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News and new items of interest to Herefordshire Astronomical Society members
- What's Next - Monthly talk at the Kindle Centre - Thursday 6th December 2018
Our next society activity is the monthly talk on Thursday 6th December.
Dr Keith Moseley joins us to explore the solar system "Beyond Neptune".
Keith is a FRAS, long time member and Chair of the Monmouth Astronomical Research Society and Physics teacher at Monmouth School. So it's good to welcome back the man from MARS.Thursday 6th December 2018
7 - 9 pmBeyond Neptune
Talk by Dr Keith Moseley (Monmouth Astronomical Research Society)
- Observing Highlights
Observing highlights for this month: Telescope House - monthly night sky guide - Patterns in the Stars - a talk by Chris Millington - Saturday 17th November
Our very own HAS member Chris Millington is giving a talk at Grange Court, Leominster, this Saturday afternoon - 17th November, 2pm - 4pm.
Members may remember enjoying this entertaining tale looking for patterns in the sky and star lore across times and cultures at previous HAS events.
The talk is part of a Project-Link event - if you are interested in attending please contact Christianne here.
There is a charge of £5 for the session or free if you are unwaged.
Next Meeting:
Our monthly talks at the Kindle Centre:
| Thursday 6th December 2018 7 - 9 pm |
Beyond Neptune Talk by Dr Keith Moseley (Monmouth Astronomical Research Society) |
Next Observing Session:
We are proposing to use Fownhope Recreation Field for our observing sessions later this year. There is hard standing by the Pavilion at the end of the drive for us to park and set up equipment. Chris and Mark have checked out the facility and it looks to be a good dark site with excellent 360 degree visibility. We will also have more flexibility with timings - so we can stay later than 9pm if we have some clear skies. We will also have a bit more flexibility on which days are best to observe - so if the Thursday is forecast to be cloudy but Wednesday or Friday look better we should be able to switch our observing evening.
We start our observing sessions in October and after the clocks change on 28th October we'll be able to start the sessions a bit earlier - look out for emails from Mark with timings and details.
We still want to keep in contact with Berrington Hall (The National Trust) as they've been very good to us over the last few years. Hopefully we can continue to run Star Parties for them.
So come and talk to new or more experienced society members - hopefully have a look through some telescopes and binoculars at the night sky. Share your thoughts, pick up some observing tips and recommendations, discuss your astronomical problems and projects, bring your own equipment for advice on how best to use it. We may change the observing meeting to another evening if the weather forecast indicates it would be better. Members can bring their own refreshments although we don't expect to have access to The Pavilion if we need cover (there's always The Greenman or The New Inn if needs must!). Look out for the latest news on this website and we'll email out any change to arrangements to members.
| Tuesday 4th December 2018 6:30 - 9 pm |
Fownhope Recreation Field Practical observing and advice session. More information here. |
Next Star Party:
We had a great Star Party with the Madley Environmental Study Centre (MESC) on 22nd February. The clouds managed to clear out of the way in the evening so we were able to give a mix of talks by Mark and observing through half a dozen or so telescopes and binoculars brought along by society members. For some grown ups and children attending it was the first time they'd looked through a telescope and seen the moon close up or looked at stars, clusters and nebulae - much to their delight. For pretty much all of us, it was the first time we'd heard of and seen the "Lunar X" - only visible for a couple of hours each month (here).
Next Star Party TBD.
| TBD | Star Party More information here. |
Once or twice a year, members like to jump in cars or climb in a mini-bus and make their way to go and see something interesting outside of Herefordshire (passports not required - so far). Previous trips have been to the Spaceguard Centre, the International Astronomy Show, the National Space Centre, Jodrell Bank and this year a weekend trip that took in the Norman Lockyer Observatory outside Sidmouth and the Herschel Museum in Bath.
Members pay for shared transport and any entrance fees as appropriate..
Next visit TBD.
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Where would you like to go ?
If there's somewhere you'd like us to organise a trip to - drop a member of the committee a line with your suggestion (contact details here).
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