MNASSA : Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa - Volume 76 Number 7-8, August 2017

These form an important part of a research facility, often as a sort of prepublication discussion or a discussion of an individual’s current research, and as such it is virtually impossible to “publish” this material. However by recording the topics discussed in the form below does indicate to those, who are unable to attend, what current trends are and who has visited to do research: it keeps everyone ‘in the loop’ so to speak

Also included in this section are the colloquia/seminars at the SAAO, UWC, the Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravity Centre at UCT, ACGC and the NASSP lectures, aimed the at the students and interested astronomers. In addition there are the SAAO Astro-coffees which are 15-20min informal discussions on just about any topic including but not limited to: recent astro-ph papers, seminal/classic publications, education/outreach ideas and initiatives, preliminary results, student progress reports, conference/workshop feedback and skills-transfer.

According to ancient inscriptions Andromeda was the daughter of King Cepheus and Cassiopeia and was chained by her father between the heavenly stars for several reasons. The happy ending was that she was rescued by Perseus, who married her.