- September 12 – Neil on Astrophotography. What is it? How is it done?
- October 10 – Neil on the Autumn Night Sky
- October – Visiting speaker. Professor Martin Henry on Saturday 22nd August 7.30 St Brelade’s Church Hall.
- November 14 – Hollywood goes to the Moon. A look with Tony at clips on how Hollywood and Television have looked at the moon.
- December 12 – Christmas Quiz Night, mince pies, mulled wine.
- January 9 2017 – Bring A Scope Evening
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Are we alone in the Universe?
A presentation by Dr Robin Catchpole at St Brelade's CHURCH HALL All welcome 13 June 2016 at 8.15 pm April 20 is a big day for strange happenings in the night sky. Due to a highly improbable interaction with Uranus, the moon will glow in a shade of green. It sounds spectacular, but it's completely false. To find out about this and other astronomy hoaxes, come to the Astronomy Club on Monday 11th April at 8 pm.
Algol known colloquially as the Demon Star, is a bright star in the constellation Perseus. The Arabic form is Al-Ghul, the Ghoul.
Algol is actually a three-star system (Beta Persei A, B, and C) in which the large and bright primary Beta Persei A is regularly eclipsed by the dimmer Beta Persei B. Thus, Algol's magnitude is usually near-constant at 2.1, but regularly dips to 3.4 every 2 days, 20 hours and 49 minutes during the roughly 10-hour-long partial eclipses. The association of Algol with a demon-like creature (Gorgon in the Greek tradition, ghoul in the Arabic tradition) suggests that its variability was known long before the 17th century, but there is still no indisputable evidence for this. Investigating a calendar for lucky and unlucky days composed in Egypt some 3200 years ago, scholars have noted a significant periodicity of 2.85 days and several empirical tests indicate that this periodicity may be connected to Algol. Monday 11th January - 8.00 pm.
A "bring your telescope" evening. Did you get a telescope for Christmas? We will be looking at how different telescopes work, with the opportunity for expert guidance for your own scope. There will also be a brief introduction to telescopes and their history, and a look at what to expect in the January night sky. Our Astronomy Quiz - Monday 14 December 2015 - Astronomy Club, St Brelade (see Home Page for directions). Multiple Choice to make it easy!
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