Society monthly meeting recorded on 20260415 at The Briars Mount Martha Observatory.

Meeting introduction was by the President, Dr. Peter Skilton.

Then the Astrophotographic challenge this month was presented by Vice-President, Chris Kostokanellis.

Committee member, Dr. Guido Tack, then presented the Sky for the Month from Hamburg Observatory, Germany.

The main topic was about “The Magnetic Universe”, presented at Gresham College, London, by Prof. Katherine Blundell OBE, Astrophysicist, Oxford University, and Gresham Prof. of Astronomy. Courtesy of Gresham College.

An Educational science video then followed: “Space Flight: The Application of Orbital Mechanics”, courtesy of NASA Scientific and Technical Information Programme and Naval Space Command.

A musical closure followed, showing the SAMPEX and Van Allen twin probe missions to study Earth’s radiation belts. The video footage is courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Scientific Visualisation Studio, and University of Iowa for the plasma wave sound, and is set to the audio of “Sunrise” by MOKKA, courtesy of the [No Copyright Music] channel.