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Focus Spring 2016

The current brown bin service will end
on Saturday 2 April 2016. A NEW
optional garden waste collection service
starts Monday 4 April 2016
The new garden waste only service will cost £40 a year for a
bin. This charge covers collections between 4 April 2016 and 31
March 2017. The new service will continue to use the existing
brown bins. To guarantee you do not have any breaks in your
service please sign up by 22 March 2016 (but you can join the
scheme at any time).
To find out everything you need to know about the service and
to sign up visit: www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/gardenwaste

Tuesday 5

April 2016

“The Gaia Space Probe” –
Dr Morgan Fraser, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Universtiy (Subscription Renewal)

Tuesday 3

May 2016

“High and Dry in the Andes - how the ALMA telescope
came to be.” - Prof. Richard Hills, retired Head of
Science for ALMA in Chile.

Tuesday 7

June 2016

“What is a Supernova ?” - Tony Dagnall

Tuesday 5thy July 2016
“Cosmic Rays” - Tony Dagnall

Events
Schedule

All talks are proceeded by a brief presentation of Astronomy in
the News and the Night Sky for the Coming Month – together
with the opportunity for a workshop on a special subject.
Meetings of Stour Astronomical Society - 7.30 p.m. - first
Tuesday of each month in the Memorial Hall, Cavendish, Suffolk.
Membership £15.00 per year.
Visitors Welcome - £2.00 per talk .
Observing will take place using the Society’s telescopes during
or after each talk evening and on other occasions listed on the
web site