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Kuiper belt objects and other distant minor planets Zoom talk by Prof Dr Nik Whitehead 3rd Apr 2025
Dr David Whitehouse; Zoom talk on 'Searching for life and what it means' 20th Mar 2025
Dark Nebulae by Paul Howat 20th Mar 2025
Dr Simon Helan (SAS) gave a live and Zoom talk on "Asteroids Harbingers of Death And Life" 6th Feb 2025
Chris Followell gave a live and Zoom talk on Robotic telescopes 23rd Jan 2025
Dr Andrew Mclean gave live and Zoom talk entitled A Pulsar Miscellany 9th Jan 2025
Observing the Herschel 400 28th Nov 2024
Barry Fitzgerald gave a Zoom talk on 'Lunar Geology from the safety of your own home' 14th Nov 2024
The Perils of Time Travel Zoom Philip Wallace (CAS) Zoom and live 31st Oct 2024
Dark energy and dark matter by Prof David Bacon 17th Oct 2024 Chris Bowden
Exotic and Hypothetical stars. In person and Zoom talk by Dr Nik Whitehead 3rd Oct 2024
Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas. Mike Frost (Director of the BAA Historical Section) gave a talk via Zoom on 'Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas' 19th Sep 2024
"Bumps in the Night" Listening to the Universe with gravitational waves, Zoom lecture by Dr Christian Chapman-Bird 22nd Aug 2024 Chris Bowden
Artificial Satellites live and Zoom talk by Paul Spurr 25th Jul 2024 Chris Bowden
Jenifer Millard - Galaxies and the Infrared: In person and Zoom talk 27th Jun 2024
A Life in Astronomy and Space Research: Prof David Rees Zoom lecture 13th Jun 2024
Roger Pittock gave a talk on Smart Telescopes- Introduction & Comparison 30th May 2024
A Very British Meteorite Zoom only talk by Martin Lunn MBE FRAS 2nd May 2024
Prehistoric Astronomers and the value of their legacies IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom 18th Apr 2024
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena - Historical & Current Perspectives Alan Foster (Cardiff A.S.) IQ Building Room 001 and on Zoom 4th Apr 2024
Open Star Clusters Live and Zoom talk by Howard Davies (Swansea Astronomical Society) 21st Mar 2024
Talk by John Beer 'I Did It My Way' 7th Mar 2024 Chris Bowden
Live and Zoom talk by Dr Simon Helan on the Constellation Cepheus 22nd Feb 2024 Chris Bowden
Getting Payloads into orbit Live and Zoom talk by Prof Nik Whitehead 8th Feb 2024 Chris Bowden
Zoom lecture on Globular star clusters by Owen Brazell 25th Jan 2024 Chris Bowden
Live and Zoom lecture on Planetary nebulae 11th Jan 2024
Ed Cooper (Cardiff A.S.) A live and Zoom presentation on the UK Meteor Monitoring system 14th Dec 2023 Chris Bowden
Jonathan Gale - Observing the lunar 100. 30th Nov 2023 Chris Bowden
Accuracy, Innovation and the Advance of Astronomy 1923 - 2023 by Professor Mike Edmunds. 16th Nov 2023
Neutrinos in Astronomy by Dr Andrew McLean 2nd Nov 2023
A Stairway to Heaven (Space Elevators) Phil Wallace FRAS Thursday October 19th 20th Oct 2023
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell's lecture to the Swansea Astronomical Society on 'Bursts, bangs and things that go bump in the night' 29th Jul 2023 Chris Bowden
Planetary Protection Live and Zoom lecture by Dr Nik Whitehead. 29th Jun 2023
From Mars to the Multiverse Zoom lecture by the Astronomer Royal 23rd Feb 2023
Cracking Starlight's Hidden Code; Zoom lecture. 9th Feb 2023
Closed Loop Life Support Systems 26th Jan 2023
FRBs and ORCs: some recent ‘oddities’ in Radio Astronomy by Andrew McLean SAS 12th Jan 2023
The Story of Jodrell Bank; Zoom lecture by Prof Ian Morrison 27th Oct 2022
13 Oct 2022 - David Richards - 'Building and Operating a Dome Observatory' 13th Oct 2022
Seeing a Black Hole with the Africa Millimetre Telescope 28th Jul 2022
June 30th Astrolabes and how to use them 30th Jun 2022
Zoom talk on The Isaac Newton Telescope. 20th Apr 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope Zoom lecture 7th Apr 2022
Astronomy in the Mediterranean; Zoom talk 24th Mar 2022
Zoom talk on Cosmic Multi-Messengers, Astrophysical Particles 10th Mar 2022
Infrared Astronomy Zoom talk by Professor Matt Griffin 20th Feb 2022
Active galaxies and Black Holes 20th Dec 2021
Zoom talk on Observing planetary nebulae 20th Dec 2021
Stellar Evolution Part-2 20th Nov 2021
Using Remote Telescopes. Zoom Talk 4th Nov 2021
"Meteors: from comet to camera". Zoom talk by Dr Colin Steele. 21st Oct 2021
Celestial Mechanics, Zoom lecture by Paul Spurr 20th Oct 2021
Crazy interstallar rockets; Zoom talk by Dr Julian Onions 9th Sep 2021
The Solar System from a backyard, talk by Howard Davies 12th Aug 2021
Mary McIntyre FRAS Zoom lecture to the Swansea Astronomical Society: 'A History of Women in Astronomy'. 15th Jul 2021
Zoom Meeting with Bob Mizon 17th Jun 2021
Zoom Meeting of the SAS with Dr D.L. Clements giving a lecture on Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus. 20th May 2021
Zoom Meeting and AGM of the Swansea Astronomical Society 6th May 2021
Professor Garry E Hunt Zoom meeting about the Voyager missions and his part in it all. 22nd Apr 2021 Chris Bowden
Zoom meeting of the Swansea Astronomical Society. Dr Nik Whitehead talked about Missions to Comets 20th Apr 2021
Eclipse chasing: A Zoom talk by Chris Bowden (SAS) 25th Mar 2021
Astronomical Cycles and Climate Change, Zoom Lecture 20th Mar 2021
Zoom meeting: Into The Cosmic Sea (Andrew Lound) 20th Feb 2021 Andrew Lound
Zoom meeting talk on Astrophysical Particles: Cosmic Multi-Messengers by Jeff Zorko 12th Feb 2021
Professor Chris Lintott - A State of the Universe 28th Jan 2021
Zoom talk on Double Stars by Howard Davies 14th Jan 2021
The Star of Bethlehem by Stephen Tonkin, a Swansea Astronomical Society Zoom meeting. 10th Dec 2020
SAS Zoom lecture by Dr Nik Whitehead 27th Nov 2020
Society Talk: Review of Astro Imaging Techniques with Alan Jefferis 20th Nov 2020
Stellar Evolution Part-1 (Society Talk - Via Zoom) 22nd Oct 2020
Radio Astronomy with Paul Spurr (Society talk - via Zoom) 8th Oct 2020
Zoom meeting with guest speaker James Fradgley 24th Sep 2020
Timekeeping on Mars. A Zoom lecture by Dr Nik Whitehead 4th Apr 2020
What's that planet doing there? 9th Jan 2020
Deep Sky Observing in Cassiopeia (Society Talk) 24th Oct 2019
The Physics of the Impossible 11th Apr 2019
Astronomy in an Age of Revolutions 20th Mar 2019
The Faulkes Telescope 20th Mar 2019
Gravitational Waves 14th Feb 2019
Andrew Lound at the Waterfront Museum 20th Jan 2019 Andrew Lound
Globular Clusters 20th Jan 2019
Messier and the Messier Objects 20th Jan 2019
Broadband, Narrowband, a talk by Nick Hart 20th Dec 2018
The Life and Work of Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin 20th Nov 2018
28 October 2018, 7pm Stargazing evening at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea 20th Oct 2018
Thursday October 25th Society Lecture by Dr Simon Helan of Swansea Astronomical Society 20th Oct 2018
Furzehill Observatory 11th Oct 2018
Variable Stars 26th Apr 2018
Meteorite Falls In Wales 12th Apr 2018
"What Has Astronomy Ever Done For Us?" 20th Mar 2018
Neutron Stars and other Extreme Matter 20th Mar 2018
Andrew Lound at the Waterfront Museum 20th Jan 2018 Andrew Lound
Emergent Gravity, Dark Matter and Dark Energy. 24th Nov 2017
Telescopes through the ages 20th Nov 2017
Following the SAROS with Nick Lewis FRAS FBIS 12th Oct 2017
Swansea Astronomical Society talk to and present a telescope to the New Barry Astronomical Society. More power to astronomy in South Wales. 13th Jun 2017
Binoculars 28th Apr 2017
The Science of the Apollo landings 20th Apr 2017
'Under City Skies', Lecture by Nick Hart astrophotographer 10th Mar 2017
Astronomy and Philosophy 20th Feb 2017
The Event Horizon Telescope - Imaging the Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole 20th Feb 2017
Mr Andrew Lound and Pluto 20th Jan 2017 Andrew Lound
Maggie Collins talk 20th Apr 2016
Observing Meteors by Dave Powell MBE 14th Apr 2016 Steve Wainwright
Getting to grips with the Multiverse 10th Mar 2016 Steve Wainwright
Feb 25th "Looking at the Atmospheres of Extra-solar Planets" 20th Feb 2016
Black Holes and Quantum gravity 12th Feb 2016 Steve Wainwright
Cosmology Lecture, Thursday January 28th 29th Jan 2016
Grand Tour of the Solar System 20th Dec 2015 Andrew Lound
This Wonderful World and Universe 26th Nov 2015
Lecture on Solar-Terrestrial interactions, and the Autumn Night Sky 20th Nov 2015
Black holes, White Holes and Wormholes 22nd Oct 2015 Steve Wainwright
Lord of the Rings, a dramatic lecture by Andrew Lound 20th May 2015 Andrew Lound
Two short talks tonight (Thursday, April 10th) 20th Apr 2015
Another look at Copernicus with Paul Bessette 26th Mar 2015 Steve Wainwright
Martin Griffiths talked on Joseph Harris of Breconshire, Astronomer and Assay Master of the Mint in the 18th century. 20th Jan 2015 Steve Wainwright
Andrew Lound gives the Swansea Astronomical Society Christmas Lecture. A fire in the Sky: Tunguska 20th Dec 2014 Andrew Lound
Jon Laver FRAS of Bridgend gave a talk on the birth and death of stars 20th Nov 2014 Steve Wainwright
Calling the Cosmos 9th May 2014 Andrew Lound
Constructing the Mechanical Universe 11th Apr 2014 Steve Wainwright
Massive Collisions in the Solar System 28th Mar 2014 Steve Wainwright
History of telescopes and a new 8" Zerochromat, folded optics refractor. 14th Mar 2014 Steve Wainwright
Ancient Egyptian Astronomy 27th Feb 2014 Steve Wainwright
Citizen Science 14th Feb 2014 Steve Wainwright
Astrophotography Lecture by Nick Hart 12th Dec 2013 Steve Wainwright
Swansea Astronomical Society Christmas Lecture at Swansea Waterfront Museum 8th Dec 2013 Steve Wainwright
Giant Molecular clouds 20th Nov 2013
A lecture on John Flamsteed by Dr John Birks 15th Nov 2013 Steve Wainwright
An exhibition by south Wales astronomer and artist Chris Williams 22nd Jul 2013 Steve Wainwright
Dave Powell MBE talks on John Goodricke 10th May 2013 Steve Wainwright
Jim's Search for the Truth 25th Apr 2013 Steve Wainwright
Wherefore Art Thou? 12th Apr 2013 Steve Wainwright
To See The Beginning Of Time 28th Mar 2013 Andrew Lound
Lecture on negative refraction and invisibility 15th Feb 2013 Steve Wainwright
Maggie Collins gives a lecture on Caroline Herschel, First Lady of Astronomy 25th Jan 2013 Steve Wainwright
Prof Simon Hands and the Higgs Boson 11th Jan 2013 Steve Wainwright
SAS Christmas Lecture at the Waterfront Museum, "Setting Sail to the Stars" by Andrew Lound 20th Dec 2012 Andrew Lound
Lecture on "What is dark Energy" By Martin Griffiths 22nd Nov 2012 Steve Wainwright
Spellbinding lecture by Dr Rhodri Evans 8th Nov 2012 Steve Wainwright
SAS lecture tonight 10th May 2012 Steve Wainwright
Radio Astronomy by Bob Greef 12th Apr 2012 Steve Wainwright
Herschel's Lunatick Friends, a dramatic lecture by Andy Lound 20th Mar 2012 Andrew Lound
A walk down memory lane 24th Feb 2012 Steve Wainwright
The SAS Christmas Lecture. "A Starry Night to Remember", An astronomical look at the sinking of the Titanic 10th Dec 2011 Steve Wainwright
Lecture on the Antikythera mechanism at the Waterfront Museum Tonight 8th Dec 2011 Steve Wainwright
Astronomical Art at the SAS 24th Nov 2011 Steve Wainwright
Yerkes Observatory, a palace for astronomers 10th Nov 2011 Steve Wainwright
Life membership of the Swansea Astronomical Society for Lon Shaw 1st Nov 2011 Steve Wainwright
Some aspects of Particle Physics talk 20th Jan 2011
The Christmas Lecture of the Swansea Astronomical Society 20th Dec 2010
Sir Isaac Remembers. A one man play starring Prof Mike Edmunds 20th Dec 2010
Renaissance Astronomy at the Waterfront Museum 28th Apr 2010 John Birks
An update on what's going on at CERN 20th Apr 2010
Meteors (Astronomy or Geology) 9th Apr 2010 Jon Laver
Cassini-Huygens: The Men and the Mission 12th Feb 2010 John Birks
The Copernican Revolution 20th Jan 2010