Friday 3rd February 2012 -- Mars Express update -- Jerry Workman
Friday 6th January 2012 -- Annual quiz and Exhibition Meeting - bring a telescope. --
Friday 2nd December 2011 -- Xmas social, plus, Procesing old data with new Registax -- Bruce Kingsley
Friday 4th November 2011 -- Short Topics: 1) Which Telescope?, 2) Which eyepiece?, 3) What to see?, 4) Finding it ! -- MAS members
Friday 7th October 2011 -- Astrometry -- Iain Melville
Friday 2nd September 2011 -- A Tale of Two comets - Serendipity and science -- Nick Howes
Friday 3rd June 2011 -- 53rd AGM --
Friday 6th May 2011 -- Occultations Ancient and Modern -- Tim Haymes
Friday 1st April 2011 -- Deep Sky Exotica -- Dr Nick Hewitt
Friday 4th March 2011 -- Observing overseas -- Damian Peach
Friday 4th February 2011 -- Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe -- Dr Mark Sullivan (Oxford)
Friday 7th January 2011 -- Quiz and Social Evening - bring a telescope --
Friday 3rd December 2010 -- Venus Express -- Prof Fred Taylor.
Friday 5th November 2010 -- Big Bangs -- Jim House & Tim Haymes
Friday 1st October 2010 -- Astronomy in Space - The universe in multiple wavelengths -- David Herron
Friday 3rd September 2010 -- The Sun Kings -- Dr Stuart Clark - Science Journalist & Author
Friday 2nd July 2010 -- Improving your astronomy. Covering the topics that YOU would like to know more about. -- Various speakers
Friday 4th June 2010 -- 52nd AGM --
Friday 7th May 2010 -- Exoplanets (Delayed from January) -- Martin Andrews
Friday 9th April 2010 -- **Please note 2nd Friday!** Meteorites -- David Bryant
Friday 5th March 2010 -- Bits & bobs -- Greg Smye-Rumsby
Friday 5th February 2010 -- "The local group of Galaxies" and "Measuring distances in space" -- Tim Haymes
Friday 8th January 2010 -- **Cancelled due to snow** Exoplanets - what's new. -- Martin Andrews
Friday 4th December 2009 -- Christmas Social and Quiz + equipment workshop --
Friday 6th November 2009 -- Planetary Nebulae -- Owen Brazell
Friday 2nd October 2009 -- A Beginners guide to the Night Sky -- Tim Haymes
Friday 4th September 2009 -- 3 talks - The 'scotch' mount - Apollo 11 - Creating the World Record Lunar Image -- Steve Buniak, Petar Opacic, David Mason / Bruce Kingsley
Friday 5th June 2009 -- 51st AGM --
Friday 1st May 2009 -- 2009 Anniversaries -- Kenelm England
Friday 3rd April 2009 -- History of the telescope -- Kevin Johnson - Associate Curator at the Science Museum, London
Friday 6th March 2009 -- The Moon - Formation, features & mythology -- Contributions from MAS members
Friday 6th February 2009 -- Titan - Plus, the Siberian eclipse. -- Jerry Workman
Friday 2nd January 2009 -- Quiz/social evening, plus telescope parade -- Also, judging the astro photo competition
Friday 5th December 2008 -- Lunar & planetary imaging. -- Bruce Kingsley
Friday 7th November 2008 -- Finding features of the Autumn/Winter sky -- Tim Haymes
Friday 3rd October 2008 -- Discovering Super Novae -- Tom Boles
Friday 5th September 2008 -- Astro photography for beginners -- David Mason
Friday 6th June 2008 -- AGM --
Friday 2nd May 2008 -- Mercury -- John Talbot (ReadingAS)
Friday 4th April 2008 -- Telescope parade - Members telescopes, bino's, imaging equipment etc. -- Informal meeting where we can talk to each other about the various bits of kit
Friday 7th March 2008 -- Unanswered cosmological questions -- Dr. Alan Longstaff
Friday 1st February 2008 -- Mars update & latest news -- Jerry Workman
Friday 4th January 2008 -- Beginning astronomy (For the new & not so new astronomer) -- Tim Haymes
Thursday 13th December 2007 -- Meteor shower night at Braywick nature centre -- 7:30 - 11:00pm
Friday 7th December 2007 -- Social Evening. Plus - Venus Express update -- Jim House
Friday 2nd November 2007 -- ?Extra-Solar Planets? Worlds around other suns. -- Martin Andrews
Friday 5th October 2007 -- ?The SETI project? ? Are we alone? -- Steve Buniak
Friday 7th September 2007 -- ?Real Time Video Astronomy? including meteor showers -- Andrew Elliott
Saturday 30th June 2007 -- PUBLIC LECTURE at Maidenhead Town Hall - ?The Lives of Stars And People? -- Dr Francisco Diego
Friday 8th June 2007 -- 50th Anniversary Dinner --
Friday 1st June 2007 -- 50th AGM --
Friday 4th May 2007 -- Solar space mission update and new discoveries -- Guest speaker: Dr Lucie Green
Friday 13th April 2007 -- 500th meeting: "The changing face of amateur astronomy in the last 50 years" NOTE 2nd FRIDAY! -- Guest speaker: Guy Hurst
Friday 2nd March 2007 -- Collimation, Setting Circles, Eyepieces and all that stuff! -- TBA
Friday 2nd February 2007 -- Astronomical Anniversaries -- Guest speaker Ken England FRAS
Friday 5th January 2007 -- New Year Quiz --
Friday 1st December 2006 -- "Pluto and the Outer Solar System", illustrated by slides -- Guest speaker, Mike Leggett
Friday 3rd November 2006 -- The latest news from the surface of Mars -- Guest speaker, Gerry Workman
Friday 6th October 2006 -- Selecting and using your telescope --
Friday 1st September 2006 -- Introduction to the Solar System -- Jim House, Bruce Kingsley
Friday 5th December 2003 -- Steve will asking the questions during the usual light hearted quiz. --
Friday 3rd October 2003 -- The observational ?career? of Galileo -- Peter King and Robert Barclay
Friday 3rd January 2003 -- The life and achievements of Sir Isaac Newton -- P King, R Barclay
Friday 6th December 2002 -- Demonstration of digital and/or security cameras for astro-imaging, followed by general discussion or Quiz --
Friday 1st March 2002 -- Plans for the favourable Mar19 Lunar Graze Occultation over Reading --
Friday 1st February 2002 -- Historical evening. "14 pioneers of astronomy" -- Guest Speaker - Bob Mizon
Friday 4th January 2002 -- Whats UP in 2002? --
Friday 2nd March 2001 -- 1) Cleaning an astronomical mirror - 2) Using the Digital Sky Survey -- Tim Haymes
Friday 5th January 2001 -- Astrophotography with an 8inch Celestron -- Guest Speaker - Alan Smith
Friday 1st December 2000 -- Exhibition Evening and Quiz -- Quiz Master - Steve Cruttenden
Friday 3rd November 2000 -- An Introduction to photographing the stars -- David Hayes
Friday 6th October 2000 -- Transits of Venus -- Guest speaker - Robin Gorman
Friday 1st September 2000 -- Observatory update, Basic techniques for Astro-photography, Slides of the April Aurora and planets, Autumn Sky Notes & Your Ideas for the "M.A.S Web Page" -- Allen Dixon, Dave Hayes,Tim Haymes, Martin Andrews & Steve Cruttenden
Friday 2nd June 2000 -- Annual General Meeting --
Friday 5th May 2000 -- ?The Apollo and Clementine Lunar Missions? -- Jerry Workman FRAS
Friday 7th April 2000 -- ? Unwrapping the Celestial Sphere Practical astronomy, Part - II ( Motion of the Earth, Moon and Planets, Ecliptic, Time, RA and DEC, Zodiac, ) --
Friday 3rd March 2000 -- ? Telescopes and eyepieces?, Practical astronomy, Part - I ( Binoculars, Reflector, Refractor, Catadioptics, mountings, eyepieces, photography ) --
Friday 4th February 2000 -- The life history of Sun-like Stars -- Bob Barclay
Friday 7th January 2000 -- ?The Aurora Borealis? followed by observing notes for the Total Lunar Eclipse Jan 21 -- Guest Speaker Owen Brazell
Friday 3rd December 1999 -- Exhibition evening and social gathering. Observations, equipment and chat. --
Friday 5th November 1999 -- Pulsars -- Guest Speaker - Konrad Malin-Smith FRAS
Friday 1st October 1999 -- An illustrated tour of southern hemisphere constellations -- Guest Speakers, Richard and Nicky Fleet
Friday 3rd September 1999 -- August eclipse reports --
Saturday 3rd April 1999 -- Observing the Sun -- Guest Speaker - Lee Macdonald, from Newbury A.S.
Friday 5th March 1999 -- Visiting Society: Entertaining short talks given by Members of Aylesbury Astronomical Society --
Friday 5th February 1999 -- The Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth. Progress with CCDs. The March 1989 Aurora, and prospects for future displays -- Dave Hayes, Alan Dixon & Tim Haymes
Friday 8th January 1999 -- Meteors and meteor observing -- Guest Speaker - Neil Bone
Friday 5th June 1998 -- AGM --
Friday 1st May 1998 -- Building Big Telescopes -- Guest speaker - Richard Fleet
Friday 6th March 1998 -- A to Z of Astronomy : Short talks by members --
Friday 6th February 1998 -- The Local Group of Galaxies -- Guest Speaker - Owen Brazel
Friday 2nd January 1998 -- Beginning Astronomy: Contributions by Members. --
Friday 5th December 1997 -- Winter Sky Outlook, followed by a light hearted astronomical quiz --
Friday 7th November 1997 -- Experiments in Relativity (for the non-mathematician) -- Konrad Malin-Smith FRAS
Friday 3rd October 1997 -- MARS, including recent results from the Pathfinder Mission -- Jerry Workman FRAS
Friday 5th September 1997 -- The Autumn Sky, plus, Astronomical and Observational Prospects in Brazil - Peter Hunt -- Tim Haymes
Friday 3rd January 1997 -- Short talks by Members and other contributions. i) Types of eyepiece - ii) Finding stars with small telescopes - iii)Setting up an equatorial mounting -- Peter Neville, Tim Haymes, Peter Hunt
Friday 6th December 1996 -- UK Nova/Supernova Patrol -- Guest Speaker: Guy Hurst
Friday 1st November 1996 -- Voyager Mission to Neptune -- Guest speaker: Jerry Workman
Friday 4th October 1996 -- Life in Extreme Places on Earth and its Implications for Mars -- Guest Speaker: Prof. Rob Robson
Friday 6th September 1996 -- Types of eyepiece - Finding stars with common telescopes - and Setting up an equatorial mount -- P. Neville, T. Haymes & P. Hunt
Friday 7th June 1996 -- AGM --
Friday 12th April 1996 -- Comets and Lunar Eclipse reports --
Friday 1st March 1996 -- Double star measurements -- Chris Lord
Friday 2nd February 1996 -- Chaos and its effect on the Universe -- Doug Van Venrooit
Friday 5th January 1996 -- Sky Glow Monitoring: How we can all help. Plus - What's new in 1996. --
Friday 3rd March 1995 -- The Zodiac part 1: Gemini and Cancer. "10 minute talk" Observing bright features on the Full Moon -- Peter Hunt
Friday 4th June 1993 -- AGM --
Friday 7th May 1993 -- Lunar Occultations and how to observe them -- Guest Speaker - Mr.A.W.K.Thomas
Friday 5th March 1993 -- Using a Foucault Knife Edge tester -- Tim Haymes
Friday 5th February 1993 -- Cosmology -- Mr.P.Hunt