The RAS hosts popular 45-minute lunchtime lectures for non-specialists. Members of the public can listen to leading scientists talk about their work, in Burlington House starting at 1pm.

***NEW RESERVATION POLICY***

'Friends of the RAS' are encouraged to reserve a seat, subject to availability, by email (to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or letter up until 10am on the day of the lecture. Seats, in the reserved area of the lecture theatre, will be kept until 1255 (when they will be released). Simply turn up before 1255 – but please do sit in the reserved, central, rows!

 
Seats cannot be guaranteed for ‘Friends’ who do not reserve them. However, subject to availability, they will be admitted into the non-reserved seating area or the Council Room (where the lecture will be relayed on a plasma screen). To improve your chance of a seat in the lecture theatre you should arrive before 1245.

After 1245 ‘non-Friends’ will be admitted, subject to availability, to the  non-reserved seating area or the Council Room. Before 1245 ‘non-Friends’ will be held in a queue outside the building. Please note advance seat reservation is restricted to 'Friends'.

Summaries of (some) previous lectures can be read on the 'Friends of the RAS' web site

Place: Lecture Theatre, Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.

Tube: Green Park.

For further information call 020 7734 3307 / 4582