BOSTON
ASTRONOMERS
Chairman & Programme Secretary : Keith
Griggs
Vice Chairman : Peter Cooke
Treasurer : John Gibson
Notice: due to a failure to get a committee, we had no choice but to call an emergency general meeting.
This meeting took place immediately after the talk by J Tate of Spaceguard UK on June 11th 2001. Following this, we have had no choice but to suspend the regular program of meetings
The Society is open to anyone who has an
interest in Astronomy, SpaceFlight & Space in general. No prior
knowledge of Astronomy etc is required for joining our Society - just
enthusiasm for the subject.
For further
information on our Society read
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BOSTON ASTRONOMERS used to meet on the 2nd Monday of the Month from September
to June at Blackfriars Arts Centre, Spain Lane, Boston, Lincs. The meetings
start promptly at 7.30pm in the Middle Studio (it is advised to arrive early in
order to find a parking space & also to ensure a seat!). The general format
of the evening usually includes a round up of upcoming events on Radio & TV
as well as local society news, followed by a Guest Speaker, talking on their
particular subject of interest. Subjects covered over the last few years
includes such diverse topics as 'Black Holes', 'The Planet Pluto', 'Sir
Isaac Newton', 'Eclipses' & the 'Galileo Mission to Jupiter' to mention just
a few. The meetings also may include a brief look at what's in the night sky for
the current month and refreshments are also provided during the evening.
Away from the regular Monthly meetings we also held (weather permitting!) Star
& Planet watches at various venues near Boston where members and guests can
observe the night sky with both the Societies Telescopes or Members own
Telescopes (of which there are several).The Society also operates a Telephone
Sky Alert Network in which Members can alert each other in case one of them sees
an Aurora or other sudden phenomena and can pass on the word without having to
'phone everyone individually and subsequently missing the sight themselves! This
has proved especially useful in allowing many of our members to see the Russian
Space Station MIR for the first time during March 1995, displays of the Aurora
Borealis (known as the Northern Lights) as well as the more recent Iridium
Satellite flares that can sometimes rival the brightest of the planets for a
matter of seconds. This Network is only available to members and is a benefit of
Membership.
Contacts are also strong with the main National Societies including the Royal Astronomical Society,
British Astronomical Association, the Federation of Astronomical Societies
& the British Interplanetary Society. Some members are also delving into
the world of Computer BBS's & the InterNet including former Chairman Paul
Money on whose Web space these pages used to reside. All in all Boston Astronomers try
to bring the Universe within everyones reach and we hope that if you are local
to Boston & the surrounding area then maybe you are interested enough to
join the Society to help us inform, educate & enlighten anyone interested in
the Universe around us.
For more information regarding Boston Astronomers contact the
society by writing to the Chairman Keith Griggs at the following address: 179
Woad Farm Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, PE21 0EF (Tel. (01205) 336102 or
you can email him or visit
his Boston Astronomers forthcoming speakers Web
page.
We now have a set of links to lots of other astronomical societies which we will try and keep up to date and extend.
Note that you should not e-mail or
telephone Keith if you wish to book Paul Money for a talk, use this link to go
to Paul's Talks page
or e-mail Paul L
Money directly.
The group met
on the 2nd Monday of the Month from September to June at Blackfriars Arts
Centre, Spain Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire.
Back to the Home page of ASTROSPACE The website of Paul Money,
Supplier of the text and pictures that form the basis for this page.