[BAA-ebulletin 00568] 2011 BAA Deep Sky Section Meeting. Saturday March 12th

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

The 2011 BAA Deep Sky Section meeting will take place on Saturday March 12 at Ashford Hill Village Hall, Ashford Hill, near Thatcham, Newbury, Berks, RG19 8BQ.  The meeting will be hosted by Newbury Astronomical Society.  Doors will be open from 9.30 with coffee available from 10.00 and talks starting at 10.30.  It is expected that the meeting will finish around 17.30. All BAA members and their friends are welcome. There is plenty of free car parking at the venue.

Entrance fee will be £10 payable on the door and includes a buffet lunch.  


As the Section reaches the grand old age of 30 this year, some of the talks will look back at what has changed in deep sky observing during this time. The planned programme is given below. 



10.30 - 11.00    welcome and review of the year - Stewart Moore

11.00 - 11.30    then and now - 30 years of Section images - Stewart Moore       

11.30 - 12.15    using the f/2 Hyperstar system for deep sky imaging - David Arditti         

12.15 - 12.45    galaxy clusters for the amateur - Owen Brazell 

12.45 - 13.00    a brief update on the BAA Variable Nebula Project - Grant Privett

 

13.00                Buffet Lunch

 

14.30 - 15.00    then and now - 30 years of supernova hunting - Ron Arbour

15.00 - 15.30    astrophotography in the 1980s, or why I didn't blow myself up - Geoffrey Johnstone

 

15.30                Tea

 

16.00 - 16.45    Active Galactic Nebulae and why we should observe them - Nick Hewitt

16.45 - 17.30    the Herschel Space Telescope and star formation - Prof.. Derek Ward-Thompson

17.30                meeting round up - Stewart Moore

 
Exhibition of deep sky material by Section members is encouraged (bring your own display boards).

 

Both the BAA and the Webb Deep Sky Society hope to have sales stands at the meeting.

 

Astro Jumble - do you have any astronomical related books / equipment / software etc. to sell or give away?  If so, bring them to the meeting where a side room will be available  for you to display them.  You will need to bring your own display table.  Naturally neither the BAA nor Newbury Astronomical Society can be responsible for anything bought or sold.



The Deep Sky meeting is the highlight of the Section year and I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.



Stewart Moore,  Director BAA Deep Sky Section.

2011 March 7th