BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Australia/Sydney
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20190604T193000
RDATE:20191006T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20200405T020000
RDATE:20201004T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20210404T020000
RDATE:20211003T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20220403T020000
RDATE:20221002T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20230402T020000
RDATE:20231001T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20240407T020000
RDATE:20241006T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20250406T020000
RDATE:20251005T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20260405T020000
RDATE:20261004T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20270404T020000
RDATE:20271003T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20280402T020000
RDATE:20281001T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20191006T030000
RDATE:20200405T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20201004T030000
RDATE:20210404T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20211003T030000
RDATE:20220403T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20221002T030000
RDATE:20230402T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20231001T030000
RDATE:20240407T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20241006T030000
RDATE:20250406T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20251005T030000
RDATE:20260405T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20261004T030000
RDATE:20270404T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20271003T030000
RDATE:20280402T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20281001T030000
RDATE:20290401T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:867086d25409f52ead192d95e691b6ee
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker Night
CREATED:20200310T222104
SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Prof Fred Watson - Video Conference
LOCATION:of Event: Video Conference
DESCRIPTION:<h2>Note that this meeting will be held as a video conference over Zoom</h2
 ><p>Members will be sent instructions on how to join the meeting in the wee
 k prior to the event.</p><h2>Astronomy in the Middle Ages &ndash; laying th
 e foundations of modern science</h2><p><img src="images/articles/Fred_Watso
 n_starbugs.jpg" alt="Fred Watson starbugs" style="margin-right: 10px; float
 : left;" /><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Modern astronomy is usually
  considered to have started in the Enlightenment, largely as a result of th
 e invention of the telescope. But when we look back into the Middle Ages, w
 e find a richness of thought that is preserved today in the art and manuscr
 ipts of the time, which are often of exquisite quality. Those ideas, in tur
 n, owed their origin to Islamic scholars in the tenth and eleventh centurie
 s, who had built on the work of the ancient Greeks. In this richly illustra
 ted talk, Fred Watson celebrates the flourishing of mediaeval astronomy, an
 d traces its origins and legacies.&nbsp;</span></p><h3>Professor Fred Watso
 n</h3><p>Professor Fred Watson is Australia&rsquo;s first Astronomer-at-Lar
 ge, an outreach and advocacy role within the Commonwealth Department of Ind
 ustry, Science, Energy and Resources. He is graduate of the universities of
  St Andrews and Edinburgh, and worked at both of Britain&rsquo;s Royal Obse
 rvatories before joining the Australian Astronomical Observatory as Astrono
 mer-in-Charge in 1995. Fred is best known today for his award-winning radio
  and TV broadcasts, books, music, dark-sky advocacy and other outreach vent
 ures. He holds adjunct professorships in several Australian universities, a
 nd was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010. He has an asteroid 
 named after him (5691 Fredwatson), but says that if it hits the Earth, it w
 on't be his fault. His latest book, Cosmic Chronicles, was published by New
 South Press in 2019.</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>Note that this meeting will be held as a video conference over Zoom</h2
 ><p>Members will be sent instructions on how to join the meeting in the wee
 k prior to the event.</p><h2>Astronomy in the Middle Ages &ndash; laying th
 e foundations of modern science</h2><p><img src="https://www.sasi.net.au/im
 ages/articles/Fred_Watson_starbugs.jpg" alt="Fred Watson starbugs" style="m
 argin-right: 10px; float: left;" /><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Mod
 ern astronomy is usually considered to have started in the Enlightenment, l
 argely as a result of the invention of the telescope. But when we look back
  into the Middle Ages, we find a richness of thought that is preserved toda
 y in the art and manuscripts of the time, which are often of exquisite qual
 ity. Those ideas, in turn, owed their origin to Islamic scholars in the ten
 th and eleventh centuries, who had built on the work of the ancient Greeks.
  In this richly illustrated talk, Fred Watson celebrates the flourishing of
  mediaeval astronomy, and traces its origins and legacies.&nbsp;</span></p>
 <h3>Professor Fred Watson</h3><p>Professor Fred Watson is Australia&rsquo;s
  first Astronomer-at-Large, an outreach and advocacy role within the Common
 wealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. He is graduat
 e of the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and worked at both of Br
 itain&rsquo;s Royal Observatories before joining the Australian Astronomica
 l Observatory as Astronomer-in-Charge in 1995. Fred is best known today for
  his award-winning radio and TV broadcasts, books, music, dark-sky advocacy
  and other outreach ventures. He holds adjunct professorships in several Au
 stralian universities, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2
 010. He has an asteroid named after him (5691 Fredwatson), but says that if
  it hits the Earth, it won't be his fault. His latest book, Cosmic Chronicl
 es, was published by NewSouth Press in 2019.</p>
DTSTAMP:20260621T105553
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200604T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200604T213000
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR