BRINGING ASTRONOMY AND SPACE INTO YOUR HOME
A compilation of resources and events for bringing us together even in isolation
Wells & Mendip Astronomers resources and events
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External resources and events
TED talk and online articles Chris Starr, the founder of Wells & Mendip Astronomers, has suggested a fascinating TED talk by Dr. Marc Rayman of JPL, who led the Dawn Mission to Ceres and Vesta. Chris met him a couple of times at Spacefest and had a chance to interview him in depth. Dr Rayman is a wonderful advocate for science and exploration, and has recently done a TED Talk on this for which he gave Chris the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0PbFp-y6Dc
Related to Dr Rayman's talk Chris published a couple of interesting RocketSTEM articles on the Dawn mission which are well worth a read:
https://www.rocketstem.org/2015/03/01/exploring-the-dawn-of-the-solar-system/
https://www.rocketstem.org/2017/01/03/dawns-rich-harvest-as-ceres-gives-up-secrets/
Space Detectives is running regular online events for families https://spacedetectives.com/
British Astronomical Association webinars, on occasional Wednesday evenings 19:00 BST https://britastro.org/node/21142
On Wednesday 6th May 2020, Hugh Allen gave the BAA's Wednesday Webinar on hunting for molecules with a spectroscope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6x1wuwKK20 British Astronomical Association video archive is also now publicly available https://britastro.org/node/21026
British Interplanetary Society are streaming previous lectures and live Q&A sessions https://www.bis-space.com/2020/04/06/24452/streaming-bis-lectures
The Virtual Astronomy Club - online get togethers https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/virtual-astro-club/
Cambridge Institute of Astronomy - pre-recorded and live online talks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa7e55mYI2xQAoV_0hRmL-g
Astrobites - daily summaries by students of the latest astronomy research https://astrobites.org
Greenway Talks Online from the Palomar Observatory in California - a fortnightly lecture series delivered by experts in their field of astronomy. The lectures are recorded and can be found at Observatory’s YouTube
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Or contact us at wellsmendipastro@gmail.com
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March