La Société Guernesiaise Astronomy Section
Diary of events
PERSEIDS BARBECUE
The annual barbecue and
Perseid meteor count will be held on Thursday 12th August 2010, at 7.30 pm at the
Observatory. At this event we provide
the fire, you provide and cook your own food.
When it gets dark we settle down to observe and count meteors for an
hour or so. A comfortable, reclining
chair is recommended.
OBSERVATORY
OPEN DAYS, 2010
7.30 pm Tuesday, 24 March.
8.30 pm Tuesday, 20 April.
After dark every Tuesday from
27 July to 31 August.
8.00pm Tuesday, 12 October.
Donations are welcomed, to assist with the running and maintaining the Observatory, which is run by volunteers. Suggested donations are: adults £2.00, children £1.00.) Please note that there will be no viewing if the skies are cloudy.
The Astronomy Section also welcomes a limited
number of group visits, by prior arrangement. See our introduction
page for details.
Directions: From La Houguette School, Rue des
Paysans, go 100 metres up the road, then left into Rue du Lorier, then
immediately right, behind the large bunker.
Perry’s Guide 21 E3. Signs are
usually put out when the Observatory is open.
GUERNSEY
HEROES OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY
This programme of
three lectures and an exhibition, marking the 350th anniversary of
the Royal Society, has been organised by the Friends of the Priaulx Library, in
association with La Société Guernesiaise and WEA Guernsey. It is featuring, as one of the major
Guernsey-born men who were Fellows of the Society, 19th century
astronomer Warren De La Rue. Two of the
lectures have now taken place, and the exhibition was held at the Priaulx
Library from April to July 2010. The
third and final lecture will be given Guernsey’s
only living Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor Nicholas Day. Entry is free.
What’s the point of the Royal Society? A modern perspective
8.00
pm, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 at the Frossard Centre, Candie Gardens
Professor Nicholas Day, CBE, FRS
He will describe the structure, function, and work of
Britain's national academy of science in supporting scientific disciplines,
applying scientific knowledge to business, promoting informed debate, and
influencing public policy with evidence-based advice. Through a series of
publications and workshops, often in conjunction with its international
counterparts, the Society provides authoritative syntheses of the current state
of knowledge for many of the pressing issues of the day, ranging from climate
change to the storage of radioactive waste. These make an important
contribution to the scientific basis for government action.
Professor Day is distinguished for his wide-ranging and influential work in
quantitative epidemiology, especially of cancer. He was for many years
Professor of Epidemiology at Cambridge, Director of the Institute of Public
Health, and Director of the Medical Research Council Unit of
Biostatistics. He has authored or edited eleven books, and published some
500 papers in the scientific literature. He was elected as a Fellow of
the Royal Society in 2004.
For full details of the Guernsey Heroes programme, click here.
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
8.00 pm Tuesday, 16
February 2010.
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