This Saturday, March 1, sees the Deep Sky Section Meeting come to Cheltenham for 2008, hosted by the Cotswold Astronomical Society.

Press Read More for the programme and full details. 

Venue: Century Hall, Shurdington Social Centre, Bishop Road, Shurdington, Cheltenham, GL51 4TB.

For directions to venue see http://www.shurdington.org/SocCtr/Location.htm

The final programme for the 2008 Deep Sky Section Meeting is shown below.
There are a couple of changes to the previously advertised programme. Gain Lee has unfortunately had to pull out but his place has been taken by Owen Brazell (Assistant Director to the Deep Sky Section) who will give a talk on the Abell Planetary Nebula Project. It has also proved impossible to get anyone from the Galaxy Zoo project to talk to us.

Everyone welcome. Admission L7 payable at the door (to include refreshments).
For queries concerning the venue please contact Callum Potter ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Doors open 10.00

10.30               Coffee
11.00 - 11.30   Welcome and Review of the Year - Stewart Moore
11.30 – 12.15  Peter Grego - From Moon to Deep Sky, Sketching with a PDA
12.15 – 13.00  Paul Roche - Bringing the Deep Sky down to Earth: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

13.00               Lunch

14.30 – 15.15  Owen Brazell – The Abell Planetary Nebula Project
15.15 – 16.00  Callum Potter - Wide Field DSLR Imaging

16.00               Tea

16.30 – 17.15  Paul Downing - Galaxy Interactions and Peculiarities
17.15 – 17.30  Meeting round up - Stewart Moore

The following sales stands hope to be in attendance:
BAA
Webb Deep Sky Society
SCS Astro
Aurora Books

Exhibitions of deep sky material by Section Members is encouraged.

Please contact the Callum Potter This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you want to have a display.

We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Stewart Moore, Owen Brazell and Callum Potter