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January 2016 meeting

After a clear day we had hoped to be able to get some viewing done but in an act of cruel timing the clouds appeared  -again.

Nevertheless what an enjoyable meeting! Welcome to Alan and Kevin and it was good to see Megan and her mum Sue again. It was just about a full house.

Thanks to James Fradgley for his excellent three ‘mini talks’. The  first was on the so called ‘Goldilocks’  or habitable zones which are clearly more variable  than first meet the eye! The beasts of Wolf-Rayert stars and the beauties of Planetary Nebulae made up the trio. Great stuff, James.

Bob Mizon’s object(s) of the the month discussion was on the possible relationships between globular clusters and dwarf galaxies. Did they or did they not have something going between them back along…

After the break. Arthur Davis presented his sky notes for February and these will be found on our website. This was followed by Bud, Martin and Bill who shared some excellent images. Bill’s comet Catalina, Bud’s image of Copernicus and Martin’s excellent shots of the night sky from ‘down under’ were outstanding. Who would have guessed we’d see images of a kangaroo, a horse’s head and fireworks within a space of 5 minutes. Don’t ask!  :-)

Many thanks to Zena and  Annabelle for the refreshments and to Lorna and Claire for helping them.

Thanks to all who helped make it such good meeting. Next month Bud’s talk will be ‘A life on Mars’. (I’d no idea, but Bud is full of surprises).

If you didn’t get to renew your subscription this month, you can do it in February. See you then.

 

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2016 at 2:18 pm.

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