Our Observatory is CLOSED tonight
Interested to find out about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva? Come to our talk on Monday 9th January 2012 at 8pm.
Hear Dr. Colin Lally present an introduction to the LHC, plus some recent results achieved.
(Free for CADSAS members, Cranbrook School students and all accompanied under-16s. Others £2)
Here are some pictures taken at a recent observing session in October.
Last night at the Cadsas Observatory, we used the AY main spotter ‘scope to take some slighter wider field images under a somewhat misty sky!
Two nice images secured (see below – click each for a larger version):
1. The Pleiades or Seven Sisters open cluster. Another Messier object – M45 near Taurus.
The Pleiades or Seven Sisters open cluster. Another Messier object - M45 near Taurus.
2. The Perseus open Double Cluster, designated NGC 869 & NGC 884
The Perseus open Double Cluster, designated NGC 869 & NGC 884
Last night’s viewing was good with five participants.
The Alan Young telescope bagged another Messier object (M39 – NGC7092) an open cluster (unfortunately image is slightly out of focus).
Also imaged various regions in Cygnus. Two images below:-
Gienah (epsilon Cygni) - Alan Young telescope 21/10/2011
Albireo (beta Cygni) - Alan Young telescope 21/10/2011
The next lecture meeting is Friday 4th November at 8.30pm (note unusual day and time) in the Queen’s Hall.
Please note: £3 per person admission (free for accompanied under-16s, CADSAS members and Cranbrook School students)
It will be an illustrated lecture about The Science of Fireworks by David Turner.
And be warned.. the last time he gave this performance, there were plenty of bangs.
Last night at the Observatory, we had our usual (if clear skies) Friday evening observing session.
Good viewing conditions enabled us to capture FOUR Messier objects with the AY ‘scope:
Also some nice views of the 17day old Moon.
Here are a selection of images taken:
Jupiter 10th October 2011
Here a two images taken by the Alan Young Telescope last night, at our regular Friday open-house Observatory session.
M13 Star Cluster in Hercules imaged by the Alan Young Telescope on 07/10/2011
10-day old Moon imaged by the Alan Young Telescope on 07/10/2011, showing principal craters along terminator: Tycho (top) & Copernicus (bottom).
We had a fun observing session tonight. Three from seven, non-Earth, Solar System planets: Jupiter (with moons), Uranus (blue-ish) and Neptune (small).
An achievement, yes?
Enjoyable observing session tonight. We looked at star clusters, the Andromeda galaxy and double star Albireo, through the small telescopes.
And the Alan Young telescope captured a lovely image of comet Garradd…
Comet Garradd captured 30/09/2011 with Alan Young telescope
