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Institute of Astronomy Cambridge

Institute of Astronomy Cambridge. Federation of astronomical societies Convention & AGM 2012. 2012 Annual General Meeting 43 Societies represented Minutes of 2011 were agreed Subscriptions unchanged from previous year: Less than 20 members: £28.50, 20-45 members: £45;

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Institute of Astronomy Cambridge

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  1. Institute of Astronomy Cambridge Federation of astronomical societies Convention & AGM 2012

  2. 2012 Annual General Meeting • 43 Societies represented • Minutes of 2011 were agreed • Subscriptions unchanged from previous year: • Less than 20 members: £28.50, • 20-45 members: £45; • More than 45 members: £57 • Subscription is half if paid promptly! • On-line payment facility is now available

  3. 2012 Annual General Meeting • Society web sites are again being reviewed by the FAS in a competition to find the best – cash prizes will be awarded of £150, £100 and £50 based on criteria of • Quality • Content • Usefulness • Also: do you have a link to the FAS site? • Please tell your webmaster

  4. 2012 AGM continued • FAS newsletter is now available in electronic form – pass-worded areas. • Society officers must use MARS (Membership and Renewal system) to update contacts etc. • Please communicate with the FAS – ‘help us to help the societies’ • Auditors fee was increased from £15 to £50.

  5. Grounds of the Institute 1

  6. Solar Observing

  7. Grounds of the Institute 2

  8. Lectures • 1. Big Bangs & Black Holes – Prof. Carol G. Mundell of Liverpool John Moores University • Mostly talked about Gamma Ray Bursts - narrow beam of intense radiation released during a supernova • γ-flash detection recently automated, some last just 64ms, longest 2000s. • Bepposax: Dutch/Italian satellite – detecting GRBs • UK research leads the world through automated in experimental observation through Liverpool telescope on La Palma • Torroidal magnetic winds and twists through plasma focussing it – • 2. The search for High Red-shift Quasars – Prof. Paul Hewitt, Director of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy • First Quasar was 3c273 in 1959 – located by lunar occultation • For reference, WMAP is looking at a region z=1000 • Early search for high redshift objects limited by CCD sensitivity • 1 promising object in 10 billion objects • There are possibly only 20 quasars above z=7.9 • [ Z=7.08 equates to a distance of 28.85 billion light-years ]

  9. Lectures 3. Twinkle Twinkle Little star, How I Wonder... Dr Johanna Jarvis Highly illustrated talk about Stellar Evolution e.g. V838 Monoceros very fast ejection, not a planetary nebula.

  10. Lectures • 4. Impacts – Andy Green of Stardome • Fast paced, exciting run through a large number of space impacts, all highly illustrated. • Short attention span required. • Colliding Galaxies • Fireballs • Meteorites • Impacts on Mercury • Impact damage to the Apollo 17 lunar rover • Temple 1 impactor • MIR damaged by failed docking with Soyuz space craft • Barwell meteorite, Cixicub. and many more... • 5. Planetary Landscapes, Prof. Paul Murdin • Same lecture was delivered at CMHAS in April at Brampton rd. end

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