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RAS Bulletin, January 2017: • Specialist Discussion Meeting • Ordinary meeting • Public Lecture: Gravitational lensing, or how to detect and measure the warps of space-time • RAS Specialist Discussion Meetings 2017-18 (Deadline 1 March 2017) • RAS200 grants deadline • RAS Library update • RAS Job List • Call for articles for A&G • Friends of the RAS • Notes for Fellows __________________________________________________ Specialist Discussion Meeting: Fri 13th January 2017 Multi-scale dynamic auroral processes Colin Forsyth and Nadine Kalmoni (UCL-MSSL); Hanna Dahlgren (Southampton/KTH); Clare Watt (Reading) The Royal Astronomical Society,Burlington House,LONDON,W1J 0BQ 10:30 - 15;30 The Ultra-low surface brightness universe David Valls-Gabaud (Cambridge); Jonathan.Davies (Cardiff) The Geological Society,Burlington House,LONDON,W1J 0BG 10:30 - 15:30 __________________________________________________ Ordinary meeting: Fri 13th January 16:00 - 18:00 The Geological Society,Burlington House,LONDON,W1J 0BG 2016 WINTON CAPITAL AWARD FOR ASTRONOMY Ralph Schoenrich (University of Oxford) Structure and History of the Milky Way 2016 WINTON CAPITAL AWARD FOR GEOPHYSICS Dali Kong (University of Exeter) Mysterious Interior of Jupiter and NASA's JUNO Mission 2016 JAMES DUNGEY LECTURE Betty Lanchester (University of Southampton) Some remaining mysteries in the aurora __________________________________________________ Public Lecture: Gravitational lensing, or how to detect and measure the warps of space-time 10th January 2017 Gravitational lensing is an ubiquitous phenomenon which allows astronomers to detect exoplanets, dark matter in galaxies, weigh clusters of galaxies, and even constrain the topology of the universe. Contrary to a widespread -but wrong- consensus, Newton was not the first scientist to ponder on this effect, which is produced by the distortion of space-time, and is best described by Einstein's general relativity. This talk will review the surprising evolution in the concept of gravitational lensing over two centuries. 1pm The Geological Society,Burlington House,LONDON,W1J 0BG 6pm The Royal Astronomical Society,Burlington House,LONDON,W1J 0BQ ___________________________________________________ RAS Specialist Discussion Meetings 2017-18 (Deadline 1 March 2017) Call for suggestions for RAS Specialist Discussion Meetings 2017-18 (Deadline 1 March 2017) The RAS invites suggestions from Fellows of the RAS who wish to propose (and therefore organise) Specialist Discussion meetings for the academic year beginning October 2017. Meetings are held monthly from October to May, on the second Friday of the month To help with assessment, proposals should include the following information: - Title of meeting and organiser(s), at least one of whom should be an RAS Fellow - The topics to be covered in the meeting - Rationale for the meeting, including timeliness, - Suggestions for invited speakers - Preferred date for meeting, if any Proposals should not exceed one A4 page in length For information, detailed guidance for meeting organisers may be found at: http://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/1747-general-information-about-meetings Proposals for Astronomy SD meetings (including Exoplanets) should be sent to Mandy Bailey ([log in to unmask]) and proposals for Geophysics SD meetings (including Planetary Science and Solar-Terrestrial Physics) should be sent to Lyndsay Fletcher ([log in to unmask]). The deadline for receipt of proposals is 1st March 2017 ___________________________________________________ RAS200 Grants Deadline The deadline for the RAS200 outline proposal is the 9th of December 2017. Application forms can be found here: https://www.ras.org.uk/200/2520-outline-proposal ____________________________________________________ RAS Library Update The RAS Library has a small selection of duplicate copies which are offered to Fellows, free of charge. The duplicate books can be browsed in the Main Library, which is open from Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm. The list of items currently available is on the Library catalogue http://bit.ly/1LRQAye catalogue home page and is regularly updated. For more details, contact the Sian Prosser [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________________ RAS JOB LIST The RAS Jobs List service provides email alerts for new posts for jobseekers, together with an online archive of previous mailings. For advertisers, it provides a free, moderated distribution service. Anyone can post or subscribe to the list. For further information visit: http://www.ras.org.uk/education-and-careers/208-miscellaneous/221-jobslist ____________________________________________________ CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS Have you considered writing an article about your work for the Society's magazine, Astronomy and Geophysics? The Editor is looking for news items and topical review papers, communicating advances in your field to the many interested fellows working in related areas within the RAS sciences. If you wish to write a review paper, the Editor is looking for up to 6000 words plus figures and images, discussing an aspect of science within the RAS remit. A&G does not publish original research, but rather authors should refer to key publications in the peer reviewed literature. Although a serious scientific core to articles is expected, the Editor also likes papers that engage and intrigue, as well as inform, the reader. If you are interested in writing for A&G, please do not hesitate to contact the Editor, Dr Sue Bowler, at [log in to unmask] , or simply submit your manuscript at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/astrogeo ________________________________________ FRIENDS OF THE RAS If you know someone interested in astronomy that enjoys attending popular lectures and social events why not tell them about the 'Friends of the RAS'? See: http://friends.ras.org.uk/ ________________________________________ NOTES FOR FELLOWS You can now look at minutes of RAS Council meetings: http://www.ras.org.uk/about-the-ras/council To unsubscribe: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ras&A=1