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Star Party: Spring Star Party - 2010

Spring 2010 Star Party Program

The Spring 2010 Star Party was held on Saturday May 1st. The programme of events was as follows:

12:00 Doors Open

12:30 - 13:15 Registration

13:15 - 14:15 Our active Sun Prof. Philippa Browning, Manchester University

14:15 - 14:45 Break

14:45 - 15:45 My (short) career as a Radio Astronomer Rod Hine, MA Cantab

15:45 - 16:45 Rev Dr William Pearson - Founder of the RAS Mike Frost

16:45 - 17:15 Break

17:15 - 18:15 The construction of large amateur telescopes Dave Owen, Liverpool AS

Posted by dave_wylie on Tuesday, May 04 @ 12:51:37 BST (176 reads)
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News: IYA2009 Launch

IYA2009 Launch

Due to forecast heavy snow this event has been cancelled.

The Astronomy Centre's first event to mark UNESCO's International Year of Astronomy 2009 will take place on Saturday 24 January 2009.

Roger O'Brien of the Open University will present a talk called "Twinkle, Twinkle, little star", which will be followed by a hands-on observing session.

During this, visitors will be introduced to views of the sky through a wide range of instruments, guided by experienced members of local societies.

More details will follow shortly.

Posted by david_clapham on Tuesday, January 06 @ 18:20:26 GMT (984 reads)
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Star Party: Spring Star Party 2008

Star Party - Saturday 12th April

The Astronomy Centre Spring Star Party was held on Saturday 12th April 2008. The event was a huge success, with 75 members and guests attending. The talks were held on the top floor of the observatory, which was completely packed out. A video and audio feed was provided down to the first floor, so that the attendees who couldn't squeeze in upstairs didn't miss out.

Everyone who came along seemed very pleased with the day. There was even a gap in the clouds just after sunset to allow a brief Lunar observing session with the 16" GOTO Meade.

The full schedule from the day is available here.

Please send any enquiries about Star Parties to starparty@astronomycentre.org.uk.

Posted by dave_wylie on Thursday, January 31 @ 10:37:31 GMT (3832 reads)
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Visitors to the web site

Cyber visitors to the Web site are invited to contact the Astronomy Centre Dome (members area) on Saturday evenings after 19.30 using `Skype`, the Internet phone/conferencing service. Use `astro138` as the contact name.

Members will be pleased to answer questions about the nature of the site, its present activities/projects and future on-line resources that will be available.

Comments and suggestions for observing programmes that could be available on-line are welcome. One of our aims is to make available a range of observational data that maybe of use to like minded astronomers globally, available on-line. Observations will take place in the visual, radio and magnetic spectra.

Queries or general comments ( at any time ) to - andy@skipole.net .

Posted by andy_sieroslawski on Saturday, September 08 @ 15:33:14 BST (1711 reads)
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Star Party: Easter Star Party 2007

The Astronomy Centre Easter Star Party was held on Saturday April 7th 2007.

The speakers were:-

Dave Wylie "The Operation and Scope of the New Website"

Paul Yates "Astrofest 2007, a Memorable Occasion"

Mike Frost "Jeremiah Horocks, Samuel Foster, Nathaniel Nye - A Detective Story"

Rob Johnson "The Worm will Turn"

The usual refreshments were available and the evening was clear, allowing for observations using several of the Astronomy Centre's instruments.

Posted by peter_drew on Saturday, March 31 @ 21:55:06 BST (1428 reads)
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Star Party: Star Party Easter 2005

The Easter 2005 Star Party has just been held at the Astronomy Centre.

Posted by neil_perry on Saturday, March 26 @ 16:59:36 GMT (938 reads)
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