British Astronomical Association
Section Annual Meeting to be held on 4th March 2006 in Northampton
The Deep Sky Section returns to Northampton again in 2006 for the annual meeting which takes place on March 4 at the Humfrey Rooms, Castilian Terrace.
The admission charge has risen slightly compared to 2005 in an attempt to make the meeting self financing, but is still excellent value at £7 as it includes refreshments throughout the day in addition to a buffet lunch.
Doors will open at 10am to allow people to set up displays, with the meeting starting at 11am. This year speakers include Guy Hurst "Open clusters"; Nick Hewitt "Globular clusters"; Martin Nicholson "Remote observing"; Grant Privett "Observing really deep sky objects" and Karen Holland "Praesepe, two merging clusters?". This will be an update by Karen on the work she presented some years ago.
Anyone needing directions to the Humfrey Rooms should visit the following web page: http://www.hamal.demon.co.uk/location.htm
All BAA members are welcome. It is hoped that booksellers Earth & Sky will be present.
Section meeting held on 5th March 2005 in Northampton
The 2005 Section meeting took place at the Humfrey Rooms, Castilian Terrace, Northampton on March 5.
60 people enjoyed a packed programme and a leisurely buffet lunch.
The theme of the meeting this year was Nebulae and speakers and talks arranged were:
Neil Bone - observing nebulae with a small telescope
Maurice Gavin - understanding spectra and visual testing of nebula filters
Lee Macdonald - visual observation of nebulae
George Sallit - high definition imaging of planetary nebulae
Owen Brazell - what do all those names and numbers mean
Adrian Catterall - how to get the best CCD images of nebulae
The 2004 Section Meeting was held at the Humfrey Rooms, Northampton.