Wakefield and District Astronomical Society
Gravitational waves are disturbances in the curvature of spacetime, generated by accelerated masses, that propagate as waves outward from their source at the speed of light. Now that humanity is able to detect these disturbances, what do they tell us about black holes, neutron stars, dark energy, and the fundamental nature of the universe? Dr …
The first thursday of the month is our Society Members-Only Club Night... a social gathering for the sharing of hints, tips & experiences.
Dr. Walsh and her colleagues make use of a relatively new technology called the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array, or ALMA for short, which uses the collective view of multiple powerful telescopes. "It’s a huge instrument. The way that we do this is instead of just one telescope, which has a particular field of view, we …
The first thursday of the month is our Society Members-Only Club Night... a social gathering for the sharing of hints, tips & experiences.
Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes, but the consideration of environment on how these galaxies evolved has often been ignored. Environment is a difficult concept to quantify and the methods used to describe it vary greatly, but the density of a galaxy's surrounding environment can significantly influence the properties of that galaxy. Claire Cashmore, …
Brad Gibson (Head of Physics and Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Hull) rejoins us to launch us back into full swing with his TripAdvisor Top 10 of Wonders of the Universe. Over the course of an hour, we’ll wander through the darkest (and brightest!) recesses of the cosmos, …
The WADAS Annual General Meeting, where committee posts are up for grabs...!! Rough agenda: Chair's Report Vote of thanks Committee elections Treasurer's Report Future Events AOB
The first thursday of the month is our Society Members-Only Club Night... a social gathering for the sharing of hints, tips & experiences.
Dr Brad Gibson returns to kick things off for 2022 with a swift tour around some of the oddest things the Universe has to offer. Join us from 7.30pm in the upstairs function room at Henry Boons, £3 non-members, £1 members.
The first thursday of the month is our Society Members-Only Club Night... a social gathering for the sharing of hints, tips & experiences.
Due to our usual 3rd Thursday of the month failing on St.Patrick's day, we're switching things up this month. Our next meeting is a social at the Waterloo Pub on Westgate, this Thursday (10th March) from 7.30pm. Parking on site.
Dr Marie van de Sande is an astrochemist with a particular interest in molecules and dust around evolved stars. Her research is focussed on developing chemical models for AGB outflows. These aim to explain the rich complexity in current observations and help guide future ones. Their goal is to unravel link between chemistry and dynamics …
Ever looked up at a star-lit sky and wished upon a ‘shooting star’? Well now is your chance to find out more about meteors! Join us for an evening being wowed by the Lyrid meteor shower, led by the Wakefield and District Astronomical Society. This session will give you opportunity to learn about when, how …
Everything around us is made up of chemical elements. But where do these elements come from? The answer: stars. The stars that we observe in the night sky undergo many different processes in order to produce the elements. This talk will give you a whistle stop tour of the different types of stars in the …
It took more than 4 decades to build an observatory that could detect the ripples in spacetime that Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicted. In this talk Dr Sue Bowler (University of Leeds) discuss how they do it, why it took quite so long and what the new field of gravitational wave astronomy has to …
Astronomer Chris Lintott explains how you could help astronomers sort through galaxies, explore the surface of Mars, or even discover a planet. This is the story of the Zooniverse, which has enlisted more than two million people in the search for cosmic truth. Using stories drawn from contemporary research, this talk describes their discoveries - …
Our usual 1st-Thursday-of-the-month meeting is a social at the Waterloo Pub on Westgate for society members only, from 7.30pm. Parking on site.
Our usual 1st-Thursday-of-the-month meeting is a social at the Waterloo Pub on Westgate for society members only, from 7.30pm. Parking on site.
Tonight is a meeting for members only to discuss matters around our venue (due to postponement of our planned speaker til June)
Prof Brad Gibson, Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics; The University of Hull, returns to WADAS to introduce us to Polar Astronomy. The harsh and equally stunning landscapes which define the polar regions of Earth are not immediately thought of as being ideal for conducting cutting-edge explorations of the cosmos. Despite the challenges that such …
