[BAA-ebulletin 00717] Stargazing LIVE public observing in Regents Park - New date January 9 2013

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

2013 January 7

Please note that the joint BAA / Baker Street Irregular
Astronomers  Stargazing LIVE public observing evening in London scheduled
for  Tuesday 8 January will now take place on WEDNESDAY 9 JANUARY

Members of the BAA and BSIA will be at The Hub in The Regent's Park from
17:30 to 22:00. We will be there even if it is cloudy (but not if it is
raining and forecast to rain all night). The Hub is a round building in the
middle of Regent's Park (see map athttp://britastro.org/stargazinglive2013).

Access to The Hub is from the so-called Monkey Gate, which is the gate on
the Outer Circle immediately west of London Zoo. The path from there to The
Hub is lighted with subtle lamps in the ground. It is approximately a 5
minute walk from the Outer Circle, so this limits the weight of equipment
that can be bought to reasonably portable telescopes (though people have
been known to bring quite large Dobsonians). Driven telescopes do make it
much easier to show the public objects like Jupiter at decent
magnification. Parking on the Outer Circle is free after 18:30. There is a
bus, no. 274, which stops close to the Monkey Gate. This goes to both Baker
Street and Camden Town Underground stations. Baker Street Station is about
25 minutes walk from the gate, round the Outer Circle. St John's Wood and
Camden Town Stations are both about 15 minutes walk from the gate.

Please be vigilant if carrying equipment between a car and The Hub, or
back. Although the area is not regarded as unsafe, members are encouraged
to walk in groups whenever possible.

Any further enquiries to David Arditti at the address below. We hope to see
some of you there on the 9th.

For:
David Arditti
d at davidarditti.co.uk