1 mm Accuracy Laser Ranging at the Geodesy Centre ~ Graham Appleby
The UK’s Geodesy centre at Herstmonceux has a unique capability of measuring the distance to satellites many hundreds of kilometres above our heads to a fraction of a centimetre. Graham will describe how this is done and how such accuracy and precision is achieved.
2 Magnetic Anomaly ~ Barry Soden
Barry will lead a short discussion on a magnetic field conundrum and asks where does the energy come from?
3 Two Years of the Local Group ~ David P. Barry S, Simon A & Roger W
We will take a few minutes to discuss the forthcoming year, topics for discussion and finances
4 July Night Sky~ Roy Bicknell/David Pulley
We will look at the planets, asteroids, meteors and double stars that are visible this month