Daily Archives: November 19, 2014

19th April Lecture: Future of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs)

            A new generation of giant telescopes (Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs))  is being designed. They will have primary mirrors with diameters ranging from 25 metres to 39 metres. Professor Richard Myers of the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Durham University will look at the new astronomy that these systems will be…

15th March Lecture – Lecture: Our Variable Magnetic Sun

On the morning of 20th March 2015 we will witness a partial solar eclipse, though we won’t see totality in the UK. Recent total eclipse observations have enabled stunning images of the Sun’s corona to be recorded, spectacularly demonstrating that the magnetic field is the primary structuring force in the solar atmosphere. Fortunately, we no…