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Events

Weekly Events

Walsall Astronomical Society meets every Thursday evening (except Christmas week) at the Rushall Olympic Football Club. 

You can see the upcoming events towards the bottom of this page, but you can also see more up-to-date information on our Facebook site for events. 

Talks

We also have talks on the first Thursday of every month, where we have invited guest speakers presenting a specialist topic. We have had talks given by presenters from a variety of backgrounds such as:


  • BBC Sky at Night TV presenters such as Professor Chris Lintott, Dr Paul Abel and Dr Chris North
  • Paul Money from the BBC Sky at Night magazine
  • Former NASA Astronaut Don Thomas
  • Damian Peach, UK's top planetary sky imager
  • Nik Szymanek, UK's top deep sky imager
  • The Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Professor Albert Zijlstra 
  • The Director of Science at European Space Agency, David Southwood CBE
  • The CEO of the Institute of Physics
  • Professor Carl Murray, the sole UK member of the Cassini imaging team during the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn
  • and lots more


As you can see from the very brief list of speakers shown above, we've had some prominent speakers at the club. By a serendipitous and felicitous coincidence we were the first group in the world to hear a talk about the discovery of the Higgs Boson only a day after it was announced on 5th July 2012!


Talks range from how to make your own telescope to the physics of the latest discoveries. There are also in-house talks about observing tips, the latest astronomical news and the current objects of interest in the night sky.

Timings

To attend talks, please arrive at 7:30 pm, for a prompt 8:00 pm start. (Unless a particular time is specified for the event below).


All other Thursdays we open at 8:00 pm for an 8:30 pm start.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to get in touch using our Contact page or by ringing 01922 632624.

Upcoming Events

 

We publish the Zoom meeting details on our regular emails. If you'd like to attend, please email: info@walsallastro.com, with your email address, so we can add you to our email list. 

After which, you shall receive our regular emails, which will contain details of the Zoom meetings. Alternatively, you can leave us a message on our Contacts page with your details so we can add you to our mailing list.

Thurs 2nd February

Illustrated Talk - "The Pluto Story"

8:30 pm

Via Zoom

Event Details

Thurs 2nd February

Illustrated Talk - "The Pluto Story"

Illustrated Talk - "The Pluto Story"  A talk from Professor Ian Robson, BSc, Phd, FRAS, CPhys, FInstP. Royal Observatory Edinburgh Fellow vi...

Event Details

8:30 pm

Via Zoom

Thurs 9th February

Annual General Meeting (AGM) - MEMBERS ONLY

8:00 pm

Rushall Olympic FC

Event Details

Thurs 9th February

Annual General Meeting (AGM) - MEMBERS ONLY

The AGM will take place, which is open to members only.

8:00 pm

Rushall Olympic FC

Thurs 16th February

Regular Club Meeting

8:00 pm

Rushall Olympic FC and Zoom

Event Details

Thurs 16th February

Regular Club Meeting

Regular club meeting, with observing if clear.  Will also be available via Zoom (details of this are sent in our emails - see above for deta...

Event Details

8:00 pm

Rushall Olympic FC and Zoom

Thurs 23rd February

Club Meeting with "What's Up Doc" Talk

8:00 pm

Rushall Olympic FC and Zoom

Event Details

Thurs 23rd February

Club Meeting with "What's Up Doc" Talk

Regular club meeting and "What's up Doc?" talk with slide-show.  Will also be available via Zoom (details of this are sent in our emails - s...

Event Details

8:00 pm

Rushall Olympic FC and Zoom

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