Amateur Astronomy in Berkshire, UK
Next Meetings
Friday Club
Jan 24th 7.30pm
Doors open at 7pm. Talk starts at 7.30pm
Entry is free and open to the public, all welcome, all ages.
This month’s topic….
Change: Rob Peeling
Rob Peeling Messier 42 – the most famous DSO
After the break
Peter’s winter imaging and a comet available there will be plenty to talk about.
Main Meeting
Feb 15th 2020 7pm
Hunting Outbursting Young Stars
Dirk Froebrich University of Kent
A chance for the society’s imagers to take part in a citizen science project.
Hunting Outbursting Young Stars with the Centre of Astrophysics and Planetary Science (HOYS-CAPS). Amateur astronomers from the UK and Europe, supported by professional observatories take images of objects on their target list and submit these images for inclusion in the HOYS-CAPS database. This will allow participants to plot and study light-curves of any star imaged by the project.
During the talk Dirk will explain how more amateurs can be revruited fot the task.
More upcoming dates….
Feb 28 – leap year day?
Feb 29 – Full day session
Mar 21 – biggest telescopes
Mar27 – Inferior planets.