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Comet Encounter

Comet Encounter. Comet 177P / Barnard 2 will rendezvous with NGC 6543 (Cat's eye nebula) on Sept. 19 th The objects will be just over 1 degree apart Both are about 9th magnitude Great photo opportunity!. Close Encounter. 12 th September Moon passes through Pleiades, occulting two stars

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Comet Encounter

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  1. Comet Encounter • Comet 177P / Barnard 2 will rendezvous with NGC 6543 (Cat's eye nebula) on Sept. 19th • The objects will be just over 1 degree apart • Both are about 9th magnitude • Great photo opportunity!

  2. Close Encounter • 12th September • Moon passes through Pleiades, occulting two stars • 27 Tauri reappears at 22.33 • 28 Tauri reappears at 22.35 • Another great photo opportunity!

  3. The Sky at Night “The Sun and The Moon” Patrick Moore: SMART-1 Chris Lintott: Solar B & Stereo Saturday 9th BBC1, 12.00 – 12.20 The Cosmic Hunters “Cosmic Dawn” Chris Riley: Astronomershunting the 1st stars Wednesday 13th Radio 4, 21.00-21.30 Star City Cosmonaut Training Centre, Moscow Friday 8th, Radio 4, 11.00 – 11.30 September – TV & Radio

  4. Campaign for Dark Skies6th European Symposiumwww.britastro.org/dark-skies/ Friday 15th – Saturday 16th September (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)Royal Sailors’ Home Club, Portsmouth £3.00 per single day, £5.00 both – Pre Booking Essential Speakers Lembit Opik MP, Robert Key MP, Bob Mizon, Alexandra Pollard Dr. Paul Marchant, Philip Perkins, Dr. Chris Baddiley, Martin Morgan Taylor,Dr John Mason StandsVenturescope, Green Witch, Springer Society for Popular Astronomy Cape Instrument, Astrocruise

  5. The Astronomer - Annual Meeting • Saturday 23rd September (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)St.Mary’s Church Hall, Basingstoke • £8.50 + £7.00 for optional 3 course meal • www.theastronomer.org • Programme • Amateur astronomers and the Accelerating Universe: • - Bob Evans • The Universe Unveiled: • - Dr.Robin Catchpole • OJ287: a slight case of schizophrenia: • - Mark Kidger and Gary Poyner • The sun in a different light: - Maurice Gavin • Goodbye to UBVRI: - Dr. Mark Kidger • Early attempts at Spectroscopy: - Brendan Shaw

  6. Speakers Saturday 23rd Reflectors vs Refractors Ian Morison Observing Saturn Ian Phelps Sunday 24th Deep Sky Owen Brazel CCD Imaging/Registax Tommi Worton & Martin Stirland Trade / Society Stands Altair AstroAstronomicaAstropartsCampaign for Dark SkiesCape Instruments LtdDavid HindsEarth & SkyGreen WitchHouse of OpticsIan King ImagingPulsar OpticalRother Valley OpticsTelescope HouseWidescreen Centre Autumn Equinox Star PartyKelling Heath : 18th to 28th September

  7. Observatory Science Centre Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival Friday 29th September (6.30pm - 11pm)Viewing tours of the telescopes visits to the Space Geodesy Facility. Saturday 30th September (10am - 11pm ) 5 lectures throughout the day (£2 per lecture) Telescope toursTours around the Space Geodesy Facility Viewing, tours of the telescopes, visits to the Space Geodesy Facility Sunday 1st October (10am - 6pm)Family activity workshops, Telescope toursTours around the Space Geodesy Facility Volunteers needed! GAS Stand

  8. Speakers Prof. John Brown (Royal Astronomer for Scotland) Dr Allan Chapman (Uni of Oxford) Dr Somak Raychaudhury (Uni. of Birmingham) Dr David Whitehouse (science journalist / BBC) John Dobson (The Sidewalk Astronomer) Trade / Society Stands Aurora Books Campaign for Dark Skies COSMOS Media David Bryant - Space Rocks I R Poyser - Telescope Maker Spaceguard Thinktank Society for the History of Astronomy Society for Popular Astronomy Opticstar Ltd FAS Annual Convention30th September, Birmingham

  9. Next Meeting: Thursday5th October Observing From The City Robin Scagell

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