Hull and East Riding
Astronomical Society
Programme of Lectures 2023/2024
All lectures take place at the Civic Centre in Cottingham.
We meet in the room above the main hall: there is a lift.
Same entrance as the main hall, and doors open 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.
Monday 11th September 2023 Note: title changed
‘Orbits, Spin, and Chaos’
by Rod Hine MA (cantab) MIEE MBCS (Bradford Astronomical Society)
Monday 9th October 2023
‘Gemini -
by John Dunthorne (Cleethorpes Astronomical Society)
Monday 13th November 2023 Please note the change of speaker
‘Fast Radio Bursts -
by Dr James McKee (Lecturer, The EA Milne Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Hull)
Monday 11th December 2023 Note: Doors open 7:30 for a 7:45 start
‘Polar Astronomy’
by Prof. Brad Gibson (Director of the EA Milne Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Hull)
Monday 8th January 2024
‘Apollo Next Generation Sample Programme’ (originally scheduled for November)
by Samantha Bell (Visiting Researcher at The University of Manchester)
Monday 12th February 2024
‘Using Pulsars in the Search For Gravitational Waves’
by Georgia Lowes (PhD Student, University of Hull)
Monday 11th March 2024
‘The Moon From Orbit’
by David Armeson (York Astronomical Society)
Monday 8th April 2024 (Easter Monday is 1st April in 2024)
‘To Boldy See Where No One Has Seen Before -
by Tim Old (former HERAS member)
Monday 13th May 2024
‘The Sun and the Amateur Astronomer’
by Neil Waby and John Chapman-
Monday 10th June 2024
‘The work in the past year of our two sister societies’
East Riding Astronomers, by Lee Cooper
Brough Astronomy, by Brian Davies
The June meeting includes our Annual General Meeting