2025-2026 Lectures
For the 2025-2026 season, all lectures will take place at the Stirling Highland Hotel, Spittal St, Stirling FK8 1DU.
Fri 12 December 2025 19:30
- Helena Cochrane "How I got into Astrophotography, and how you can too !"
Fri 09 January 2026 19:30
- Susanne Schwenzer (Open University) "13 years of exploration in Gale Crater, Mars: Curiosity's traverse up Mt Sharp"
Professor Susanne Schwenzer is a science and operations team member of the NASA Curiosity rover mission. Since landing in August 2012 the rover has found many different types of sediments, leading the team to conclude that about 3 billion years ago there was a lake within the crater. The rover has also found very interesting minerals, which tell a story of the environmental conditions. The talk will feature highlights of 13 years of exploration at Gale Crater.
February - May 2026
- details to be confirmed
===== Previous Lectures =====
2025
Fri 14 November 19:30
- Grant Bowskill (First Light Optics) "Trends in Astronomy, Current Products, Upcoming Announcements, Facilities in Spain."
Fri 10 October 19:30
- Alan Cayless (Stirling Astronomical Society) "Comet Lemmon"
Fri 19 September 19:30
- Nathan Garden (Aberdeen) "Mars"
Fri 09 May 19:30
- Vassilios Spathopoulos "The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient astronomical computer."
Fri 11 April 19:30
- Douglas Cooper (Stirling Astronomical Society) "The Current Revolution in Amateur Astronomy"
Fri 14 March 19:30
- Erin Donaldson (Stirling Astronomical Society) "Black Holes - an introduction and summary to 2025"
Fri 14 February 19:30
- Alan Cayless (Stirling Astronomical Society) "1925 - A year of discovery in astrophysics"
Fri 10 January 19:30
- Douglas Cooper (Stirling Astronomical Society) "Nearby Galaxies"
These lecture meetings are free and anyone with an interest in astronomy is welcome to attend, whether a Member of the Society or not.
