Open University Astronomy Club

Date/Venue	Speaker/Topic	Sky News	Sky Notes
10 Jan 2017 Robert Hooke Seminar Room	Speaker: Ralph Gucwa works as a Satellite Navigation Specialist at Racelogic in Buckingham. He is solely responsible for developing SatGen - world's first real time GNSS simulator utilising the power of CPU of an ordinary PC to perform the heavy calculations. Title: GPS - Global Navigation System An in depth view of the GPS satellite navigation system - history, technical details, design challenges, orbits, relativistic effects and error models. Demonstration of a real time GPS signal simulation (members are encouraged to bring their own GPS receivers).The Curiosity mission and recent results at Gale crater.	Michael Held	Peter Hudson
7 Feb 2017 Robert Hooke Seminar Room	Speaker: Jack Wright PhD. student. Title: "Planet Mercury - getting to know the problem child of the Solar system." (On the geology of Mercury.)	Michael Held	Peter Hudson
7 Mar 2017 Robert Hooke Seminar Room	Speaker: Paul Greer, PhD. student. Title: "Pulsating Stars"	Michael Held	Peter Hudson
4 Apr 2017 Robert Hooke Seminar Room	Speaker: Frances Butcher, PhD. student. Title: "Glaciers on Mars"	Michael Held	Peter Hudson
2 May 2017 Robert Hooke Seminar Room	Speaker: Richard Greenwood. Research Fellow. Title: "Meteorites and Early Solar System Processes"	Michael Held	Peter Hudson
		Michael Held	Peter Hudson
		Michael Held	Peter Hudson
		Michael Held	Peter Hudson
		Michael Held	Peter Hudson

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