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Sheffield Astro Soc

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Sheffield Astronomical Society, part of @fedastro, was established in 1934. We run Beginners and Speakers evenings, and Stargazing/Sungazing events every month.

Sheffield, UK Katılım Mayıs 2012
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Our Monthly Beginners' Evening : 8 pm on Tuesday 22nd July at Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ . A melange - 3 different talks plus our regular features, Monthly Notes, Astronews, APODOM. Musical Accompaniment by Sushi. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
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Martin talking about extremophiles. Tonight’s topic is the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
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Speaker's Evening. Tuesday 8th April, 8 pm, (Doors 7:30). Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ "Particle Physics for astronomers". We are delighted to welcome Dr Julian Onions of the University of Nottingham and @NottinghamAstro. Free refreshments , opportunity to join on the night.
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Tonight’s Beginner’s Evening topic is Exoplanets. Darren is trying to observe the telltale wobble of a star with an orbiting exoplanet. He’ll have a job from that static PowerPoint slide! 🤣
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Tuesday 25th March, Ranmoor Parish Centre S10 3GH. Monthly beginners' evening. "Exoplanets : Planets revolving around other stars". Doors open 19:30, 8 pm start. Talks by members. Also AstroNews, Monthly notes and APODOM. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
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Clouded out here at the Samuel Worth Chapel. @cdcsteele is waxing lyrical about what we could have seen if not for the cloud.
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Speaker’s Evening at the Ranmoor Parish Centre. Chris Suddick joins us from @AstroADAS to talk about The Harvard Computers.
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This is a talk about the women of the late 19th Century who worked as "computers" (carried out calculations) at the Harvard College Observatory and achieved great things.
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Speaker's Evening. Tuesday 11th February, 8 pm, (Doors 7:30). Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ "The Harvard Computers". We are delighted to welcome Chris Suddick of the Altrincham and District Astronomical Society. Free refreshments , opportunity to join on the night.
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Speaker's Evening. Tuesday 11th February, 8 pm, (Doors 7:30). Ranmoor Parish Centre : S10 3HZ "Astronomy without a Telescope" We are delighted to welcome Colin Henshaw of the Altrincham and District Astronomical Society. Free refreshments , opportunity to join on the night.
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Happy New Year! First Speaker’s Evening of 2025. Dennis Ashton “Amazing Space”.
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Our regular monthly speaker's evening. Dennis Ashton, from Stardome, and a past-president of the society will be talking on "Amazing Space". Some wilder aspects of astronomy plus anecdotes of an old astronomer".
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Our regular monthly speaker's evening. Dennis Ashton will be talking on "Amazing Space". Tuesday 14thJanuary at the Ranmoor Parish Centre, S10 3HZ. Doors open 7:30 in anticipation of an 8 pm start. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.

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Our regular monthly speaker's evening. Dennis Ashton will be talking on "Amazing Space". Tuesday 14thJanuary at the Ranmoor Parish Centre, S10 3HZ. Doors open 7:30 in anticipation of an 8 pm start. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
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Finally, we will conduct a brief thought experiment, based upon the premise that other civilizations may think similarly and ask the question, what would we do if we met ETi?   Come with an open mind!
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In the presentation, we will consider some of the possibilities which may make this possible and delve into the prospects of human robotics as potential mediators for deep space exploration.
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Monthly Speaker's Evening with Martin Braddock. 8 pm on Tuesday 10th December at the Ranmoor Parish Centre, S10 3HZ Talk abstract in next message. Free refreshments. Opportunity to join on the night.
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