The next meeting of the NIAAS takes place on Monday 7th December, starting at 8pm in Ballyclare High School lecture theatre. Directions can be found here.
We are extremely pleased to welcome Howard Parkin from the Isle Of Man as our guest speaker on the night.
Howard Parkin was a founder member of the Isle of Man Astronomical Society (IOMAS) and has been chairman since 2004. The IMOAS celebrate their 20th anniversary this year.
Howard has been an astronomer since a child and has been teaching astronomy to adult education classes since 1985. He gives talks on all aspects of astronomy and astronautics to interested groups and most recently in his full time role as Public Services manager with Manx National Heritage hosted a live link to the International Space Station with astronaut Nicole Stott who has Manx connections (read the press release here!)
Howard's topic for the night is SETI which stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. He will be talking about the history of SETI and the Drake equation and looking at each factor in turn including the recent discovery of exoplanets.
As this is our last meeting of 2009 we look forward to ending on a high with this very interesting talk. Don't miss it!
Admission:
Members: Free
Associate Members: бё2
Non-Members: бё3
ward Parkin was a founder member of the IOMAS and has been chairman since 2004 has been astronomer since a child and is a founder member of the IOMAS, which celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2009, he has been chairman of the Society since 2004. Howard has been teaching astronomy to adult education classes since 1985. He gives talks on all aspects of astronomy and astronautics to interested groups and most recently in his full time role as Public Services manager with Manx National Heritage hosted a live link to the International Space Station with astronaut Nicole Stott who has Manx connections.