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The ASG's free public lectures for the 2020-21 session are as follows. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic our normal venue at University of Strathclyde is closed and public lecture will instead be held online via Zoom. Access links for the Zoom sessions will be posted below before each lecture. All lectures start at 19:30
Thursday 17th September 2020 | Rosetta & Philae: From Concept to Reality The Eric Tomney Lecture Mr. David Eagle of stargazing.co.uk Join via Zoom: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/ |
Thursday 15th October 2020 | Thirteen out of Ten: A Tribute to Neil Armstrong & Apollo 11's Landing on the Moon Mr David Woods, Spaceflight Historian |
Thursday 19th November 2020 | Where do Space Rocks Come From? Dr Luke Daly, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow Watch again on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQwUZZHTLAS-5abXFmFTjg/videos |
Thursday 3rd December 2020 | Strange Worlds: Extrasolar Planets The John Brown Lecture Prof Bonnie Steves, Director, The Graduate School & Professor of Mathematical Astronomy, Glasgow Caledonian University Watch again on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQwUZZHTLAS-5abXFmFTjg/videos |
Thursday 17th December 2020 | Space Microbes: the Importance of Studying Wee Little Creatures in Space Dr Rosa Santomartino, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh |
Thursday 21st January 2021 | Black Holes: 100 Years of Mysteries The Tannahill Lecture Dr Fabio Biancalana, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriott-Watt University Join via Zoom: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/ |
Thursday 18th February 2021 | Apollo 50 Mr Robert Law, Mills Observatory Dundee |
Thursday 18th March 2021 | Cold Gold: the Secrets of Ice in the Solar System Prof Axel Hagermann, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Stirling University |
Thursday 15th April 2021 | Ghosts and Cannibals: Insight into the Tumultuous Lives of Large Galaxies The Leon Davies Lecture Prof Annette Ferguson, Royal Observatory Edinburgh |
Thursday 20th May 2021 |
Solar Observing on a Budget Ms Sheri Lynn-Karl, British Astronomical Association followed by the Society AGM |