Reading Cafe Scientifique - Citizen Science from your back garden.

A friendly Science focused group entertaining the local community with the fascinating world of science – events from hands on workshops to engaging talks. Everyone welcome!

Our monthly meetups are held upstairs at Zero Degrees (9 Bridge St, Reading RG1 2LR) from 7pm.

So please do come along, grab a beer/food at the downstairs bar (the mango beer and wood fired pizza are epic) and enjoy a relaxed evening of talks + networking + beers.

7:00pm Arrivals
7:30pm Welcome and Introductions
7:35pm Citizen Science from your back garden - Helping professional astronomers with amateur equipment (Dr Trevor Gainey, Reading/Basingstoke Astronomical Societies)
8:20pm Comfort Break
8:30pm Q&A
9:00pm Networking
9:30pm End

More Information:

Citizen Science from your back garden - Helping professional astronomers with amateur equipment (Dr Trevor Gainey, Reading/Basingstoke Astronomical Societies)

Trevor has a background as a Physicist but after a career in the electronics industry is now a Management Consultant. He includes astronomy amongst his hobbies and when not taking photographs of astronomical objects for fun he is also involved in various citizen science projects helping future space missions.

Trevor will describe three of these projects that include tracking "space junk" in low Earth orbit with a simple DSLR, observing geostationary satellite manoeuvres and observing exoplanets transit their host star from his home observatory in South Reading.

Get Involved!

If you would like to get involved and support your local Science community please get in touch – email: scienceinreading [at] gmail.com or twitter: Science in Reading (@Science_Reading)

We are a friendly and welcoming Science community – everyone welcome!

We meet 1st Tuesday of the month. Format is to gather from 7.00pm with talks commencing at 7.30pm. Talks timings are completely flexible but generally 40-60mins + Q&A with a ~20mins break to encourage social networking.

Contact’s: email: scienceinreading [at] gmail.com or twitter: Science in Reading (@Science_Reading)