LDAS Meetings 2007

Here is a listing of our main events for the year.

Our meetings take place on the last Wednesday of the month, except in December.
    Monthly observing sessions are timed to be close to the New Moon.

Event	Day	Date	Time	Subject
Observing session	Fri/Sat	Jan  19/20	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
January Meeting	Wed	Jan 31	19:30	Bob Forrest Our Honorary President. Time-lapse Video.
Observing session	Fri/Sat	Feb  16/17	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
February Meeting	Wed	Feb 28	19:30	Norman Walker Ex Royal Greenwich Observatory. What you have always wanted to know about astronomy but were afraid to ask
Public Event	Sat	Mar  3	From 19:30	Total Lunar Eclipse - All welcome. Details here
Observing session	Fri/Sat	Mar  16/17	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
March Meeting	Wed	Mar 28	19:30	David Whitehouse Ex BBC Science Editor. Dinosaurs on the Moon - Astronomy in the media
Observing session	Fri	Apr  20	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
Public Star Party	Sat	Apr 21	From 19:30	- Details here -
April Meeting	Wed	Apr 25	19:30	Bob Forrest Gravitational Waves
Observing session	Fri/Sat	May  18/19	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
May Meeting	Wed	May 30	19:30	Paul Money Images of the Cosmos
Society Meal	Tue	Jun 19	19:30	"The Two Chimneys", Letchworth
June Meeting	Wed	Jun 27	19:30	Guy Hurst Editor of "The Astronomer". Minor Planets Are they really important members of the Solar System?.
July Meeting	Wed	Jul 25	19:30	Chris Baddiley Active Galactic Nuclei
Observing session	Fri	Aug  10	From 20:00	At Standalone Farm. Perseids Meteors
Public Event	Sat	Aug 11	From 20:00	Perseid Meteor Watch - Details here
August Meeting	Wed	Aug 29	19:30	Jerry Workman The Cassini Mission Summary and update
Society Event	Sat	Sep 22	17:00	Members' Annual Star-B-Q  - Details here
September Meeting	Wed	Sep 26	19:30	Mike Leggatt Pluto and the Outer Solar System
Public Event	Sat Sun	Oct  6 Oct  7	From 10:00 From 12:00	Public display at "Get Involved", at Plinston Hall. Details here
Observing session	Fri/Sat	Oct  12/13	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
October Meeting	Wed	Oct 31	19:30	Mark Hurn Institute of Astronomy Historical Telescopes of the Cambridge Observatory
Observing session	Fri/Sat	Nov  9/10	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
Public Event	Sat/Sun	Nov  10/11	11:00-17:00	Public display at the Standalone Farm Craft Fair.
November Meeting	Wed	Nov 28	19:30	Bo Maxwell The Mars Society UK How To Get To Mars
Observing session	Fri/Sat	Dec  7/8	From 19:30	At Standalone Farm
AGM	Wed	Dec 12	19:30	AGM and Quiz

There is also a full set of calendar pages listing astronomical events, including close lunar-planetary alignments, eclipses and meteor showers.
You can go to the current month here or select a month below

Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Our regular monthly meetings are held at Plinston Hall, in the centre of Letchworth and are open to everyone.
Plinston Hall is the large building on the left-hand side of the northern end of the Broadway.
Observing sesions are held at the society observatory for members and their guests.

Public star parties are open to everyone. Our last public event was a Public Star Party on April 21.

If you would like to bring a group to a public event, please contact us.

You can access our archive of events for 2006, 2005 and 2004