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Image: Frank Conn, ASG

The Astronomical Society of Glasgow's next public lecture for the 2018 - 2019 session will be Thursday 21st February, when keen members will be giving short talks on subjects relating to astronomy. The lecture programme will start promptly at 7:30pm.

This lecture will take place in Room 6.41, Royal College, Strathclyde University. 

Wigtown Book Festival are hosting their annual Big Bank Weekend from 8th to 10th March. Here's what they say:

 

Celebrating 10 years of the Galloway Dark Sky Park, our third annual Big Bang Weekend looks to the heavens this spring. Fun, friendly and accessible, 2019’s programme is inspired by humankind’s attempt to understand the cosmos - from the legacy of the Apollo moon landings to the new age of commercial space exploration and the current search for life on Mars. Join us beneath some of the darkest skies in Europe, as we boldly venture into a universe of ideas.

  

You can find out more - including the online programme and tickets - on their website, which can be found here.

 


ASG President Julian Gibson presents the Tannahill Medal to Professor Chris Lintott after his Lecture, January 2019
Image: Eileen Gibson

The ASG's free public lectures for the 2018-19 session are as follows, the dates and titles are shown below.  These are normally held in Room 6.41 Royal College, Strathclyde University unless otherwise advised.  Access is via the Montrose Street entrance, take the lift to Level 3, exit the lift and take the 2nd set of steps on your left, go through the double glass doors.  Room 6.41 is on your left approximately half way along the corridor.  The lectures start at 7:30pm and are preceded from 6:45pm by either a presentation on the month's skywatching highlights or by a social event giving you the opportunity to meet other members.