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The RAS holds regular monthly meetings from October to May covering all aspects of astronomy and solid-earth geophysics, planetary sciences and solar-terrestrial physics. Usually, a pair of Specialist Discussion meetings for Fellows are followed by a more general Astronomy & Geophysics ('Ordinary') meeting, open to the public.

These regular meetings are held on the second Friday of the month, normally in the Geological Society lecture theatre and the RAS lecture theatre (all at Burlington House). A map to these locations can be found here, and webcasts/podcasts of a number of recent meetings are available.

In April, the meeting is subsumed into the annual week-long RAS National Astronomy Meeting, which in 2011 will be in Llandudno.

E-bulletins summarising imminent meetings can be subscribed to freely.

Specialist Discussion Meetings cover all branches of astrophysics and solid-earth geophysics (including, but not limited to, cosmology, astrobiology, cosmochemistry, astroparticle physics, computational astrophysics; geophysical fluid dynamics, planetary sciences, solar-terrestrial physics). If you would like to give a talk at a Specialist Discussion Meeting, please contact the Meeting Organizer.

'Astronomy & Geophysics' (A&G) meetings have more diverse programmes of talks, at a level accessible to a general audience of scientists (and advanced amateurs).  If you would like to give a talk at an A&G Meeting, please contact the Meetings Secretary.

N.B.: A&G Meetings are open to all, with free admission. Registration charges are levied for the February BGA meeting,  and for non-Fellows attending any RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting. 




Infrared in Astronomy: a celebration to mark 100 years since the first infrared picture
Date: 8 Oct 2010
Time: 10:30

A specialist discussion meeting, organised by:

Dr Helen Walker (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) and Prof Francis Ring (Glamorgan)




Structure and physical processes in solar system magnetotails: planets, moons and comets
Date: 8 Oct 2010
Time: 10:30

A specialist discussion meeting of the RAS

Organised by Chris Arridge (MSSL)

 

More details to follow soon.




RAS Ordinary meeting
Date: 8 Oct 2010
Time: 16:00

Speakers:

Paul Feldman (Johns Hopkins Universtity)

Ian Morison (Manchester)

Barbara Ercolano

Ned Wright (UCLA)




Five years of Venus Express and a look to the Future
Date: 12 Nov 2010
Time: 10:30

A specialist discussion meeting of the RAS.

Organised by Colin Wilson (Oxford), Marina Galand (Imperial)




Novel methods for the exploitation of large astronomical and cosmological data sets
Date: 12 Nov 2010
Time: 10:30

A specialist discussion meeting of the RAS

Organised by Andrew Jaffe & Roberto Trotta




Over halfway there: Rosetta at Lutetia
Date: 10 Dec 2010
Time: 10:30

A specialist discussion meeting by the RAS.

Organised by: John Zarnecki (OU), Alan Fitsimmons (Belfast)

 

More details to follow soon.




Testing gravity in the new decade: Radio pulsars, astrometry and gravitational waves
Date: 10 Dec 2010
Time: 10:30

A specialist discussion meeting of the RAS.

Organised by: Gerry Gilmore, Michael Kramer, Alberto Vecchio & Graham Woan

 

More details to follow soon.

 

 


 

  1. FEES: Admission to the Society's Monthly A&G (Ordinary) Meetings is open to all, at no charge. Admission to the Specialist Discussion Meetings is normally free to RAS members and £15 to non-members (£5 to students), collected on the door, while  GSL members may normally attend "G" meetings at no charge. Note that special rates apply for the February BGA meeting. RAS and GSL members should bring their membership cards, and students their student cards, as identification

  2. membership fees for those joining on the day.

  3. Coffee/registration for Specialist Discussion Meetings will commence a half-hour before the formal start time.

  4. Tea will be served before A&G meetings (15:30, at Geological Society Lecture Theatre, Burlington House) A drinks reception will follow A&G meetings, in the Burlington House apartments of Royal Astronomical Society.

  5. Copies of the detailed programme will be circulated, to those who have asked for them, approximately two weeks in advance of each meeting. Any member who does not already receive these details but wishes to do so should notify the Executive Secretary.

  6. Those wishing to make a contribution at a Specialist Discussion Meeting should contact the appropriate organizers.

  7. Contributions/Speakers for Monthly A&G (Ordinary) Meetings are most welcome, and should contact the Secretary or Executive Secretary.

  8. The Society welcomes suggestions for venues and topics for half- or one-day regional meetings; contact the Secretary or Executive Secretary.

  9. Detailed notes for organizers are available for reference.