Honorary President : Dr Allan Chapman Wadham College, Oxford

Secretary : R.A. Marriott Director, Instruments and Imaging Section British Astronomical Association Tel : 0870 288 9035 E-mail : ram@hamal.demon.co.uk

Treasurer : Miss Lorraine Crook E-mail : 94902962@northampton.ac.uk

	Meetings and Events : January–June 2008 Thursdays, 7.30 pm; doors open 7.00 pm Towcester Road Methodist Church, Northampton (Non-members : £1.50 per meeting)			Previous meetings Location	Pages Transit of Venus, 2004 June 8 Total solar eclipse, Libya, 2006 March 29 1927: a British eclipse Seeing Sidereal chromatics The Moon, imaged with a webcam A lunar halo Astronomy and the Clergy : Dr Allan Chapman Meeting of the BAA I&I Section, 2007 May 12 Occultation of Saturn, 2007 May 22 Eagle, Endurance and Erebus : Doug Ellison BAA Exhibition Meeting, 2007 June 30 NAS Exhibition, 2007 July 3–31 Observing the Deep Sky : Owen Brazell Observing Variable Stars : Gary Poyner Pallas and Uranus Future Solar Eclipses : Sheridan Williams The Expanding Universe : Dr Bob Lambourne The Galactic Zoo : Dr Chris Lintott Observatories Around the World : Mike Maunder Does Science Challenge Religion? : Dr Allan Chapman External links Membership Subscription (annual): Adult : £15 Concession : £10 Concession : under 18 years of age / full-time student / unemployed (not retired). Members receive Circulars (by e-mail or post), free software, CDs/DVDs and other benefits. Non-members : £1.50 per meeting. Membership application/renewal form (PDF) Visitors since 20 November 2006
January 10	Observatories Around the World Mike Maunder
January 31	Open House at the Yeoman of England, Wootton Location 7.00–11.00 pm (no entrance fee); exhibits; rolling slide-show; come and go as you please; good food, ales and wines, sponsored by the Yeoman of England and the Spirit Group.
February 14	Does Science Challenge Religion?		Dr Allan Chapman
February 28	Open House		See January 31
March 13	Members’ Evening Contributions invited
March 27	Open House	See January 31
April 10	Observing Meteors	Steve Evans
April 24	Open House	See January 31
May 8		Observing Saturn Mike Foulkes Director Saturn Section British Astronomical Association
May 10	British Astronomical Association, Instruments and Imaging Section Wootton Working Men’s Club Saturday, 10.00 am–5.30 pm For details, see the I&I Section website
May 29	Open House	See January 31
June 12	Observing the Sun	Kevin Smith
June 26	Summer Garden-Party at the Yeoman of England 7.00–11.00 pm; hot and cold buffet at 8.00 pm; members £4; non-members £5.50; tickets on application to the Secretary.