APRIL 2024 TALK

We are delighted to be able to hold some of our talks in the Quarry Theatre and the first of those saw Peter Goodhew present “Imaging Planetary Nebula“. With some stunning new images never before seen in the public domain, Peter explained how these were captured and the science contained in their colour.  Peter’s talk […]

MARCH 2024 TALK

For the final talk in the Old Theatre at Bedford School, our own Phil Schneider talked about “Unistellar Telescopes & Citizen Science“. Phil kindly bought along his own Unistellar imaging telescope to allow us to see for ourselves this remarkable piece of equipment along with some stunning images he had taken with it.

FEBRUARY 2024 TALK

Professor James Hough talked on “Comets and the Rosetta Mission”. Focussing on the story of ESA’s Rosetta 10 year journey, which was the first to rendezvous with a comet, the first to follow a comet on its orbit around the Sun, and the first to deploy a lander to a comet’s surface with Philae lander. […]

JANUARY 2024 TALK

Our January 2024 talk was from Dr Marta Ceccaroni who talked on the subject of “Asteroid Hazard Mitigation“. The threats and methods to avoid catastrophes following an asteroid whose trajectory will intersect with our own as we orbit the Sun. Marta is very active in this field of research and her presentation was informative and entertaining. […]