Amateur astronomy in Cheltenham, Gloucester and environs
We held a Deep Sky Imaging Workshop on November 3rd – magnificently led by Rik McRae. This was a ‘soup-to-nuts’ session on equipment, software, image capture and image processing. The only thing lacking was time! Though by the end of the day, brain overload was starting to be a problem.
At the monthly meeting this Saturday, Dr Helen Heath, from Bristol University will be talking to us about Cosmic Rays. These are not some metaphysical health remedy, but extremely energetic particles from the depths of space, so it will certainly be a meeting not to be missed.
Today (October 1st) the new website has gone live.
Most of the content is the same as the old site, but we will have new content and features coming soon.
If you find any problems, or have any comments or suggestions please email webman@cotswoldas.org.uk or leave a comment on this posting.
At our last meeting, Eddie Carpenter presented some observing tips.
Many members asked if these could be written up and put on the website, so here they are.
I have added my own recollections and interpretations on Eddie’s suggestions – Callum.
1. Black cloth over head and eyepiece
A black cloth over your head and eyepiece will help block out any extraneous light, and help you ‘focus’ on the object you are observing.
The September/October 2012 issue of Mercury is now available to download from the Members|Downloads area.
Contents include:
At our September 8th meeting Dr Ian Kenyon of Birmingham University will be telling us all about the “Latest results from the Large Hadron Collider”.
Meeting starts at 7.45 pm. at Shurdington Social Centre.
Congratulations to:
Ian Sibley; winner of the Dan Turton trophy for “best astro-image”.
Angela Cresswell; winner of the Robin Townley trophy for “contribution to the work of the Society”.
Although we did not have too much luck from the top of Cleeve Hill many members managed to capture some images.
