Events & meetings
3rd July 2009 - Our Yorkie Down Under by Martin Whipp
In this lecture Martin, who has just returned from living in Adelaide, Australia for the last two years will recount some of his more astronomical adventures, and hopes to depress some Northern Hemisphere dwellers with his tales of fantastic skies and good weather.
8pm, Priory St.
17th July 2009 - From Interstellar Clouds to Stars, Planets and Life by Prof. Paola Caselli, University of Leeds
A symbiotic relationship exists between the chemistry occurring in interstellar gas and its evolution to form stars and planets. The chemistry produces coolants, which enable gravitionally induced collapse, and also establishes the ionisation balance, which governs how the magnetic field regulates the collapse. The physical evolution changes the chemical composition. Astrophysicists observe molecules to track star and planet formation. The detected molecules include water and numerous organic species, which become incorporated in comets, meteors, and planets. Some meteorites even contain amino acids of probable interstellar origin. The chemistry of star and planet formation created initial conditions on Earth that triggered the emergence of life!
8pm, Priory St.
Latest news
27th June 2009
YAS now has it's own TV channel, available by clicking here or in the future through the top menu. Our multimedia expert Martin Whipp will be keeping it up to date with loads of YAS videos, old and new, so keep an eye on it. We have also added dates for Perseids observing in August, including our annual Perseids BBQ.