For our next meeting our very own night sky expert Stevie Beasant will be giving us a talk entitled 'Orion, more than a nebula'  Of course there is a lot of excitement in the Orion constellation with the star Betelgeuse dramatically dimming recently.  This is a red supergiant that will at some point go supernova.  Many thought this dimming was a prelude to an iimminent explosion, but that seems to not be the case though.  Other than that it's a fascinating constellation to observe with many delights that Stevie will tell us about.

It will be on Monday 3rd February, it starts at 8pm sharp in our usual venue of Ballyclare High School Lecture Theatre. Directions can be found here.

All meetings start at 8pm in the Lecture Theatre at Ballyclare High School, Ballyclare, County Antrim. For directions, click here.

2019

September 2nd - Gary Fildes (Kielder Observatory) - TBC

October 7th - Prof. Michael  Burton (Armagh Observatory/Planetarium  - Astronomy in Antarctica

November 4th - Dr.Ryan Milligan (QUB) - The Sleeping Giant the Current State of Solar Activity

December 2nd - Dr. Matt Redman (Galway) - The Shaping of Planetary Nebulae

2020

January 6th - Prof. Mark Bailey - Societal Impacts and Long-term Climate Archives at Armagh Observatory

February 3rd - Prof. Tom Millar (QUB) - The Birth Of Stars And Planets

March 2nd - TBC

April 5th - TBC

May 4th - Members talks and AGM