[cpastro] Next meeting Wednesday 2nd July 2025: "James Webb Space Telescope Update" Emma Curtis-Lake.

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This week we welcome Dr Emma Curtis-Lake for an update on the James Web space telescope.

After obtaining a D.Phil in Astrophysics at the University of Oxford in 2011, Emma held postDoc positions at the University of Edinburgh, Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris and the University of Cambridge.  She joined the University of Hertfordshire in 2021 after winning an STFC Webb Fellowship.

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[cpastro] Next meeting Wednesday 25 June 2025: "Astronomy Experiences" Nik Szymanek

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This week we welcome back Nik Szymanek to the club in person, telling us about his "Astronomy experiences".

Nik Szymanek is an Astro photographer based in North Essex and has been using CCD cameras to image the deep sky since they were first introduced in the early 1990’s from a back garden observatory and more recently from a remote observatory in south-eastern Spain.

He has written a monthly ‘Masterclass’ astro-imaging column in Astronomy Now magazine for the last ten years as well as three books on astronomical imaging, the latest of which is ‘Shooting Stars II’.

[cpastro] Next Meeting Wednesday 18th June 2025: " Space News" Alan White.

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This week we have Alan with his monthly round up of what’s been happening out in space.

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