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2023 concluded with a well attended AGM where the chairman shared some of the years highlights. The chairman oozed contentment that the society, is moving forward in a healthy state, and took the opportunity to thank all those who have helped in whatever way. It is personally pleasing to see so many new and fresh faces visit and contribute to the varied meetings and events. However, it is maintaining this momentum, that should provide the focus for the forthcoming year. Not resting on our laurels, it is the intension to resurrect our application for charitable status and explore in earnest the possibility of acquiring a mobile planetarium. Following an invite to share some festive nibbles the eager crowed dispersed into the murky evening to return, hopefully, in the new year. Wishing all readers seasonal greeting and a happy new year.
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November welcomes Dr Ashley King as our guest speaker via Zoom. Ashley is based at the Natural History Museum, his background is in planetary science and he is an expert in meteorites, their identification and analysis. Following our recent camera installation Ashley shared with us how the FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and Inter-Planetary Observation Network) science project, designed to study interplanetary matter by detecting and characterizing fireballs, is helping to recover freshly fallen meteorites. The study of meteorites is crucial to our understanding of the formation and evolution of the solar system. Our hope to follow the presentation with observing were thwarted by the inevitable cloud shrouding this area of Shropshire. Never mind there is always next time!
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October half-term, saw SAS members of all persuasions taking part in the ‘Jet and Space Week’ at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, helping celebrate the RAF’s leading role in aerospace. We attended for 9 days providing a range of family fun activities and presentations, as well as hosting 2 stargazing evenings. Footfall reached over 1500 so we hope everyone took away something of value. It was an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of astronomy in Shropshire, and it is hoped that we will see some new faces at forthcoming events, As always the skies did not clear until we were departing, accompanied by a late view of the partial penumbral lunar eclipse. We hope to return so watch this space
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This month, we welcome Dr. Richard J. Goodrich, historian and author of Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (almost) Destroyed Civilization, as our guest speaker. A wide range of new and seasoned members gathered for an entertaining presentation about the comet’s 1910 return and the reasons that many believed the earth would not survive the encounter. After twenty years teaching in British and US universities, Richard (Ph.D., University of St Andrews) resigned his position to pursue a full-time writing career. His interests range from Ancient History (the Roman Empire and early Church history) to the modern age. Learn more at his website: https://RichardJGoodrich.com. The meeting coincides with the peak of the Orionid meteor shower. however Richard brought the clouds with him so spotting shooting stars proved difficult.
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