2026 Meeting Programme
Hybrid meetings are held at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne and via Zoom for members. Meetings are held the first Tuesday of every Month at 7.45pm. Members for whom the Society holds a current email address will be sent the Zoom link before each meeting. Non members are most welcome, simply pay £3 when you arrive.
| Date | Talk | Speaker in Person or Presenting via Zoom |
| January 6th | Dr. John Macdonald – Polynesian Navigators | In Person |
| February 3rd | Adrien Richardson – Installing and Operating Observatories in Remote Locations | In Person |
| March 3rd | Keith Wright – Apollo Lunar Surface Science – A personal Perspective | In Person |
| April 7th | Dr. Petr Broz – All you wanted to know about volcanoes across the Solar System but were afraid to ask | Zoom |
| May 12th | Prof. Nils Andersson – Gravitational Waves Please note the change in date due to the unavaliability of the Allendale on the 5th | In Person |
| June 2nd | Dr. Matthew Boswell – How far away are the stars? Climbing the cosmic distance ladder | In Person |
| July 7th | Dr. Meganne Christian – From Antarctica to Space | In Person |
| August 4th | Social and Equipment Night with observing session if the sky is clear | No Zoom |
| September 1st | Dr. Brad Gibson – Polar Astronomy | In Person |
| October 6th | The Bob Mizon Memorial Lecture – Bill Coombes – Backyard Radio Astronomy AGM | In Person |
| November 3rd | Herman Bender – Lakota & Cheyenne Star Knowledge Unfortunately, the Allendale Centre is unavailable, so this meeting will be online only | Zoom Only |
| December 1st | Members Talks | Members in Person/Zoom |