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Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Hope you can make it to the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth this Saturday. The forecast is looking good! It’s a great day out. It runs from 09.30 to 17.30. Lots to see and do with some good talks thrown in. Check the Norman Lockyer Observatory website for further details. www.normanlockyer.com
Ron
July meeting
Friday, July 17th, 2015
It was good to welcome our visitors to the meeting. Hope they enjoyed the evening. Thanks to everyone who taxed the so called ‘experts’ Bill, Arthur, Adrian and Ron with some great questions. If anyone comes up with the answer to the one about the interaction between dark matter and black holes, please let us know! 
Bill and Ron showed some of their recent images and Arthur finished with his monthly sky notes.
The Perseid meteor shower will have occurred before our next meeting so fingers crossed for clear skies especially around 12-13 August. If you manage to capture any meteors, it would be great if you could share your efforts at the next meeting.
CADAS will have a stand at the South West Astronomy Fair at the Norman Lockyer Observatory. It runs from 9.30 -5.30 on Saturday 8 August. Lots to see and do so it is well worth a visit! Hope to see you there.
As usual, many thanks to Zena for refreshments and to those who helped in the kitchen. Thanks too to the willing hands who set up and cleared away the hall.
Next month’s meeting will feature Bob Mizon’s Mizar Planetarium. Always a good evening so hope you can make it.
New Horizons Pluto flyby
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
The BBC will be screening a special Sky At Night programme called Pluto Revealed on Monday 20 July, which will recap all the big moments from the New Horizons flyby.
Pluto
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Look out for the fly -by of dwarf planet Pluto by New Horizons in 4 days.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
June meeting
Friday, June 19th, 2015
It was good to welcome our visitors including the Winch family.
Unfortunately, our scheduled speaker Gemma Lavender wasn’t able to make it to the meeting but Bob Mizon kindly offered to fill in. Bob’s talk on Bangs, Wimps and Branes certainly made us think. However despite Bob’s best efforts, whether we’re any nearer knowing what was there at the beginning – whenever that was – and what will happen at the end – if there is one, remained an open question. Many thanks to Bob for a great talk as usual. Bob also did his ‘object of the month’ presentation followed by Arthur Davis’ sky notes. We finished with some excellent images from Bill Reed.
We’re hoping that Gemma can make it next month and any news will be posted on the site.
Programme change!
Monday, June 15th, 2015
Sadly, our scheduled speaker Gemma Lavender can’t make it to our meeting on Wednesday. Instead, Bob Mizon and James Fradgley have kindly agreed to fill in. Gemma will be with us at a future date.
May meeting
Sunday, May 24th, 2015
Many thanks to Chris Bowden for sharing his many eclipse chasing adventures with us. As Chris said, nothing compares the the spectacle of a total solar eclipse and travel to see one often gives the opportunity to see and experience a whole lot more.
In addition to Chris’ talk, Bob Mizon treated us to a variety of ‘objects of the month’ and Arthur Davis presented his Monthly Sky Notes.
Bill Reed and Ron Westmaas shared the images they’d taken since the last meeting.
CADAS will have a stand at the South West Astronomy Fair on 8 August.
Next month Gemma Lavender will be giving a talk on ‘Antarctic Astrophysics’ so wrap up warm.
May meeting
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Don’t miss Chris Bowden’s talk ‘Eclipses I have known’ . This will be at our next meeting 7.30 pm on 20th May. See you there.
Ron