We will be holding our Autumn meeting from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th September 2023 in Leicester. The event is designed to help people of all abilities to get more out of astronomy. There will be talks and advice on planetary imaging, telescopes, setting up meteor cameras and many other aspects of observational astronomy.

You can access the 25% BAA member discount code by logging in to the BAA website and following this link. You enter it as a promo code on the screen where you provide your details.

The university is offering B&B. Anyone wanting to book this will need to do this directly with the university by completing this form and emailing it to the university email address on the form.

Bed and breakfast prices
En-suite standard room: £66 + VAT per room, per night
Suite or Executive room: £84 + VAT per room, per night
Double occupancy in either of the above room types is an additional £20.00 + VAT per room, per night

A detailed set of directions to College Court Conference Centre are provided in this pdf file.

The speakers will be:

Prof Leigh Fletcher – JUICE: ESA’s Mission to Explore the Icy Worlds of Jupiter
Pete Lawrence – Imaging the Planets
Richard Fleet – Video Meteor Observing
Sandra Brantingham – Aurora, NCL & STEVE
Nick James – Observing Comets
David Arditti – Tools for the job – deciding on the best telescope for your needs

Paul Abel is hoping to arrange a visit to the university observatory on Sunday morning.

Our thanks go to the Leicester Astronomical Society who are hosting this meeting.

Meeting organiser: Hazel Collett