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Well, Hannah Wakeford @StellarPlanet certainly did the biz last night!  Excellent presentation on planetary atmospheres and the search for exo-planets with which she’s involved at Uni of Exeter. Naturally, the issue of the requirements for life ‘out there’ and the forms it might take got explored. Thanks Hannah!

Good to see so many at the meeting and thanks as usual go to our ‘catering department’ and helpers. Zena’s cakes are a treat.

Thanks to Bob Mizon for his Object(s) of the month. Coma Berenices is certainly worth exploring. As usual, Bill Reed blew us away his images of Jupiter, comet Lovejoy, not forgetting the Horse head Nebula taken ‘just for something to do’. Huh?

Arthur’s February sky notes and diagram will be posted a little nearer the end of this month. Thanks for the monthly skynotes Arthur.

Next month Bill Reed is ‘doing’ the planets so see you there.

Clear skies

Ron

Don’t miss Hannah Wakeford’s ‘Exoplanets’ talk at our meeting on Wednesday 21st Jan. We’ll be getting the very latest on these distant objects from someone working in this field. She’s a great speaker too…I’ve heard her.

Ron

Images show Beagle2 on Mars. Apparently some of the petals didn’t deploy on landing causing the lack of communication. It got there though!!

We met up with Wells and Mendip  Astronomers and Sowy Stargazers for a joint public astro event in Wells Town Hall on Sat 10.

Lots of interest and many got to see Comet Lovejoy through breaks in the cloud. Thanks to all who helped.

Hannah Wakeford from Exeter Uni will be bringing us up to date on exo- planets at our next meeting on 21st January. Don’t miss this one!

Ron

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF CADAS AND TO ASTRONOMERS EVERYWHERE!

Clear, dark skies for 2015

Ron

January 2015 sky notes

January 2015 sky chart

Here’s wishing you all the best for the season and a healthy and happy New Year.

May 2015 bring you clear, dark skies.

Ron

Was this the best Christmas Social meeting ever? Probably! Thanks to all who contributed and special thanks to Zena and those who helped with the catering and the aftermath of all that guzzling of goodies.

It was good to welcome as a guest Barry Fitzgerald from Bridport AS. We’ll be looking at forming links with them in the new year.

After Arthur’s sky notes, there were short contributions from Bob with his ‘Object of the month’, Adrian, Bud, Bill , Annabelle and myself. Well, half a contribution from me, as I  couldn’t get my movie of Geminid captures to run. At least Bill’s worked (naturally), so nothing much was missed.

So, another successful year for CADAS and our first year in the Village Hall in Norton. It turned out to be a good move as the venue suits us very well.

I have heard next month’s speaker and can guarantee a great presentation on Exoplanet Atmospheres. Don’t miss this one!

Here’s wishing everyone all the best for the season and a healthy and happy New Year!

Ron

A clear night for the Geminids! Hope you managed to see a few. It was a good show from where I was in deepest darkest Somerset.

Ron