SAS Lecture: Coronal Conundra and Prominence Puzzles


Wetlands Centre, Discovery Room

About this event :

 

Guest Speaker Professor Colin Steele (Manchester University) will be presenting a talk on Coronal Conundra and Prominence Puzzles.

Whilst the “main business” of a star is the production of energy that takes place in the core, there are many interesting processes taking place in the outer layers and atmospheres.

The Sun has three layers of atmosphere known as the photosphere, chromosphere and corona.

This talk will give a general introduction to the Sun and will then feature some of the phenomena in the atmospheres including the appearance of the corona at eclipses, sunspots, prominences, coronal loops and solar flares.

In addition, the Sun influences events in the Earth’s atmosphere and the talk will conclude with a description of some of these.

Talks in Person

Professor Colin Steele (Manchester University) will be delivering the SAS via Teams at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room, providing there are no technical and/or WIFI difficulties)

Please show you support to our speaker and your Society if you can on the night.

Hopefully, we’ll see you all at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room) , a Raffle & Refreshments as usual.

If you haven’t been in a while why not come along and show your support.

Teams Access

We now have MS Teams  for live video streaming of the our monthly talks.
Please try to attend in person if you can as it goes along way in showing you support for our speaker and our Society.
Microsoft Teams 
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When Where Who

  • Date:      Sunday 19th April 2026,
  • Time:      7 pm.
  • Speaker: Professor Colin Steele (Manchester University)
  • Venue:    At the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room ) and Via Teams (Video Streaming Link).

Our speaker

UMIST / University of Manchester, 1993 to date

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Equilibrium and Eruption of Solar Coronal Magnetic Structures, University of St Andrews

1 Oct 1986 → 30 Sept 1989

Award Date: 4 May 1990

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of St Andrews

5 Oct 1982 → 4 Jul 1986

Award Date: 4 Jul 1986

External positions

External Examiner, University of Edinburgh

1 Oct 2017 → …

External Examiner, University of Nottingham

1 Oct 2013 → 30 Jun 2017

 

Your host : Martin Kennedy