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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Talk: “Space Chemistry” by Dr Chris Arridge
The society was visited on Friday 19th July by Dr Chris Arridge of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at University College London (UCL). Chris delivered a talk entitled “Space Chemistry”; a talk he originally developed for the International Year … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Cassini, Dr Chris Arridge, Enceladus, Europa, Galileo, Ganymede, Guest Speaker, Io, JUICE, Jupiter, Neptune, New Horizons, Satellites, Saturn, Solar System, Titan, Uranus, Voyager
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Cassini to photograph the Earth from around 1 Billion miles
Today sees an event that is sure to produce an iconic image. The Cassini spacecraft will capture the full rings of Saturn as well as the Earth during an eclipse of the Sun. The photograph follows in the footsteps of … Continue reading
Dalby Forest solar observing – 7th July 2013
The afternoon of Sunday 7th July 2013, for once, saw mainly sunny skies for one of our solar observing events in Dalby Forest. The forest was busy with visitors and many stopped by for a look at the Sun – … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Member events, News, Public Outreach
Tagged Bishop Auckland Astronomical Society, Coronado, Dalby Forest, Maksutov, membership, North Devon Astronomical Society, observatories, PST, Refractor, solar observing, Solarmax, Sun, Venus
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Terrington WI Talk … Astronomy and the local night sky.
From society treasurer Mell Jeffery FRAS…. “The evening didn’t start too well! The car boot wouldn’t unlock and the observatory key had gone AWOL! I ended up going in the defender and I did manage to get the Dobsonian out … Continue reading
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Tagged Dobsonian, ISS, Mell Jeffery FRAS, Solar, telescope, Terrington, WI, Women's Institute
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