{"id":3143,"date":"2019-09-07T08:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T08:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2019-09-07T08:50:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T08:50:26","slug":"fas-convention-14th-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/fas-convention-14th-september\/","title":{"rendered":"FAS Convention &#8211; 14th September."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3144 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-fas_logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-fas_logo-1.png 299w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-fas_logo-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-fas_logo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-fas_logo-1-210x210.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday the 14th of September the <a href=\"http:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Federation of Astronomical Societies (FAS)<\/strong><\/a> are holding their annual convention.<\/p>\n<p>This will be held at The Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road in Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>The FAS Convention is a great day of interesting astronomy talks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Dr Mark Clilverd<\/span><\/strong>, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge.<br \/>\n\u201cSolar storm effects on ground-based infrastructure\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Dr Richard Ghail<\/span><\/strong>, Royal Holloway, University of London.<br \/>\n\u201cNew insights from our closest Earth-sized exoplanet: Venus\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Jenny Lister<\/span><\/strong>, 2018 RAS Patrick Moore Medal Winner, Wetherby Preparatory School, London.<br \/>\n\u201cAstronomy for all: its place in education\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Dr Floor van Leeuwen<\/span><\/strong>, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.<br \/>\n\u201cDetails of the HR diagram as revealed by the second Gaia data release\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Prof Carlos Frenk<\/span><\/strong>, University of Durham.<br \/>\n\u201cEverything from nothing: how our universe was made\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is also a chance to tour the historic telescopes and be tempted to buy some nice astro gear from some of the trade stands.<\/p>\n<p>The event starts at 09:45, finishes 18:00.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a38 for FAS members<br \/>\n\u00a310 for non-members<br \/>\n\u00a34 for juniors (members and non-members).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Book tickets from the FAS Web site:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/convention\/convention-2019?fbclid=IwAR3Rz_aR4IZ2V0xblxpvu-oqOsb0KCx7w8ojmYASfdUNjCNBTvVqGYaON0o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffedastro.org.uk%2Ffas%2Fconvention%2Fconvention-2019%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3Rz_aR4IZ2V0xblxpvu-oqOsb0KCx7w8ojmYASfdUNjCNBTvVqGYaON0o&amp;h=AT1bC3utE5eq1AjacDOSSn-6XMR_6TPZfFexJC4PqyqrEJK1K9IECxLFR98_5scrfLhL4WjwxBssjRs4y9Dvcky609QqTmJM_7pyIzShlGN8pcUZKz9JAKluW01K3cBeXht_mgr3JbUnX4BneUj4GbG6MHkH77KIQXEi5s6k105psRBcg3nqRYwlSbp7bClpMIVcc2UP_HTrhZkc4Jyaa1tqdLGWCIKKcx5MR79cVCA3NcRx1aAVqU5fAtv9vYeUDJy8mEdaqDUwGj4-Vm9-DiLETe2-3wHzphtSMebU54fB0C4D-fdSCk2WtEm51SeobMhGNytrmRBwjXMKzOzheVp6lCPZgtTqpVKeRD_zM6SDpCYaygTX4RRDlDyblS7ZBnKNjf904IJcQmAYhDaDPAHZ8hZSvr3MIHg-e8Yu-yKc7uxPaUTerdrj-PUZU0vvy1UtOufcuGavwYEzS0n3qVsoM16pY8nXXVk78vfqzlF1DW4b4VB_-s2tQ1FV60PIt3v5pyIqHOAUsEQ\">http:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/convention\/convention-2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday the 14th of September the Federation of Astronomical Societies (FAS) are holding their annual convention. 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