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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


The Local Group