CLUB NEWS

Thursday 8th May - NO MEETING TONIGHT (8th May) !!

IMPORTANT

Unfortunately, due to a Cup Final event taking place at Rushall Olympic Football Club tonight (8th May), we have been asked to cancel the meeting due the event expecting 4 coaches and a large volume turn out. This is due to the club size, access, egress and parking limitations.

We are sorry for the short notice on this, but we are back to normal meetings next Thursday as usual.

Thanks for your understanding.

Regards

Walsall Astronomical Society

Thursday 1st May - External Lecture by Dr Peter Altman

Subject: Aliens. What are the chances?

About the speaker
Dr Peter Altman qualified as a biochemist in the 1960s and spent 20 years in medical research, gaining a PhD and a DSc. After being made redundant in the 1980s, he went into medical book publishing, setting up his own medical publishing company which Peter ran for some 10 years.

He is also a Member of the Magic Circle and, rather impressively, and without the use of magic, Peter has held not one but two Guinness World Records (for the fastest journeys round the London Underground [1979]; and the Moscow Metro [1989]).

Peter started work on on his book: Mysteries of the Universe: Answerable & Unanswerable Questions at least 15 years ago, and came up with the approach of framing each of the 14 chapters as a question; Does Alien Life Exist? Is Time Travel Possible? How Did the Universe Begin? Does Prayer Work? etc., and provides a personal ‘Best Guess’ answer to each unknown.

We look forward to seeing you all!

Regards

Walsall Astronomical Society

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An image taken from one of our Solar Observing events

Established in 1990, we are a friendly astronomical society that is open to anyone with an interest in Astronomy, space exploration and similar topics. People with all levels of experience are welcome, especially beginners.

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When Professor Chris Lintott gave a talk to our club

We have weekly club meetings, where we have talks on what's up in the sky during the month, the latest scientific discoveries, and also every month, a guest speaker who would deliver a talk on a specialist topic. We've had speakers from the BBC Sky at Night programme, as well as renowned professors and scientists from well known organisations.

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