SAS Lecture: The Star of Bethlehem


Washington Wetlands Centre, Discovery Room

About this event :

The Star of Bethlehem. Talk this Sunday 15th December 7pm.

With the academic world closing for Christmas we’re not able to get a guest speaker this month’s talk slot. Therefore Chris Duffy our Chair will do a light hearted topical talk this Sunday on “The Star of Bethlehem“.

Assuming the famous star was real, what was it?

The talk examines the possible contenders, Novas, Supernovas, Comets, planets,

 

Talks in Person

This walk will be held at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room).

The talk will also be broadcast via MS Teams (providing no technical and/or WIFI difficulties)

Please show you support to our speaker and the Society in person if you can be there on the lecture night.

 
Teams Talk Details 
We now have MS Teams (this replaces Zoom) for live video streaming of the our monthly talks.
Please try to attend in person if you can as it goes along way in showing you support for our speaker and our Society.
 
Our Committee members David Ettie/Will Harvey  are the admin/leads regarding administration and set up of our Teams Pro account.
If you don’t already have it we suggest you download the MS Teams app prior to the meeting.
Teams Meeting Details are:

Hopefully we see you all at the Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room) , Raffle & Refreshments as usual.

The talk will held at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discover Room) on Sunday and will streamed via Teams .
If you haven’t been in a while why not come along and show your support.

 

When Where Who

  • Date:  Sunday 15th December 2024,
  • Time: 7 pm.
  • Speaker: Chris Duffy (Chair of SAS), 
  • Venue:     At the Washington Wetlands Centre (discovery Room ) and Via Teams (Video Streaming Link).

Our speaker

Chris Duffy as well as Chair of the SAS Committee, is a very active member of the Sunderland Astronomical Society.

Director, Lead Astronomer & Astro photographer (now semi retired) at Battle steads Observatory team
Chris is the astrophotography director at AstroVentures, an expert astrophotographer and astronomy teacher with a passion for Dark Sky objects.

  • Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2014,
  • Physics Lecturer/teacher with experience in secondary schools and colleges since 1995.
  • An amateur astronomer since the age of 9 – particularly love meteor showers and satellite spotting.
  • Lead astronomer at Kielder Observatory 2013-2014
  • Member & Chair of Sunderland Astronomical Society.
  • BSc (Hons) Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

 

 

 

Your host : Martin Kennedy