Conference Programme

 

Friday, February 4, 2011
Session 1 (morning)

 

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

10.00	Phobos and Deimos, the amazing moons of Mars Emily Baldwin Astronomy Now
10.35	Observing with the Faulkes Telescopes Paul Roche Faulkes Telescope
11.10	Coffee break

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

11.40	Epsilon Aurigae: Eclipses from beyond the Solar System Nathalie Thureau University of St Andrews
12.15	Strangers and giants: Uranus and Neptune Chris Arridge UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
12.50	Lunch break

 

Session 2 (afternoon)

 

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

14.30	Fred Hoyle, cosmologist and controversialist Simon Mitton Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
15.05	Lunar Transient Phenomena and modern understanding of the Moon Chuck Wood Planetary Science Institute, Arizona
15.40	Tea break

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

16.15	Seeing how galaxies form: new observations from Hubble and Herschel Steve Eales Cardiff University
16.50	2012 – No time to end the world Ed Krupp Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
17.30	Conference adjourns
18.00	Exhibition closes

 

Saturday, February 5, 2011
Session 3 (morning)

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

10.00	Near Earth Objects – impacts in your lifetime Alan Fitzsimmons Queen’s University Belfast
10.35	The forgotten films of Apollo Chris Riley Author and film maker
11.10	Coffee break

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

11.40	It IS rocket science! Helen Keen Writer and comedienne
12.15	Under Stone-Age skies Ed Krupp Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
12.50	Lunch break
1pm	Starmus presentation – main hall, free to all
1.30pm	Approximate start time of Patrick Moore and Brian Cox book signings – follow signs to book signing room

 

Session 4 (afternoon) – SOLD OUT!

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

14.30	Impacts, lava, rilles: Learning to read the Moon Chuck Wood Planetary Science Institute, Arizona
15.05	How astronomers are mapping our Galaxy Gerry Gilmore Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
15.40	Tea break

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

16.15	Recreating the early Universe Brian Cox University of Manchester
16.50	The Allan Chapman lecture: Sir Arthur Eddington, the man who demonstrated relativity Allan Chapman University of Oxford
17.30	Conference ends
18.00	Exhibition closes

 

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Fri 4 Feb (am): Session 1

Fri 4 Feb (pm): Session 2

Sat 5 Feb (am): Session 3

Sat 5 Feb (pm): Session 4

 

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