Lunar Occultation of Mars on 8th December 2022. High magnification view using a Celestron C14 and ZWO ASI224 FOV: 2.15′ x 1.61’Resolution: 0.10″/pixelArea: 3.46 sq’Focal length: 7820mmFocal ratio: f/22.0

Talks from the One Day Summer Meeting can be found on the BAA YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/britishastronomical

Join us on Thursday evening for a special meeting about the planet Mars. British Astronomical Association expert on Mars, Dr Richard McKim will be providing the evenings talk about the Red planet.
Visitors most welcome £3
Venue: The Nottingham Emmanuel School
Date: 7th July 7:45pm

On Sunday 26th June 2022 the President of the British Astronomical Association paid a visit to inspect the recent upgrades to the Observatory.

Nottingham 25th June 2022 Hosted by Nottingham Astronomical Society

University of Nottingham – Physics Department

Programme of events

10:00 Registration
10:30 David Arditti Welcome and Medal Award
10:40 Prof Frazer Pearce Adventures in the Goldilocks Zone: the search for other Earths
11:30 Refreshment Break
11:50 Prof Christopher Conselice “Origins: The universe to intelligent life and everything in between”
12:40 Lunch
14:00 James Dawson Nottingham Astronomical Society
14:30 Prof Ofer Lahav “AI for exploring the dark universe”
15:20 Refreshment Break
16:00 Julian Onions “Galaxies – One Gigayear at a time”
16:50 BAA Section Updates
17:30 David Arditti Closing remarks

It has been a busy year for Nottingham Astronomical Society. This video showcases some of the highlights of 2021. Membership is now open for 2022, do join us. https://nottinghamastro.org.uk/membership/

Please be aware that our meeting in November will be held at the Nottingham Emmanuel School. More information can be found in the Journal.