Society News
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Beginners Workshop - October 28th 2006
The Cotswold AS hosted a BAA Beginners Workshop. Here are
a few pics.
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Noctilucent Clouds visible from the Cotswolds
CAS member Martin Sinton saw a fine display on the 23rd June.
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Partial phase of solar eclipse on March 29, by Tony Ireland.
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March Mercury available for download from the Mercury page.
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Mercury on 20th February by Tony
Ireland
click on picture to see a larger view
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M42 by Les Dickens
click on picture to see a larger view
Dark Skies in the Cotswolds ?
Following on from the December Cotswold Life article, if you would like to find out more or contribute to the
debate, then see our Dark Skies page.
Society Awards 2004/5
Derek Maskell (left) won the Dan Turton trophy for best astro-images, and
Jim Smith (right) won the Robin Townley trophy for contribution to the
work of the Society.
2005/6 Meeting Programme
Look at the
Meetings
page for information about the up-coming meetings of the society in our new
session.
Gallery and Events Pages Updated
The
Gallery
and
Events
pages have been updated with some recent new members observations, and events that the Society has organised and participated
in.
If your organisation would like to host an observing or lecture evening please get in touch. The society frequently arranges such evenings for Scouts and Guides, Schools, and attends other public events (such as the Cheltenham Festival of Science).
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Upcoming Events
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Next Meeting
Next programme meeting of the society will be at 7.45 p.m. on the 11th of
November 2006 at the Millennium Hall of
Shurdington
Social Centre.
Roger Dymock, BAA Director of Asteroids and Remote Planets section will give a
talk entitled ""Observing Asteroids – A Personal Journey" (note this is
different to the talk Roger will be giving at the Beginners Workshop).
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Next Observing Event
We expect to hold society observing nights in November and December around new
moon.
Nov 16 - Bredon School
Nov 23 - Bredon School
Nov 25 - WWT Slimbridge
Tony Ireland's Dates For Your Diary
October 2006
SEPTEMBER 10 to NOVEMBER 11
There really isn’t a great deal to get excited about in this period. Mercury,
Venus, Mars and Jupiter are all near, behind or in front of the Sun (literally
as far as Mercury is concerned ),so unless you are keen to take that trip to
Western USA as mentioned in the intro to see the transit of Mercury it is an
opportunity to improve your knowledge of the constellations or photograph the
Night Sky when the Moon isn’t around. There’s also a good opportunity to see
some Orionid Meteors around October 20th as the Moon will be out of the way.
B - Binocular highlight
T - Telescope required
P - Photo opportunity
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