Our July meeting was again held via Zoom and we were very pleased to welcome 37 members and guests, some of whom were joining us for the first time. Max began the meeting by welcoming everybody and noting that NFWI had announced the extension of this year’s membership by 3 months to cover the period when many groups were unable to meet. Caroline noted that Denman@Home courses were continuing and that, having attended one or two would recommend the courses on offer. Kay was very pleased to be able to announce a planned outing at last - A Picnic in the Park - at Beckenham Place Park on Saturday 18th July at 2pm, subject only to the weather being kind. We again broke into ‘chat rooms’ for a chance to catch up with each other.
Our speaker for the meeting was Dr Robert Massey from the Royal Astrological Society who gave us a fascinating illustrated talk about the Moon as depicted in art, science and literature. The images were quite beautiful ranging from the Nebra Sky Disc which showed the phases of the moon as seen in Saxony in 1600BC through to the Earth Rise as seen from the moon taken in 1968. Robert also answered a wide variety of questions from members about space exploration.
