Syllabus 2001-2002


September 20th 2001
The Zdenek Kopal Memorial Lecture
Dr John Saxton,
(Department of Earth Sciences, Manchester University )
"The Science of Meteorites"

October 18th 2001
Dr Allan Chapman,
(Wadham College, Oxford.)
"Copernicus"

November 15th 2001
Peter Drew,
(Astronomy Centre)
'An update on the AC'

December 20th 2001
The Presidential Lecture
Guy Duckworth, Esq., B.Sc.,
"Georges Lemaître and Cosmology"
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)

January 17th 2002
Dr Andy Hollis,
(Director of Outer Planets Section, BAA.)
"The Outer Planets"

February 21st 2002
Gerard Gilligan,
(Liverpool Astronomical Society)
"Astronomy, Telescopes and Beer Drinking: William Lassell 1799-1880"

March 21st 2002
Capt. John Percival,
(Marine Associates Ltd, Birkenhead)
"Astro-navigation"

April 18th 2002
Annual General Meeting
(Held in the Godlee Observatory, Main Building, UMIST)

All the above lectures (unless otherwise indicated) are to be held in room E7 of the Renold Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD. The Meetings start promptly at 7.30pm.


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