Swansea Astronomical Society

Society Talks 2020/21

Thursday evening lectures are provided for Swansea Astronomical Society members, however, potential new members or members of other astronomical societies should feel free to come along as a guest.

In addition to the events listed below, we hold regular member observation evenings, subject to weather conditions.

Our Yahoogroup for members' chit-chat is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swanastro.

Date Event Venue

Thursday 12/11/2020
7pm Review of Astro Imaging Techniques - Alan Jefferis
Getting into astro imaging and progressing to the next level covering camera to eyepiece, DSLR and camera lens, DSLR on telescope, video cam on telescope, Moon and planets, video cam on telescope - deep sky, pros and cons of CMOS and CCD, CCD came on telescope etc ONLINE ONLY - ZOOM

Thursday 26/11/2020
7pm The Orion Project - Dr Nik Whitehead
A look at this fascinating 1950s project for nuclear propulsion that eventually led to the space program ONLINE ONLY - ZOOM

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Date	Event	Venue
Thursday 12/11/2020 7pm	Review of Astro Imaging Techniques - Alan Jefferis Getting into astro imaging and progressing to the next level covering camera to eyepiece, DSLR and camera lens, DSLR on telescope, video cam on telescope, Moon and planets, video cam on telescope - deep sky, pros and cons of CMOS and CCD, CCD came on telescope etc	ONLINE ONLY - ZOOM
Thursday 26/11/2020 7pm	The Orion Project - Dr Nik Whitehead A look at this fascinating 1950s project for nuclear propulsion that eventually led to the space program	ONLINE ONLY - ZOOM
(Previous Events)