Three physics and astrophysics students studying from UCLan have observed the transit of Venus on 5-6th June 2012 from Hawaii as part of the University’s internationalisation scheme. The picture to the right was taken by the students and shows the dark disk of Venus (to the left) as it traverses Read More …
Year: 2012
UCLan Students in Hawaii for the Transit of Venus
Three physics and astrophysics students studying at UCLan have had the opportunity to travel to Hawaii to view this year’s transit of Venus as part of the University’s internationalisation scheme. The students, Chris Rowley, Callum Slater, and Ben Miller, will spend time in Hawaii before the transit to soak up Read More …
The Transit of Venus
Transit of Venus 2012 When Venus passes in a direct line between the Earth and the Sun, it is said to transit the Sun. A transit is visible as a black dot on the face of the Sun. The size of the dot is caused by the relative distances Read More …
UCLan Professor talks at Canada’s Perimeter Institute
Professor Don Kurtz has given a public lecture on Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres at Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics on the 2nd May 2012. The Pythagoreans 2500 years ago believed in a celestial “music of the spheres“, an idea that reverberated down the Read More …
The JHI at the National Astronomy Meeting
The joint UK-Germany National Astronomy Meeting 2012 was held between 27-30th March in Manchester. This conference was well attended by members of the JHI, with many giving presentations. In the astrophysics sessions: Kelly Hambleton gave a talk on Heartbeat stars and Tidal Excitation which sparked some interest from the guys Read More …