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Lectures
Stirling Astronomical Society meets from September to May during the year. Lectures are held generally on the second Friday in each month during that period, beginning at 7.30 p.m. The venue is the lecture room of the Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling.
These meetings are free and anyone with an interest in astronomy is welcome to attend, whether a Member of the Society or not. The current series of lectures is at an end for the summer break. Lectures will start again in September.
Evening classes
The Stirling Astronomical Society regularly runs a series of Evening Classes in Stirling. These are open to anyone over 11 years old with an interest in Astronomy and topics vary in each course. Classes run once a month on Thursday evenings at the Highland Hotel, 7:00 to 9:00pm.
Evening Classes will start again in October. If you would like to take part, please contact us for further details.
Members' evenings
Stirling Astronomical Society holds informal Members' Evenings on the last Friday of each month, from September to May. These take place at the Mayfield Community Centre, St. Ninians, Stirling, from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m.
2007 / 2008 Public Lecture Syllabus
14th September 2007
Speaker - Dan Hillier, Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Title - Dark Sky Scotland
12th October 2007
Speaker - Professor Alan Heavens, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Title - The future's bright, but it might not be Orange
9th November 2007
AGM and two short talks.
14th December 2007
Speaker - Mandy Bailey, Society for Popular Astronomy
Title - Blame it on the Readers' Digest !!
Mandy Bailey is Publicity Officer for the SPA and will be talking about how people's interest in astronomy has been inspired through the ages.
11th January 2008
Speaker - David Gavine
Title - Life and works of Thomas Dick
15th Febuary 2008
Speaker - Mark Butterworth, Stirling Astronomical Society
Title - A History of Observing Sunspots
14th March 2008
Speaker - Dr Derek Banks, Stirling Astronomical Society
Title - The two-body problem in classical and quantum mechanics
11th April 2008
Speaker - Alan Cayless
Title - Astronomy in the Sun 2008
An account of a week's observing at the OAM in Mallorca.
9th May 2008
Speaker - Stuart Lynn, Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Title - The universe: the ultimate environmental impact on life
Directions:
Smith Institute and Mayfield Centre (click to enlarge maps)