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WELCOME TO AIRDRIE ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION

THE HOME & WEBSITE OF AIRDRIE PUBLIC OBSERVATORY

A warm welcome to the website of Airdrie Astronomical Association. We are the only Astronomical Association in Scotland that meets on a weekly basis and we are additionally the curators to Airdrie Public Observatory. Our society dates back 116 years to 28th April 1896 and we have been teaching astronomy and science ever since. We hope you find our website of interest and that you can join us at one of our regular Friday meetings.

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NEWS CORNER

This area of the website is designed in order our individual members and friends can list any items of interest to other members of AAA. This could be an outing, a talk, and external event, a new website, a star party, a visit, etc. If you want to add anything, just contact our interim webmaster at paul@airdrieobservatory.com along with your name and details of the event.

UPDATE - AUTOGRAPHICA - MEET BUZZ ALDRIN & RICHARD GORDON

Some AAA members are planning a trip to Autographica, Birmingham (12-14 October 2012) where you can meet Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 12 Astronaut Richard Gordon & Shuttle Astronaut Donald Thomas. As well as these pioneers of space, a variety of Hollywood and screen actors will be available with a distinctly 007 theme. Autographica provides the opportunity to collect autographs, attend meetings, photo shoots, collect merchandise, etc. If interested, please contact us by clicking here as we are looking at booking transport, a hotel and tickets soon. For further information, please visit their website at www.autographica.co.uk

UPDATE - MEET RICHARD GORDON IN GLASGOW

Apollo 12 Astronaut Dick Gordon (appearing at autographica above) will also be appearing in Glasgow with Walk With Destiny. Please contact them for further information. More information on the event will appear here very soon when an update has been provided.

WEBSITE CHANGES

The AAA website will be undergoing a transfer to a new account and webmaster over the next couple of weeks. There may be some temporary interruptions while this happens but we hope to keep these minimal.

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NEXT MEETING- 18 MAY 2012 - "NEWTONIAN PHYSICS"
NB: ALL MEETINGS NOW IN NEW WELLWYND PARISH CHURCH
A talk by our Guest Speaker - Dr Gregory Beekman of the Galilean Society

FRIENDS & LOCAL LINKS

Tonight, Our Guest speaker is Dr Gregory Beekman of the Galilean Society. Greg's subject is Newtonian Physics. Greg describes his talk as "Screams, bulls, balls and laws: a fun and philosophical look at the physics of motion". Dr Beekman studied Astrophysics at Glasgow and Keele University. Please click here to find out more about the Galilean Society and its regular set of monthly talks.

Please note: A.A.A no-longer meet in Airdrie Arts Centre. We now meet in New Wellwynd Parish Church, adjacent to Airdrie Public Library. You can park in the church grounds.

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AGENDA:

7:30 - 8:00pm - Space News (By Gavin Bain)
8:00pm - 8:15pm - Tea Break
8:15pm - 9:30pm - Newtonian Physics - Dr Gregory Beekman

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC (KIDS ACCOMPANIED BY ADULTS) ARE MOST WELCOME TO ATTEND

Location - New Wellwynd Parish Church, Wellwynd, Airdrie
Contact us - Click here
Sign our guestbook - Click here

04 MAY 2012 - A.A.A NEW COMMITTEE

JOHN BRAITHWAITE 1945-2012

05 February 2012 - The sad passing of John Braithwaite.

It is with much sadness that we announce the untimely death of John Braithwaite who fought a short illness with Cancer. John Braithwaite was consultant to Airdrie Public Observatory between 1977 and 2008.
John was involved in the Observatory refurbishment (along with Paul Benson and Ian Downie) throughout 1977 and 1978 and again in 1986 and was often on call to assist with the observatorys telescope. A member of ASTRA and president of the Clydesdale Astronomical Society, John was an inventor, a learned individual and an unique intellect.
Many members have one of John's hand made telescopes. John was the last telescope manufacturer in Scotland.

For further information on John, please click here

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” Carl Sagan

A.A.A - Curators to Airdrie Public Observatory since 2008
Continuing the Tradition of Astronomy and Free education in Airdrie since 1896


SHORT PROGRAMME	WELCOME TO AIRDRIE ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION	A.A.A LINKS
18/05/12 - Newtonian Physics (GS) 25/05/12 - Video Evening 30/05/12 - Committee Meeting 01/06/12 - 10 Minute Talks 06/06/12 - Venus Transit at Dawn 08/06/12 - Observatory 15/06/12 - Is Moon Made of Cheese? 15/06/12 - Raymond McCall	THE HOME & WEBSITE OF AIRDRIE PUBLIC OBSERVATORY A warm welcome to the website of Airdrie Astronomical Association. We are the only Astronomical Association in Scotland that meets on a weekly basis and we are additionally the curators to Airdrie Public Observatory. Our society dates back 116 years to 28th April 1896 and we have been teaching astronomy and science ever since. We hope you find our website of interest and that you can join us at one of our regular Friday meetings. _______________________________________ NEWS CORNER This area of the website is designed in order our individual members and friends can list any items of interest to other members of AAA. This could be an outing, a talk, and external event, a new website, a star party, a visit, etc. If you want to add anything, just contact our interim webmaster at paul@airdrieobservatory.com along with your name and details of the event. UPDATE - AUTOGRAPHICA - MEET BUZZ ALDRIN & RICHARD GORDON Some AAA members are planning a trip to Autographica, Birmingham (12-14 October 2012) where you can meet Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 12 Astronaut Richard Gordon & Shuttle Astronaut Donald Thomas. As well as these pioneers of space, a variety of Hollywood and screen actors will be available with a distinctly 007 theme. Autographica provides the opportunity to collect autographs, attend meetings, photo shoots, collect merchandise, etc. If interested, please contact us by clicking here as we are looking at booking transport, a hotel and tickets soon. For further information, please visit their website at www.autographica.co.uk UPDATE - MEET RICHARD GORDON IN GLASGOW Apollo 12 Astronaut Dick Gordon (appearing at autographica above) will also be appearing in Glasgow with Walk With Destiny. Please contact them for further information. More information on the event will appear here very soon when an update has been provided. WEBSITE CHANGES The AAA website will be undergoing a transfer to a new account and webmaster over the next couple of weeks. There may be some temporary interruptions while this happens but we hope to keep these minimal.	History News Events Contacts Observatory Mural Rocket Competition
EXTERNAL LINKS	NEXT MEETING- 18 MAY 2012 - "NEWTONIAN PHYSICS" NB: ALL MEETINGS NOW IN NEW WELLWYND PARISH CHURCH A talk by our Guest Speaker - Dr Gregory Beekman of the Galilean Society	FRIENDS & LOCAL LINKS
Universe Today (News) Space.com (News) Mars Rovers (Mars) Current Lunar Phase (Moon) BBC Sky at Night Federation of Astronomical Societies NASA Hi-Rise (Mars) Cassini Mission (Saturn) JAXA (Japanese Space Agency) ESA (European Space Agency) Chinese Space Agency NASA NASA TV Solar Cycle 24 Heavens Above Indian Space Agency The Mills Observatory - Dundee	Tonight, Our Guest speaker is Dr Gregory Beekman of the Galilean Society. Greg's subject is Newtonian Physics. Greg describes his talk as "Screams, bulls, balls and laws: a fun and philosophical look at the physics of motion". Dr Beekman studied Astrophysics at Glasgow and Keele University. Please click here to find out more about the Galilean Society and its regular set of monthly talks. Please note: A.A.A no-longer meet in Airdrie Arts Centre. We now meet in New Wellwynd Parish Church, adjacent to Airdrie Public Library. You can park in the church grounds. ____________________________________________________________ AGENDA: 7:30 - 8:00pm - Space News (By Gavin Bain) 8:00pm - 8:15pm - Tea Break 8:15pm - 9:30pm - Newtonian Physics - Dr Gregory Beekman MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC (KIDS ACCOMPANIED BY ADULTS) ARE MOST WELCOME TO ATTEND Location - New Wellwynd Parish Church, Wellwynd, Airdrie Contact us - Click here Sign our guestbook - Click here	Walk with Destiny North Lanarkshire Council Charlie Duke The Galilean Society Coatbridge & Airdrie Rotary Society Airdrie Academy Airdrie and district Round Table Al Worden New Wellwynd Parish Church S.T.V Local (Airdrie) IRW Rocket Competition Lanarkshire local weather Clydesdale Astronomical Society Mars Society (UK) - Twitter Airdrie Savings Bank Monklands Heritage Society Astronomers of The Future Glasgow Metropolitan College
OUR SPONSORS	04 MAY 2012 - A.A.A NEW COMMITTEE	A.A.A RESOURCES
Walk With Destiny Barratt Homes Bon-Accord Bar, Glasgow Joanna Daly Properties (Airdrie) Fly & Feathers Concierge Glasgow Taxi's Tunnocks UK Steel Enterprises Airdrie Savings Bank Airdrie & District Round Table	At our annual General Meeting of 4 May 2012, A.A.A were pleased to welcome the following new members onto the committee: MAUREEN BLAIR (Ordinary Committee Member), GRANT SLOAN (Ordinary Committee Member), BOB WEBSTER (Ordinary Committee Member) The Following positions were also taken: CHAIRMAN: Isabel Morrison (Arthur Bannister steps down to Ordinary Committee Member) SECRETARY: Aileen Malone (re-elected) TREASURER: Gavin Bain (re-elected) ORDINARY MEMBER: Ian Girvan (re-elected) The Following Members have Stepped Down off the Committee: ORDINARY MEMBER: Paul Clark ORDINARY MEMBER: Raymond McCall Honorary Curators: Paul Clark & Arthur Bannister will remain as honorary curators Other (Non-Committee Positions): WEBMASTER: Paul Clark Congratulations to everyone and thanks to those who have given up their positions or stepped down.	A.A.A Library A.A.A Photo Galleries A.A.A Publications A.A.A Media & Reported News A.A.A Information A.A.A 2007 Rocket Competition A.A.A 2008 Rocket Competition A.A.A 2009 Rocket Competition A.A.A 2010 Rocket Competition A.A.A 2011 Rocket Competition Future Astronomy Results A.A.A History
OTHER RESOURCES	JOHN BRAITHWAITE 1945-2012	OTHER RESOURCES
A.A.A Constitution	05 February 2012 - The sad passing of John Braithwaite. It is with much sadness that we announce the untimely death of John Braithwaite who fought a short illness with Cancer. John Braithwaite was consultant to Airdrie Public Observatory between 1977 and 2008. John was involved in the Observatory refurbishment (along with Paul Benson and Ian Downie) throughout 1977 and 1978 and again in 1986 and was often on call to assist with the observatorys telescope. A member of ASTRA and president of the Clydesdale Astronomical Society, John was an inventor, a learned individual and an unique intellect. Many members have one of John's hand made telescopes. John was the last telescope manufacturer in Scotland. For further information on John, please click here	Minutes of Meetings - xxxx
	*“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” Carl Sagan*