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Our meetings are held in the Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford, (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.

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 2007-8.

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 2007-2008

Date	Talk/Presentation Title	Speaker
6 Sep 2007	The Solar System Today	Greg Smye-Rumsby
4 Oct 2007	Happy Birthday Dear Sputnik	John Axtell
	No Sultan's Turret?	Dr. Paul Daniels
1 Nov 2007	Space - The Next 50 Years	Dr. David Whitehouse
6 Dec 2007	Incoming	John Stapleton
3 Jan 2008	Latest News from Venus Express	Dr. Andrew Coates, MSSL
7 Feb 2008	Impact Craters	Emily Baldwin
	William Herschel and the Rings of Uranus	Dr Stuart Eves
6 Mar 2008	The Search for Planetary Life	Dr. Henryk Herman, University of Surrey
3 April 2008	The Sky at Night Experience - A Producer's View	Pieter Morpurgo, The Sky at Night producer 1980-1998
1 May 2008	The Sky is Falling	Dr. Tony Marsh
5 June 2008	Four Invented Planets - a god's eye view	Dr. Jack Cohen
3 July 2008	AGM / Members Presentations	Members only

Note: There is no meeting in August.