Society monthly meeting recorded on 20260218 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.

The main topic was about “Revisiting The First 250 Million Years”, presented by member, Eden White, who co-ordinates the Cosmology Discovery Group in MPAS.

Educational science videos then followed:

• “Clouds 101” , presented by Kathleen Greer, courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre.
• “What Lies in the Moon’s Permanently Shadowed Craters?”, presented by Dr. James Green in Dec-2020, retired NASA Planetary Science Division Director and former NASA Chief Scientist, courtesy of NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio.

A musical closure followed, showing highlights from “The Polaris Dawn Mission from 2024-Sep-10 to 15”. The video is courtesy of SpaceX and the NSF, and is set to the audio of “Epic Orchestra” by Alexi Action, courtesy of the [No Copyright Music] channel.