Category : Cambridge Astronomy Association

CAA Talk – Gamma-ray Bursts

Posted on: May 22, 2008 /
Categories: Cambridge Astronomy Association

The monthly Cambridge Astronomy Association talk was entitled “Gamma-ray bursts at probes of the distant Universe” by Professor Nial Tanvir. Nial gained his PhD on the extragalactic distance scale at the University of Durham in 1992, and then came to the Institute of Astronomy where he was a postdoc. He became a lecturer at the

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Introduction to Astronomy – Week 4

Posted on: May 19, 2008 /
Categories: Cambridge Astronomy Association

Week 4 of the Introduction to Astronomy course at the IOA in Cambridge saw us having a talk from Carolin Crawford entitled “The Stars, Gas and Dust of the Milky Way”. Carolin’s talk was one of the most interesting and complicated that we have had so far on the course.  Carolin’s talk really centered around the

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Introduction to Astronomy – Week 3

Posted on: May 9, 2008 /
Categories: Cambridge Astronomy Association

This week at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge we had a talk by Ken Day entitled “A Cook’s Tour of the Solar System” as part of the Introduction of Astronomy course I am partaking in via the Cambridge Astronomy Association. Ken took us through all of the planets in the solar system, plus comets

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Introduction to Astronomy – Week 2

Posted on: May 6, 2008 /
Categories: Cambridge Astronomy Association

Week 2 of the Introduction to Astronomy course was presented by Peter Howell entitled “Sunshine and Green Cheese”. Peters talk covered details on the Moon and the Sun. Peter started by talking about the Sun, and gave a great talk on every aspect of the Sun, including information that sunspots appear in magnetic pairs. Also that charged

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Introduction to Astronomy – Week 1

Posted on: April 28, 2008 /
Categories: Cambridge Astronomy Association

Tonight I attended the first night of the Cambridge Astronomy Associations Introduction To Astronomy course which was held at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. Tonights talk was entitled “Things that go bump in the night” by Brian Lister. Brian took us through the basics of the solar system with some very interesting images of

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Sir Martin Rees Lecture at CAA

Posted on: March 29, 2008 /
Categories: Cambridge Astronomy Association

Last night I attended the monthly meeting at the Cambridge Astronomy Association (CAA) at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. Tonight was a special lecture called the Michael Penston lecture. Michael Penston was based at the Institute of Astronomy. In 1990 he was due to give a talk to the CAA, but had to cancel

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