Monthly Archives: January 2014

Monthly Meeting

Posted on January 24, 2014 by spaced out
Dr Sarah Kendrew – Oxford University “The Milky Way Project: mapping bubbles in the Milky Way Galaxy” The Fox, Chipping Norton. 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start.
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Monthly Meeting – CNAAG AGM

Posted on January 24, 2014 by spaced out
The Fox, Chipping Norton. 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start.
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Monthly Meeting – Speaker Prof. Andrew Norton (Open University)

Posted on January 24, 2014 by spaced out
The Fox Chipping Norton 7:30pm for 8:00pm start Talk entitled “Gamma Ray Bursts: an astronomical detective story”
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Monthly Meeting – Speaker Geoffrey Tyack (Kellog College, Oxford)

Posted on January 24, 2014 by spaced out
“Oxford’s Observatories, from the Radcliffe to the lesser known” The Fox Chipping Norton 7:30pm for 8:00pm start
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Supernova Lights Up a Cigar

Posted on January 23, 2014 by spaced out
A sudden and very distant burst of light from within the well known galaxy of M82, the Cigar Galaxy heralded the arrival of the light rays of a massive supernova explosion – rays which have taken almost 11.5 million years … Continue reading →
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ROSETTA – The Comet Hunter wakes up

Posted on January 23, 2014 by spaced out
Overdue by an agonising fifteen minutes, signals confirmed that the European Rosetta spacecraft had woken up from its 3 year enforced hibernation and was beginning to warm and orient itself to make contact with the tracking stations on Earth. Launched … Continue reading →
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Monthly Meeting – Speaker Mike Frost

Posted on January 15, 2014 by spaced out
The Fox Chipping Norton 7:30pm for 8:00pm start A talk about the great astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer
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