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pbholmes

Dundee Trip - Fri 17th Oct

We have a joint meeting with Dundee Astronomical Society (DAS) at the Mills Observatory, Dundee, on Friday 17th October at 7.30pm.

Catherine Heymans, from the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, will be giving a talk entitled "The Violent Lives of Galaxies".

David Paterson, Secretary of the DAS, writes
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Meetings start at 19:30 in the Mills Observatory, and the guest speaker is usually the first item (after a few brief notices).  Talks are usually approximately an hour long, including any question and answer session.  This will be followed by a refreshment break, and then other short presentations by society members.  If you have anything interesting to show, such as astro images, interesting news items, or even a short talk, we'd be very pleased to give you the floor.


David has also asked for a rough guide to numbers, so please post below if you think you'll be able to go, indicating the number of people in your party.

Nearer the time, we can arrange some car pooling.
Cosmic

Dundee trip

Paul
Me and the family (4)

Cosmic
bwh

sadly not in the bay this day - but look forward to write up
pbholmes

Spare seats

Kirsty & I are going up by car, and we'll have two spare seats for anyone who wants them. Reply here, to bag them.
astrogeorge

I would like to come on Friday, so if its ok with you paul I'll take one of your spare seats.

George
pbholmes

Hi George,

Consider it booked.
Would you be able to get to Dalgety Bay railway station for 6pm?
If so, we'll pick you up there.

See you on the 17th,
Paul.
justanotherpete

Unfortunately I've got another committment this Friday and so will to make apologies for absence.

Regards
Pete
astrogeorge

Yeah paul it will be not problem to get too the train station for 6pm.

George
bhenderson50

Dundee trip

Hi all,
I'm hoping to be able to make it on Friday. I  am working over in Edinburgh until 5.30pm, so I will just make my own way there.
Hope to see you all on Friday
Bob
Donald

Hi Folks, My wife and I will be going up to Dundee about 16:00 ish, as she has relatives there. I hope to see you all at Mills Observatory at 7:30 pm Friday, cheers Donald.
Cosmic

Dundee Trip

A really great night. Talk by Catherine was very good indeed and both of my kids said they learned so much from the presentation.

A really big thank you to all who organised this very worthwhile trip. We relly enjoyed the tour of the Observatory afterwards.

Only downside was being given a bum steer by locals to find the Observatory.
We were directed to the South entrance and had to park up and walk through the park which entailed a very tiring climb up the darkened dirt and wood stairs and a half mile trek to the venue.

I can't thank the kind member who gave us a lift back to the car as there were numerous Yobbos in the dark wooded area. Sorry I forgot your name but I believe you moved from the Bay to Dundee so maybe other members know who you are.

I enjoyed giving my presentation to the members and it seems to have been enthusiastically recieved.

regards
Cosmic

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