan Centre
Westview Terrace
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis |
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