Society monthly meeting recorded on 20260916 at The Briars Mount Martha Observatory.
Meeting introduction was by the President, Dr. Peter Skilton. Vice President, Chris Kostokanellis, then presented the Astrophotographic challenge for the month and Committee member, Dr. Guido Tack, then presented the Sky for the Month in absentia.
The main topic was a public lecture about “The Universe From Beginning To End”, presented by Prof. Brian Schmidt, Astrophysicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Australian National University, on 4-Jun-2025, courtesy of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), in Pune, India.
A summary of highlights from this year’s Ig Nobel prizes in Zurich was presented.
A musical closure followed, showing the “BepiColombo mission to Mercury” as it approached Mercury on 9/9/2026 ahead of entering its final orbit in November. The video is courtesy of ESA and JAXA. It is set to the audio of “Face The Future” by Aylex, courtesy of the Copyright free music site www.freetouse.com