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Our meetings are held in the Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford, GU1 4LH, (opposite the Public Library in North Street). [map] 

Despite Ward Street being empty as shown right, in the early evening it is usually full of cars, and adjacent parking can be difficult. There are several car parks within a 5-10 minute walk, indicated on the map linked to above.

Meetings start at 7.30pm on the first Thursday of each month, (except August when there is no meeting). Meetings usually finish around 10pm. One or two meetings in the year, (including the AGM), are set aside for members only; these are indicated in our list of Talks for upcoming meetings.

Note for Visitors: To cover the cost of the room hire, we charge £2.50 per meeting. On arrival, please introduce yourself to the Secretary. You will be warmly welcomed.

If you have any special access requirements, please contact the Secretary before coming along.

Meeting Format

Meetings generally take one of two formats:

• An invited expert gives a talk/presentation – illustrated and/or animated - of an aspect of astronomy. Subjects are chosen because they're topical, practical – or just interesting to astronomers. Each year we arrange a balanced mix, covering a wide range of topics. and levels.

• A 'members evening', in which members present short talks on their own interests, projects, and topics of general interest.

Occasionally, invited speakers have to cancel, (usually at extremely short notice), and at these times the meeting often takes the form of an informal quiz, a question and answer session, or a hands-on Workshop.

Typically,the main talk of the evening lasts for an hour or so, after which we have a 15-20 minute comfort break. Tea, coffee and biscuits are available from the ajoining refreshments room.

Following the break, the remaining time until 10pm usually features Society news and business, (such as the latest reports from the Observatory, Observing Evening Reports, etc), and a short 'What's on?' feature describing events happening later in the current month.

Afterwards

If there's time at the end, some members go round the corner to the pub (usually the The Guildford Tup) for a drink and a chat. You're welcome to join us.

Talks for the 2008-2009 session

Date	Talk/Presentation Title	Speaker
4 Sep 2008	Observing Supernova Remnants	Owen Brazell
2 Oct 2008	Weather for Astronomy	John Murrell
6 Nov 2008	Gravity Waves	Prof Malcolm MacCallum, Queen Mary, University of London.
4 Dec 2008	La Palma Nights - film and CCD imaging from a truly dark sky site	John Evans, GAS President
8 Jan 2009	Astronomy before the Telescope	Martin Lunn MBE, The Yorkshire Museum, Curator of Astronomy
5 Feb 2009	Astrophotography using a Digital SLR Camera	Derrick Farley
5 Mar 2009	Space Roving Vehicles	Graham Bryant
2 April 2009	Exoplanets, and life beyond the Solar System	Prof Barrie Jones, Open University
7 May 2009	Why Pluto had to go	Dr. Robin Gorman
4 June 2009	Mars Revisited	Dr Alan Longstaff, Open University
2 July 2009	AGM / Members Presentations	Members only

Note: There is no meeting in August.