Whilst the current coditions for lockdown are imposed we have suspended our monthly meetings.  However we are holding monthly meetings using a variety of conferencing software e.g. Zoom  Below is a list of our proposed meetings.  If you are not on our circulation list and would like to join these meetings please e-mail us at astro@thelocalgroup.org.uk

Note this meeting wil use "MediaStream" with a Q&A session following immediately using Zoom as the medium.

Peter van de Kamp and the Red Dot ~ David Pulley

In this month’s talk we look at how we know exoplanets are planets and in particular one early attempt of exoplanet discovery in the mid-twentieth century by Dutch astronomer Peter (Piet) van de Kamp and how the story unfolded into the 21^st century.