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RAS E-CIRCULAR, 2007 November
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* New moderator and RAS Ordinary meetings oganiser
* November RAS Meetings
* Future meetings - advance warning
* RAS National Astronomy Meeting 2008
* RAS jobs list
* Member benefits
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NEW MODERATOR AND RAS ORDINARY MEETINGS ORGANISER
Since Ian Howarth has completed his term as RAS Secretary, Helen Walker
has taken over organising the RAS e-circulars and organising speakers
for the ordinary meetings. Suggestions for either are welcome.
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NOVEMBER RAS MEETINGS - FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9
November's Specialist Discussion Meetings are:
"Science with the James Webb Space Telescope and MIRI"
"A year of observations with Hinode and STEREO:
solar magnetic energy and its influence on the near-Earth environment"
in the lecture theatres of the Geological Society and the Society of
Antiquaries (both in Burlington House, Piccadilly), respectively, from
10:30-15:30. Full details at
http://www.ras.org.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=227#nov
The subsequent A&G meeting is open to all, with:
Dr Kate Land, University of Oxford
(RAS Michael Penston Astronomy prize winner) -
Exploring anomalies in the Cosmic Microwave Background
Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Imperial College London -
Megaflood in the English Channel makes 'island' Britain
Prof Renee C Kraan-Korteweg, University of Cape Town -
What secrets of the universe does the Milky Way hide?
Dr Chris Davis, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory -
The NASA STEREO mission: improving the space weather forecast
(Geological Society Lecture Theatre, 16:00-18:00)
The ordinary meeting is available as a webcast in the following week
(if the quality of the recording is satisfactory).
Check out:
Prof Mike Lockwood (Southampton/RAL) -
Long-term variability of the Sun and recent climate change
Dr Giovanna Tinetti (STFC/University College London) -
Finding water vapour in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet
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FUTURE MEETINGS - ADVANCE WARNING
21 November - RAS/RMetS - Space weather: from mud to meagnetopause
London Zoo (http://www.rmets.org/event/detail.php?ID=269)
21 November - 2007 Grubb Parsons Lecture - Dept of Physics, Durham
'Building planets and the ingredients of life between
the stars' by Prof Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden)
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/newsandevents/lectures/grubbparsons/)
26 November - The search for dark matter (IOP/RAS) - Burlington House
(http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/users/SubirSarkar/meetings/iopras.html)
30 November - MIST meeting - Geological Society, London
30 November - STFC Town meeting - Communication and Outreach
1 Birdcage Walk, London (see STFC website for details)
14 December - RAS meeting in the RAS Lecture Theatre, Burlington House
Special 'Ordinary' meeting to celebrate
Ordinary meeting speakers:
Dr Mike Giffin (NASA)
Prof Mario Livio (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Prof Martin Rees (IOA Cambridge)
7-8 January - High Temperature Astrochemistry - Centre for Astronomy,
National University of Ireland Galway. For details see:
http://www.astrochemistry.org.uk/meetings.htm
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RAS NAM 2008
It's never too early to note the dates of the UK's premier gathering of
professional astronomers in your diary. The 2008 RAS National Astronomy
Meeting will be held at Queen's University Belfast, 31 March to 4 April
2008.
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RAS JOBS LIST
The RAS has offered a jobs list since 2002. There are over 1000 active
members to this list, so it is worth advertising your vacancies on the
list - and this is FREE. In 2007 (so far) there have been 44 job
postings on the list (including 24 in the UK and 14 in Europe), so it
is worth registering and checking it out.
http://www.ras.org.uk/html/ras_jobslist.html
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MEMBER BENEFITS
A reminder that RAS Fellows are eligible for discounts on a range of
books, attractions, and journals (including free access to on-line
editions of all RAS journals):
http://www.ras.org.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=242
Of course, RAS Fellows also enjoy free admission to all Specialist
Discussion meetings.
There is a continuing special offer whereby full-time students studying
astronomy, geophysics, or a related subject may join the Society for a
first year's contribution of only £1 when they agree to pay by direct
debit or by continuous credit-card payment. (There are no age
restrictions; join now and this first year's contribution provides
Fellowship to the end of 2007).
If you're university-based and need someone to sign your RAS membership
application, or to provide other information, your first port of call
should be your local Point of Contact (PoC)
http://www.ras.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=228&Itemid=88
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