Skip to content

Category: monthly-meeting

June 2021 Meeting and Newsletter

For our final meeting of the season, we continue with our online Zoom meetings and welcome Robert Harvey who will provide an enlightenig talk on “Understanding the Universe”. Robert is an accomplished astrophotograher so will be providing valuable insight for us.

The zoom meeting details are:
Time: Jun 1, 2021 19:45 PM London
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82205514510?pwd=NWhGcENoYkZ3bFpORktONzZTTkNoZz09
Meeting ID: 822 0551 4510
Passcode: 637001

Please checkout our newsletter where Andy has provided an update on next season, starting in September. Enjoy your two month break and hopefully we can meet more sociably next season in some form.

May 2021 Meeting and Newsletter

May the 4th be with you! So tonight, we continue with our online Zoom meetings and welcome long time Wiltshire Astro stallwart Martin Griffiths who will be giving us a talk “Some Lesser Known Asterisms” !

Details for the Zoom meeting are:

Meeting Time: May 4, 2021 07:45 PM
Meeting URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89153768752?pwd=Syt4TnBsd1RldzZZY081SExXMWNzdz09
Meeting ID: 891 5376 8752 
Passcode: 419867

As always, Andy Burns has dutifully put together the Newsetter, please download a copy below:

April 2021 Meeting and Newsletter

On Tuesday, 6th April 2021 we’re continuing with our online Zoom meetings. Tonight we welcome Paul Money who will be giving us a talk “Triumphs of Voyager (part 2) – Where no probe has gone before” which we can’t wait for.

Details for the Zoom meeting are:

Meeting Time: Apr 6, 2021 07:45 PM London
Meeting URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82255041779? pwd=aEpjNGM0VU1wR2s0d24yNHRad1lK dz09
Meeting ID: 822 5504 1779
Passcode: 673669

As always, Andy Burns has dutifully put together the Newsetter, please download a copy below:

March 2021 Meeting and Newsletter

On Tuesday 2nd March 2021, Wiltshire-AS will continue with online Zoom meeting format. Tonight, we have the superb Pete Williamson who will be walking us through the “moons in our solar system” with his talk tonight.

Details for the tonight’s Zoom meeting:

Time: Feb 3, 2021 07:45 PM London
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89631378335?pwd=Mi8wVUZsQ2g4MWsycGp3enlIWmZ3Zz09
Meeting ID: 896 3137 8335
Passcode: 294566

Thanks to Andy for his continued efforts in compiling the monthly newsletter, download link below

February 2021 Meeting and Newsletter

On Tuesday 2nd February 2021, Wiltshire-AS will continue with online Zoom meeting format. Tonight, we have the great Prof. David Southwood who will be giving a talk titled the “Moon and Mars the next Giant Leap”. David has had a distinguished career in the space sector, both in academia and held senior positions in the European Space Agency.

Details for the tonight’s Zoom meeting:

Time: Feb 2, 2021 07:45 PM London
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85100981193?pwd=ZGZtclRJZUZvM3VTamtnS3hxTWVhZz09
Meeting ID: 851 0098 1193
Passcode: 627310

January 2021 Meeting and Newsletter

On Tuesday 5th January 2021, Wiltshire-AS will continue with online Zoom meeting format. Tonight, unfortunately our scheduled speaker is unable to give their talk and our very own Andy Burns has stepped in and will give a talk on “Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet of Slough”, thanks Andy!

Details for the tonight’s Zoom meeting:

Time: Jan 5, 2021 07:45 PM London
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87548756423
Meeting ID: 875 4875 6423
Passcode: 115227

December 2020 Meeting and Newsletter

On Tuesday 1st December 2020, Wiltshire-AS will continue with online Zoom meeting format. Tonight, we are joined by Dr Lillan Hobs who will be giving us a Zoom talk an intriging topic “The Planetarium in the Bedroom” !

The joining details for tonight’s meeting using Zoom are as follows:
Meeting Time: 1st Nov 2020 19:45 GMT for an 20:00 start
URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86130423379? pwd=TXRiYk1CSkwzLzZkaFRXdHZuRi9rZ z09
Meeting ID: 861 3042 3379
Passcode: 580823

As always, Andy Burns has done a cracking job putting together the PDF Newsletter for this month, which is filled with info, see link below.

November 2020 Meeting and Newsletter

On Tuesday 3rd November 2020, Wiltshire-AS will continue with online Zoom meetings and we’re joined by long-time friend of the society, the incomparable and always inspired Andrew Loud. We are reliably informed by Andrew’s website that he will still appear in costume over Zoom, so certainly an event not to be missed.

This time, Andrew will be guiding us on an Odyssey to Jupiter.

The joining details for tonight’s meeting using Zoom are as follows:
Meeting Time: 3rd Nov 2020 19:45 BST
URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81041791431?pwd=U1Q5RjNXREtadUU5TWNoa0dDeHBQZz09
Meeting ID: 810 4179 1431
Passcode: 017221

October 2020 Meeting and Newsletter

Tonight, Tuesday 6th October 2020, Wiltshire-AS will continue with online Zoom meetings and we’re joined by society favourite Martin Griffiths, giving us a rundown on the Big Bang and everything after.

The joining details for tonight’s meeting using Zoom are as follows:
Meeting Time: 6tht Oct 2020 19:45 BST
URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88178237251?pwd=ckYzUDhNRjA0SnRUTUNZRVVqclZQZz09
Meeting ID: 872 7839 1344
Passcode: 025434

Andy Burns continues is stoic work putting together the monthly newsletters, the download link is below. Thanks Andy, we’d be lost without you!

September 2020 (Online) Meeting and Newsletter

…and we’re back with our new season from tonight, Tuesday 1st September 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Wiltshire-AS will continue with online Zoom meetings until further notice. Thankfully, our speakers can accomodate doing online talks, many thanks to them.

Tonight, we’re joined by one of our own Nick Howes. Nick will be giving the talk entitled “How do you solve a problem like debris-Ahh?” so an important topic and Nick is a great speaker, so not to be missed.

The joining details for tonight’s meeting using Zoom are as follows:
Meeting Time: 1st Sep 2020 19:45 BST
URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88178237251?pwd=ckYzUDhNRjA0SnRUTUNZRVVqclZQZz09
Meeting ID: 881 7823 7251
Passcode: 011090

Andy Burns continues is stoic work putting together the monthly newsletters, the download link is below. Thanks Andy, we’d be lost without you!