[BAA-ebulletin 00730] 2013 Deep Sky Section Meeting - Saturday March 2

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

The annual Deep Sky Section Meeting takes place next Saturday, March 2nd. 
The meeting, hosted this year by the Cotswold Astronomical Society, will 
take place at Shurdington Social Centre, Bishops Road, Shurdington, 
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 4TB. For a map and directions to the venue 
see: http://www.shurdington.org/SocCtr/Location.htm

Speakers and topics planned for the meeting are:

Stewart Moore:            a review of the deep sky year
Nick Hewitt:                 Barnard, Gordon and the darkness
Paul Curtis:                   deep sky imaging and processing using a 
modified DSLR camera
Gary Poyner:                RR Tauri and its nebula – a BAA project
Martin Lewis:               eye and pencil
Grant Privett:                deep sky imaging on the cheap

The professional talk will be given by Dr Phil Marshall, University of 
Oxford, on Cosmic Telescopes.

Coffee and tea will be available from 9:30 with the meeting starting at 
10:00. The entrance fee of £10 (payable at the door) includes tea and coffee 
during the day along with a buffet lunch. The BAA, the Webb Deep Sky Society 
and SCS Astro all hope to have sales stands at the meeting. All BAA members 
and their friends are welcome.

If you know you will be attending it would help the catering team if you 
could let them know to ensure there will be adequate food for everyone. 
Also, if you have any special dietary requirements. Please email Callum at 
webman at cotswoldas.org.uk

We look forward to seeing next Saturday for another enjoyable Section 
meeting.

Stewart Moore
Callum Potter
Owen Brazell