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December 2014: The Origin of the Constellations ~ Dr Robert Smith (University of Sussex)

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) ~ David Pulley

NGC 4151: A new distance measurement ~ Tony Baxter

Water, water everywhere ~ Edgar Walker

Lunar Mission One ~ Simon Allen (more)

November 2014:   The History of Astronomy from the Seventeenth Century ~ Simon Allen (more)

                                   Dark matter, filaments, “dim” matter and all that! ~ Tony Baxter

October 2014:  Members' Short Talks (more)

                       Setting Up an Equatorial Mount ~ Roy Bicknell

                       Stargazing from equatorial Africa ~ Angie Gardner

                        The storm over the channel ~ Bob Okines

                         Astronomy News ~ Edgar Walker

                        Robber barons are nothing new ~ David Pulley

September 2014:  Exploring the Solar System with Robots ~ Dr Chris Arridge      (University

                               College London) (more)

                               Using Stellarium (Part 2) ~ David Pulley

August 2014:  No Meeting

July 2014: mm Accuracy Laser Ranging at the Geodesy Centre ~ Graham Appleby (more)

                    Magnetic Anomaly ~ Barry Soden

                    July Night Sky ~ Roy Bicknell/David Pulley

                    Two Years of the Local Group ~ David Pulley

June 2014: From Chinese gunpowder to Saturn 5 ~ Barry Edwards (more)

                       B612 Foundation ~ Simon Allen

May 2014: The Curious World of C. G. H. Tompkins: The City Speed Limit ~ David Pulley                             (more)

                     Telescopes: The good, the bad and the ugly ~ David Hornsby et al

April 2014: The Life of Isaac Newton ~ Prof Robert Iliffe (more)

                      The Planet Discovery Process ~ Karen Collins

March 2014: Telescopes: The good, the bad and the ugly ~ David Hornsby et al (more)

                 The Search for a Long Term Energy Source       
                               From Stars to the Lab ~ David Pulley
                               The Quest for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Ignition ~ Tony Baxter
 
February 2014: Not Just in the Dark ~ Barry Soden (more)
                              Using Stellarium (Part 1) ~ David Pulley
 
January 2014:  About Time (Part 2) ~ Roger Wood (more)
                     The Synchronome  ~ Simon Allen

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