We plan to run our Christmas social event this year and would welcome your input on what you would like us to do.
We usually have a Raffle, Quiz and some other activities prepared by the membership. People are welcome to bring along activities — they do not have to relate to astronomy, but if you do have anything astronomical to show and tell that would be marvellous.
Send your ideas to the chairman or other committee members.
Thanks!
We have not had enough interest in the social evening, so regretfully we are going to cancel the event.
Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The programme for 2017/2018 is now on the site!
Our next meeting Friday 19th May is all about imaging. We will start with a show-and-tell session where you are invited to bring along kit/images/anecdotes/advice etc. to share your experiences of astronomical imaging — both good or bad.
The main talk will be on “Image Processing” by Steve Hill which will look under the hood to see what is really going on when you manipulate image data.
Our last meeting of this season will be our AGM, followed by member talks.
Pressing issues:
If you can help with any of these, please let the chairman know!
If you enjoyed Jonathan Gale’s talk on asterisms and want to follow things up, here is a link to his finder charts:
http://www.spogastro.co.uk/?p=1497
Here are the links that Steve has/had in his talk on the Science of the Solar System.
Coursera:
https://www.coursera.org/course/solarsystem
MOLA (and other) Mars data:
http://jmars.mars.asu.edu/maps/
I have updated the programme with the full title for January’s talk: Jonathan Gale will present “Patterns in the Sky – Exploring and Observing Asterisms”
Let us know (mail chairman at beckingtonas.org) if you are coming to the Christmas Social. This is a fun-filled members (and family/partners) evening and will feature food, quiz, raffle, feel the sock and live music and maybe more.
Our AGM is Friday 20th June. Mike Witt was scheduled to present his talk “Moons of the Solar System”, but unfortunately he has been taken ill and may not be recovered in time. We will make alternative arrangements for a talk to accompany the AGM.
