• PUBLIC EVENT – PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

    This is an event open to the public Main Event will be held at the Rollright Stones   - Partial eclipse starts at 9.56am and finishes 12.14pm Secondary event will be held at Witney Library  

  • CLUB NIGHT

    Methodist Hall, Chipping Norton;    - Subjects expected to include:   Images of Partial Solar Eclipse;    Narrowband Imaging/Filters;    Olbers' Paradox

  • CLUB NIGHT

    Methodist Hall, Chipping Norton - Subjects TBN

  • CLUB NIGHT

    Methodist Hall  Chipping Norton 7.30 to 9pm (Doors Open 7pm): Topics include:   Gravity, a monthly update on whats in view and a look at the latest Astro images

  • EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE WITH LARGE SURVEYS – DR IMOGEN WHITTAM

    Methodist Hall / Zoom

    Dr Imogen Whittam is a Hintze Fellow at the University of Oxford and Christ Church, researching galaxy evolution.   She is particularly interested in radio galaxies - galaxies which spew powerful jets of very energetic particles from their centre - and the role they play in galaxy evolution. She has a PhD in Astrophysics from the […]

  • CLUB NIGHT

    Methodist Hall Chipping Norton / Zoom

    Methodist Hall Chipping Norton 7pm for 7.30 Start Topics include: Living with a large SCT, Radio Astronomy, An update on Recent Imaging and Observing Session  

  • OBSERVING THE BRIGHTEST OBJECTS IN THE UNIVERSE – DR VICKY FAWCETT

    Methodist Hall Chipping Norton / Zoom

    Methodist Hall, Chipping Norton - 7pm for 7.30pm start Summary: Almost every known galaxy contains a supermassive black hole at its heart, including our own Milky Way, which have masses millions to billions that of our Sun. Understanding how these monster black holes shape their surroundings is crucial to our understanding of how galaxies evolve. […]

  • CHRISTMAS TALK – MERCURY, METEORITES AND THE BEPICOLUMBO MISSION – DR JULIA CARTWRIGHT

    Long Compton Village Hall

    The talk explains why meteorites remain some of the most important materials for understanding the where, what and why of our Solar System, as they preserve information about key events and processes. For Mercury, as one of the least explored planets, we still don’t exactly know how it formed or what is going on at […]