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- OUR NEXT EVENTS -
We are now running a mixture of online and in person events
'What's coming up...
Friday 13th May 19:30 - 21:30, in person
A public talk on the James Webb Space Telescope by Dr Emma Curtis-Lake
in the Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
We will celebrate the JWST mission just a few weeks before its first science observations.
Dr Emma Curtis-Lake, UK STFC Webb Fellow, will tell us about the telescope and its science goals.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Dr Curtis-Lake's talk will also be broadcast online.
To join the talk online tickets can be purchased from our Billetto site at JWST by Dr. Emma Curtis Members can request
a promo code by email for free online tickets
Saturday 11th June 19:30 - 21:30: 'Reaching for the Sun' with Dr Helen Mason OBE
A public talk on the latest solar science by Dr Helen Mason OBE, solar scientist at Cambridge University and the 2018 winner of the Royal Astronomical Society's Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach
Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
or online with tickets available at https://billetto.co.uk/e/reaching-for-the-sun-by-dr-helen-mason-obe-tickets-630864
Saturday 17th September 19:30 - 21:30: 'The Herschels - a biopic' with John Stapleton
A public talk by John Stapleton on the lives, work, and achievements of the Westcountry dynasty of astronomers; William, Caroline and John Herschel, and an overview of their legacy in astronomical and cultural references. This talk is our contribution to the national commemoration of the 200th anniversary of William Herschel's death.
John Stapleton has been an amateur astronomer for 52 years and is currently Vice Chairman of the Torbay Astronomical Society. He has given many talks, written articles for local newspapers and Astronomy Now magazine and given radio and TV interviews. He has even shared the stage with his good friend Sir Patrick Moore.
Venue: Oakhill Village Hall, Zion Hill, Oakhill, Radstock BA3 5AN
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Bring your telescope for observing some of the Herschel objects after the talk, under the dark skies of the Oakhill rec ground
Friday 13th May 19:30 - 21:30, in person
A public talk on the James Webb Space Telescope by Dr Emma Curtis-Lake
in the Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
We will celebrate the JWST mission just a few weeks before its first science observations.
Dr Emma Curtis-Lake, UK STFC Webb Fellow, will tell us about the telescope and its science goals.
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Dr Curtis-Lake's talk will also be broadcast online.
To join the talk online tickets can be purchased from our Billetto site at JWST by Dr. Emma Curtis Members can request
a promo code by email for free online tickets
Saturday 11th June 19:30 - 21:30: 'Reaching for the Sun' with Dr Helen Mason OBE
A public talk on the latest solar science by Dr Helen Mason OBE, solar scientist at Cambridge University and the 2018 winner of the Royal Astronomical Society's Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach
Lecture Theatre, Wells & Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE (side arch entrance)
or online with tickets available at https://billetto.co.uk/e/reaching-for-the-sun-by-dr-helen-mason-obe-tickets-630864
Saturday 17th September 19:30 - 21:30: 'The Herschels - a biopic' with John Stapleton
A public talk by John Stapleton on the lives, work, and achievements of the Westcountry dynasty of astronomers; William, Caroline and John Herschel, and an overview of their legacy in astronomical and cultural references. This talk is our contribution to the national commemoration of the 200th anniversary of William Herschel's death.
John Stapleton has been an amateur astronomer for 52 years and is currently Vice Chairman of the Torbay Astronomical Society. He has given many talks, written articles for local newspapers and Astronomy Now magazine and given radio and TV interviews. He has even shared the stage with his good friend Sir Patrick Moore.
Venue: Oakhill Village Hall, Zion Hill, Oakhill, Radstock BA3 5AN
Members - free. Visitors: Adult - £3; Family rate - £5; Students - £2
Bring your telescope for observing some of the Herschel objects after the talk, under the dark skies of the Oakhill rec ground
Would you like to become a member?
If you are interested in becoming a member of Wells & Mendip Astronomers or wish to renew your membership,
please follow this link to our shop where you can pay online and we will then contact you for further details if needed.
Or contact us at wellsmendipastro@gmail.com
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March
please follow this link to our shop where you can pay online and we will then contact you for further details if needed.
Or contact us at wellsmendipastro@gmail.com
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March