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2024
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday 14th October AGM at 19.30 in the science lecture theatre at Cranbrook School followed by a talk by Ivan Walton of CADSAS – title “Our Spectacular Sun”
Friday 18th October COMET WATCH 19.30 in the CADSAS Observatory – Comet “C/2023 A3 – ATLAS”. Weather dependent, please see the home page.

2016-24
RECENT EVENTS
Monday 23rd September Guided Observation Evening 7:30pm at the Observatory (TBC)
Monday 24th June “The Accidental Death of an Anarchist” by Mike Frost – the director of the BAA historical section 7:30pm online only via Zoom
Monday 20th May A talk by Rod Smith of CADSAS titled “The Zodiac and Calendars” at the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre and online
Thursday 21st March A talk by Steve Tonkin titled “Fuzzy Blobs – a guide for the Perplexed“ via ZOOM only
Monday 19th February A talk by Dr Sam Darby, Head of Chemistry at Cranbrook School titled “Living in the Age of Plastic: Assessing the Environmental, Dietary and Respiratory Impact of Plastic”  at 7:30pm in the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre and also via Microsoft Teams
Monday 15th January A talk by Humphry Evatt “The Origins of Writing” at 7:30pm in the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre and via Microsoft Teams
Monday 11th December A “live” lecture presented by Andy Hills entitled “The Spectral Analysis of Light” at 7:30pm in the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre
Monday 13th November A talk by Russell Parry about the Apply Bridge meteor strike and general info on meteors via Zoom only
Monday 9th October AGM followed by a talk from Ralph Shirley – Astrophysicist and former Cranbrook School student at 7:30pm in the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre and via Zoom
Monday 11th September A talk by Shelly Sutton entitled “The Search for Exoplanets and the Hot Jupiter puzzle” at 8pm in the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre and via Zoom
Monday 24th April A lecture by Dr John Reuth entitled “Bugs, Plagues and Pestilence” at 8pm in the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre and via Zoom
Monday 13th March A lecture by Dr Colin Lally entitled “MOND (Modification of Newtonian Dynamics) – a possible answer to the Dark Matter problem?” at 8pm in the Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre and via Zoom
Monday 20th February A lecture by Steve Tonkin entitled “Ten Ways the Universe tries to kill you!” at 7:30pm via Zoom
Monday 9th January A lecture by Steve Tonkin entitled “Are we alone?” at 7:30pm via Zoom, which will cover aspects of life outside the Earth, including a look at “SETI” – the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Monday 10th October “The Importance of Rhodopsin in Vision” – a lecture by John Benford at 8pm in the School Lecture Theatre: (£3 at the door for non-members)
Monday 12th September “Mass Extinctions – has the Holoscene Extinction event started?” – a lecture by Rod Smith at 8pm in the School Lecture Theatre
Monday 13th June “Science Broadcasting and Journalism” at 8pm in the School Lecture Theatre: Emily Bird MSc, BBC producer and broadcaster
Monday 21st March LIVE MEETING at 8pm: “Dial M For Muons” – Dr Colin Lally will present a particle physics lecture in the School Lecture Theatre.
Monday 14th February 2022 ZOOM VIRTUAL MEETING at 8pm: “A Guided Tour of the CADSAS Alan Young Telescope” – Rod Smith, Ivan Walton and Ted Pearson will demonstrate how we operate the telescope, obtain and process images.
Monday 8th November “The Four Voyages of Columbus” – a lecture in the School Lecture Theatre at 8pm by Humphry Evatt. (£3 at the door for non-members)
Monday 11th October Our AGM followed by “Comets – Visitors From Afar” – a lecture in the School Lecture Theatre at 8pm by Melanie Davies.
Monday 10th May “Two Eyes Are Better Than One” – an online lecture at 8pm by Steve Tonkin
Monday 12th April “How To Train Your Immune System” – an online lecture at 8pm by Will Moody
Monday 15th March The Development of Space Food – an online lecture at 8pm by Russell Parry
Monday 8th February 2021 Time and the Calendar – an online lecture at 8pm by Steve Tonkin
Monday 10th February The Sun – a lecture by Melanie Davies – 8pm in the Lecture Theatre.
Monday 13th January The Truth About Living With Wolves – a lecture by Troy Bennett – 8pm in the Lecture Theatre.
Monday 9th December QUIZ – 8pm in the OBSERVATORY.
Monday 11th November “Ablating Meteor Observations Using Radio” – A Radio Astronomy talk by Ken Ginn. 8pm in the Lecture Theatre.
Monday 14th October Our AGM plus “The Archaeology of the HS2 Project” – A lecture by Helen Wass. 8pm in the Lecture Theatre.
Friday 20th September Equinox Viewing Evening – *To Be Cancelled If The Weather Is Not suitable*. Check The “Traffic Lights” On This Website. 8pm at the Observatory.
Monday 9th September “A Whistlestop Tour of the Planets” – An interactive introduction to the other planets by William Joyce, with lots of fascinating discoveries and mysteries and including spectacular images from recent space missions. 8pm in the Lecture Theatre.
Monday 10th June “The Origins and Early Years of Ordnance Survey” – A lecture by John King. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 13th May “Measures of Genius” – A lecture about people who have given their names to S.I. Units by Alan Durdan. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 15th April “Cancer Indicators” – A biological/medical lecture by William Moody. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 11th March “The Geology of the Moon” – A lecture by William Joyce. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 14th January Viewing Evening at the Observatory – Members and guests are invited to come and use the telescopes to view a selection of interesting objects visible that night. 8-10pm at the Observatory.
Monday 10th December “The Star of Bethlehem” (+ Mini Quiz) – A talk by Stephen Tonkin, plus a mini quiz arranged by Rod Smith. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 12th November “How to Multiply by Division” – A genetics lecture by Mark Moody. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 8th October AGM + “What Happens to our Waste?” – Our AGM followed by a lecture by Mike Webster. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 10th September “The World’s Great Observatories” – a lecture by Neil Phillipson. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 11th June “Jupiter and the JUNO Mission” – a lecture by Melanie Davies. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 14th May “Welcome To The Dark Side” – an update on the search for Dark Matter by Dr Colin Lally. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 2nd April “The Large Hadron Collider & the Higgs” – a lecture by Dr Chris Lester (OC). 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Friday 23rd March Spring Skywatch – a chance to use our telescopes. 8pm at the OBSERVATORY. Please note, this will run ONLY if the sky is clear. Please check the “Traffic Light” on this website – it will be changed by 6pm, to show if we are going ahead.
Monday 12th March “Windmills, History and Science” – a lecture by Dr Nick Vinall. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 12th February “William Rutter Dawes” (an eminent local 19th century astronomer) – a lecture by Bob Marriott from the BAA. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 15th January 2018 “The History of Women in Science to 1900” – a lecture by Dr. Nick Hudd. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre. Excellent from Dr. Nick Hudd. Quite a few students in the audience, so we hope it was inspiring. Look up Hypatia and Ada Lovelace!
Monday 13th November “The Science and Chances of the End of Mankind” – a lecture by Neil Phillipson – 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 9th October AGM plus Melanie Davies on The Pleiades. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre. “The AGM took just 11 minutes (a record) and the Pleiades lecture was fascinating!”
Saturday 23rd September “Guide To the Autumn Night Sky” – a special CADSAS event in nearby Bedgebury Forest. Details on forestry.gov.uk . Prompt 7.15pm start outside the visitor centre. Tea and coffee provided.
Monday 11th September “A Window On The Universe” – a talk by Peter Bull MBE FRAS – 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 8th May “Finding Longitude” – a talk by Dr Rebekah Higgit (former curator at RGO and NMM). 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Friday 31st March CADSAS Equinox Skywatch – Guided outdoor observing. 7.30pm at our Observatory.
Monday 13th February “Physics Toys” – a talk by Dr Andy Hills, Head of Physics at Cranbrook School. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 9th January “Titan” – a talk by Melanie Davies. 8pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 12th December Christmas Quiz with mince pies and mulled wine – 8pm at the Observatory.
Monday 14th November “The Search for ET” – a lecture on Astrobiology by William Joyce – 8pm at the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 10th October Autumn Skywatch – outdoor observing (weather dependent) – 8pm at the Observatory. “Good to welcome some new people. Hope you enjoyed it and you will come again! Though initially not looking hopeful, the clouds largely cleared and good telescope observing was done. Lunar images taken will go on our blog here.”
Monday 12th September Our 2016 AGM followed by a talk on Transits by Rod Smith – 8pm at the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 18th April The so important, Einstein predicted discovery of Gravitational Waves explained for all – a lecture by Dr Colin Lally of Cranbrook School – 8pm at the Science Lecture Theatre. “Masterful! The largest lecture audience we have had. Now we understand what Gravitational Waves are, where they come from, why they happen, how they were recently detected and why it is so important for future astronomical observations. A new doorway has opened.“
Monday 14th March “Aeronautics”- a lecture by Bruce Abbott, Flying Instructor – 8pm at the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 8th February “Comets” – a lecture by Melanie Davies – Science Director of Creative Space, a company providing astronomy outreach to a wide range of audiences – 8pm at the Science Lecture Theatre. “excellent, enthusiatic speaker who lifted the audience mood to smiling. And also, taught them a lot about Comets!”
Monday 11th January 2016 “Four Centuries Of Telescopic Astronomy” – a lecture by Dr David Mannion – 8pm at the Science Lecture Theatre. “a very entertaning and informative romp through the past and future of telescopic astronomy”
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