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.

X-ray astronomy ~ Dr. Sebastian von Harrach

X-rays were discovered in 1895, but X-ray astronomy did not start until the 1960s. You can guess why. My talk will take you through the history of discoveries of intensely hot X-ray sources in the universe, starting from earth and ending in, or rather close to black holes. But don’t expect too much – I only started learning about the subject a couple of months ago!