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WAS meetings are held at the Pavilion Hall in the village of Seend near Melksham. 

Directions - The village is on the A361 between Devizes and Trowbridge. On entering Seend from Devizes the Village halls are signposted to the right of the main road, immediately after the Playing Fields, in the middle of the village. 

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We meet every month from September to June; usually from 8pm. Talks are given by guest speakers on a wide variety of topics. Newcomers and visitors are always very welcome. The links below go to the various speakers websites where applicable.

If you choose to become a regular member, we ask a modest annual subscription of £15..Members then contribute £1 on the night toward club expenses. This entitles you to printed copies of our newsletter, tea, coffee and snacks at every meeting, and access to our loan telescopes, and very special discount rates to our additional events
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Speaker Dates

 TALKS FOR SEASON 2007/2008

Date

Speaker

Subject.

Sept 4th

Dr Lillian Hobbs

The Messier Marathon

Oct 2nd

Bruce Macdonald

Sputnik at 50

Nov 6th

Jack Martin

Spectroscopy

Dec 4th

Dr David Whitehouse

The Sun .. A Biography

Jan 1st 2008

Nick Howes and Andrew Burns

Scopes and Setups

Feb 5th

Dr Alan Longstaff

Cosmology

March 4th

Martin Griffiths

"The Multiverse" is it real?

April 1st

Sam George

The Aurora on Extrasolar Planets

May 6th

Dr Rhodri Evans

Sophia...the 747 observatory

June 3rd

Jerry Workman

The Mars Rovers

 The talks generally last around 90 minutes followed by Q&A and refrreshments

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