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Title: BAA Meetings
Post by: Rick on Oct 15, 2003, 03:40:00
The next three meetings of the British Astronomical Association are listed below. All will be held at The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.

Wednesday October 29th 2003 17:30 - 20:00

The Annual General Meeting
The Presidential Address will be delivered by Guy Hurst - "Pro-Am Collaborations in Astronomy"
This will be followed by a short Ordinary meeting when the speaker will be Dr. Richard McKim, Director of the Mars Section - "The great perihelic opposition of Mars 2003"

Saturday November 29th 2003 14:30 - 18:00

Speakers will include:
Nigel Henbest  "Mars: the inside story of the Red Planet"
Martin Mobberley "Sky Notes"
Geoffrey Johnstone "Deep Sky 'twitching' from Australia"

Saturday January 10th 2004 14:30 - 18:00

Speakers will include:
Professor Malcolm Longair: "The Astrophysics and Cosmology of the 21st Century".
Martin Lunn: "The Fathers of Variable Star Astronomy"
Martin Mobberley's "Sky Notes"