Events: detail
Specialist Discussion Meeting: Extremely Large Telescopes
- Hosted by:
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- May 09, 2008 at 10:30 am
- Ends:
- May 09, 2008 at 03:30 pm
- Location:
- Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, RAS Lecture Theatre, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BQ United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
With Phase A instrument studies for next-generation telescopes well underway, this meeting seeks to provide an overview of UK involvement and scientific opportunities.
Organizer: Dr Chris Evans (ATC; cje [ at ] roe.ac.uk)
188th Annual General Meeting
(14:00-15:45; venue, in Burlington House, tbc)
The AGM is only open to Fellows; non-Fellows intending to attend the following A&G meeting are welcome to wait in the RAS’s Burlington House apartments
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Specialist Discussion Meetings cover all branches of astrophysics and solid-earth geophysics (including, but not limited to, cosmology, astrobiology, cosmochemistry, astroparticle physics, computational astrophysics; geophysical fluid dynamics, planetary sciences, solar-terrestrial physics).
Admission to the Specialist Discussion Meetings is normally free to RAS members and £15 to non-members (£5 to students), collected on the door, while GSL members may normally attend “G” meetings at no charge. Note that special rates apply for the February BGA meeting. RAS and GSL members should bring their membership cards, and students their student cards, as identification.
Coffee/registration for Specialist Discussion Meetings will commence a half-hour before the formal start time.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Meetings Secretary
- Website:
- Specialist Discussion Meeting: Extremely Large Telescopes
