Very many thanks to all who helped at the meeting and especially to the ‘kitchen crew’ who had extra work to do because of a larger than usual attendance. If this is an example, we should pay more attention to the atmospheric phenomena of our own planet! It would be nice to see some more of this type of shot. Martyn Pryce’s image of M81, M82 and NGC 3077 was excellent, and as a refreshing change, he shared with us a great shot of a double rainbow taken in Merriott. If you’ve ever seen his previous shots you would understand how good these were. See for further details on how get involved.Īfter the break, Arthur Davis presented Coma Berenices as his ‘Constellation of the month’ and identified interesting objects including M53, M64, M100 and the Coma cluster.īud Budzynski described the superb lunar images he showed as his ‘best ever’. The mission also intends to remove a core sample from the landing site and to archive material contributed by ‘earthlings’ at the site. A major spinoff from the project is in education particularly in the STEM subjects. The object of LM1 is to land a craft on the South Pole of the moon to do science in support of future human habitation. Unfortunately Bob Mizon was unable to give his talk, so many thanks to Paul Bennett, Ambassador for the Lunar One Mission (LM1) for taking his place. There was a great turnout for our April meeting! Next month Steve Tonkin will be warning us of ‘Ten ways in which the Universe tries to kill us’. Many thanks to Zena, and her merry band for providing and serving our refreshments and to all who again volunteered in the kitchen and with clearing away. But he also shared with us in his usual clear and entertaining style, how he finally found and imaged M98 in the Coma Cluster. Pete Adshead’s account of his occasional struggles with clouds to get his deep sky imaging done, rang bells with all who have tried. All of course up to the high standard we’ve come to expect from Bill. Arthur highlighted the galaxies M8 and M20.īill Reed shared some of his images including Comet Johnson, M 13, a solar prominence and a short clip of solar surface activity. Some object!Īfter our refreshment break, Arthur Davis’ Constellation of the month was Sagitarius, filled with deep sky objects. Thanks Dan, your talk was much enjoyed and was most instructive.īob Mizon’s Object of the month was the strange NGC 6745 in Lyra This is a 10 billion year old galaxy over 200 million light years away that has been disrupted by a another passing galaxy causing massive new star formation. Meeting the criteria of the International Dark –Sky Association was no mean feat! Dan also discussed many issues relating to good and bad lighting practice generally. Dan’s lively presentation gave us a good overview of the park and what it took to achieve its Dark Sky status. Another great meeting with an excellent speaker in Dan Oakley, Lead Ranger of the South Downs National Park Dark Sky Reserve.
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