National Astronomy Meeting

The National Astronomy Meeting is an annual meeting of astronomers in the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest professional astronomy conferences in Europe.[1] It is affiliated with, and sponsored by, the Royal Astronomical Society.

History

The National Astronomy Meetings developed out of the 'out-of-town' RAS meetings that first took place in 1948. They have been running under the name "National Astronomy Meeting" since the early 1990.[2]

Format

The meeting normally consists of:

Meetings

Start End Host Notes Reference
1948 Edinburgh [2]
1976 Manchester [2]
1977 Edinburgh [2]
1978 York [2]
1979 Durham [2]
1980 University College, Cardiff [2]
1981 Bath [2]
1982 Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [2]
1983 Keele [2]
1984 Leicester [2]
1985 Liverpool [2]
1986 Leeds [2]
1987 Manchester [2]
1988 Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston [2]
1989 Lunteren, Nederlands [2]
1990 University of Glasgow [2]
1991 Armagh Observatory [2]
1992 Durham [2]
1993 Leicester [2]
1994 Edinburgh [2]
1995 Cardiff [2]
1996 Liverpool [2]
1997 Southampton [2]
1998 St Andrews [2]
1999 Guernsey (to coincide with 11 Aug 1999 total eclipse [2]
2000 (Did not take place due to the IAU in Manchester) [2]
2001 Cambridge [2]
2002 Bristol [2]
2003 Dublin [2]
2004 Open University, Milton Keynes [2]
2005 Birmingham [2]
2006 Leicester [2]
2007 UCLan [2]
2008 Queen's University Belfast [2]
2009 Hatfield (JENAM) [2]
2010 Glasgow [2]
2011 Llandudno [2]
March 27, 2012 March 30, 2012 Manchester [3]
July 1, 2013 July 5, 2013 St Andrews Attendance was over 600 [4][1]
June 23, 2014 June 26, 2014 Portsmouth [1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "National Astronomy Meeting 2014". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 "Previous meetings". University of Manchester. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. ↑ "UK-Germany National Astronomy Meeting NAM2012". University of Manchester. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  4. ↑ "National Astronomy Meeting 2013". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-27.