Explore the Universe with Hertford Astronomy Group

Join our monthly meetings and astrophotography sessions for all ages at the University of Hertfordshire.

Next Meeting:

Wednesday April 8th at 8:00pm

Fascinating Astronomical Facts

Sheridan Williams

Sheridan Williams FRAS Sheridan is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and ex-Director of the Computing Section of the British Astronomical Association. He was a founder contributor to Britain’s longest running personal computing magazine “Personal Computer World” and was a Senior Lecturer in computer science and mathematics at Hendon College.

Prior to that he worked as a “Rocket Scientist” with the Ministry of Defence using early valve-based computers. After running his own very successful computer network company for 20 years he retired.

He now works as a volunteer for the National Museum of Computing (http://www.tnmoc.org) (the home of Colossus and the Bombe) at Bletchley Park. Sheridan has been the “astronomy tour guide” for various tour companies and takes groups to remote places to witness astronomical events such as eclipses, transits, aurorae, meteor showers and observatories. This has taken him to places as diverse as Siberia, the Atacama Desert in Peru, Madagascar, the Gobi desert in China, Libya, Tahiti, Morocco, Sulawesi and many other places. Sheridan has seen 19 total solar eclipses.

In the 1990s Sheridan was a modestly successful car rally, sprint and racing driver competing in the latter events in his Ferrari. To prepare the public for the UK 1999 total solar eclipse he produced this book:

Zoom link for paid up Members

This is his latest book:

Stephen Hawking

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

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Meeting Location

Our meetings are held at the

University of Hertfordshire
Lindop Building
College Lane
Hatfield
AL10 9AB

(What 3 words: stars.stones.energetic) and simultaneously on Zoom.

There is plenty of parking space around the venue which is free after 19:00

Future Meetings

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May 13th - Lewis Dartnell - How the Earth Shaped Human History + Annual General Meeting

June 10th - Louise Devoy - Royal Observatory Greenwich - A History through objects

September 9th - The Fermi Paradox (TBC) - Roger O'Brien

October 14th - Decoding our Cosmic Origins - Peter Goodhew

November 11th - Quark Stars and Cosmic Matter - Paul Fellowes

December 9th - Space Situational Awareness - Lord Dover

January 13th - TBC

February 10th - The Astronomy of Stonehenge - Simon Banton

March 10th - The University of Hertfordshire presents: 3 Rising Stars

April 14th - X rays and Gamma rays in Astronomy
- Ashley Coombes

More to look forward to ....

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