Joomla! site syndication http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:42:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas Joomla! site syndication http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=122&Itemid=2 Unfortunately Dr Peter Hargrave, who was to be the speaker at the next CAS meeting, can't make it. He has very kindly found someone to speak in  his place. Professor Matt Griffin has agreed to give the talk on September 11th. Matt is the principal investigator for the SPIRE instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory, and will give a talk on Herschel and it's science results. News - News Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:43:40 +0100 http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=27 The July/August 2010 Mercury is now available for download. Read Now (http://cotswoldas.org.uk/members/MercuryJulyAugust2010.pdf)... (PDF,1.06 MB) (access restricted to CAS Members Only) CAS Members - please contact the Mercury - Mercury Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:26:51 +0100 http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=2 this video (images/stories/news/nlc20100615_jw.wmv) by using a time-lapse  switch with a Canon DSLR with 85mm lens to take a series of 72 images at 10 second intervals. News - News Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:28:54 +0100 http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=2 this pdf (http://cotswoldas.org.uk/pdf/Comet2009R1.pdf) , Note that this will probably be a challening object to see, and probably even harder to image. It will be low in the north-east, and it will be around mid-summer, with bright skies. However, I hope some members will be up for the challenge!  Also I read today that Comet 2009 K5 is also moderately bright, not naked eye, but possibly within range of binoculars.  A good place for comet information is the BAA Comet Section website (http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/) . News - News Mon, 10 May 2010 14:58:15 +0100 http://cotswoldas.org.uk/cas/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=2 become a fan (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Cotswold-Astronomical-Society/112643638758057). News - News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:45:17 +0100