From Far to Near: Imaging the History of the Universe. Friday 1/9/17. 7.30pm
Robert Fosbury, European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Event at The Mission Theatre, 32 Corn St, Bath
http://www.missiontheatre.co.uk/whats-on/2017/3/9/lina
Thursday March 9th, 2017 1930-
Friday March 10th, 2017 1930-
“Lina” explores the lives and obsessions of brother and sister William and Caroline Herschel. Both talented musicians and celebrated astronomers, they studied the universe and mapped the stars from their garden in 18th Century Bath.
Mercury Rising – measuring temperature through time. 3/2/17, 7.30pm
Friday 3rd February, BRLSI, 7.30 pm. Mercury rising – measuring temperature through time, Prof Graham Machin, National Physical Laboratory (Annual Dick Phillips Lecture).
Understanding Cosmic Explosions: gamma-ray bursts and other violent phenomena in astrophysics. 6/1/17, 7.30pm
Dr Hendrik van Eerten, University of Bath