Sorry folks, but the forecast for Lodge Moor is a bit grim. It starts raining at 1pm and does not stop until tomorrow, so with regret, we’re calling off this evening’s Stargazing event (Saturday 14th October 2015). 🙁
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Our first stargazing evening since April coincided with the International Observe the Moon night. We took this opportunity to try out out new acquisitions. In operation, we had: Meade LX200R 10″ Aplanatic Schmidt-Cassegrain on HEQ6 Pro The Mighty Howitzer (7″ achromatic refractor) on HEQ6 Pro The Pashley (a donated 10″ dobsonian named for it’s late
The Sungazing event in the Sheffield Botanical Gardens scheduled for Saturday 13th June is CANCELLED because it’s raining and all the weather forecasts agree that there is not going to be any sun to see today.
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The first Sungazing event of 2015 was off to a cracking start in Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Although not completely clear skies, the cloud was broken enough to enjoy views through the Herschel Wedge (white light) and through the Hydrogen-Alpha and Calcium-K line filters. A few good prominences were visible and some minor sunspot activity with
Society member Vince Sellars captured this superb image of the Globular Cluster M3 (NGC 5272) in the constellation of Canes Venatici on 24/03/2015. At a distance of roughly 34,000 light years, it has an unusually large population of variable stars, and is one of the finest globular clusters to observe in the northern hemisphere. Vince
Jupiter is the planet of the moment, dominating the evening sky in the east. Russell Atkin captured this great image of the King of the planets complete with the largest storm in the solar system in full view. Keep up the good work Russell!
The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) is always a popular target for imagers – capturing the intricate details of the nebula is always a challenge. I think you’ll all agree that Russell Atkin has done some fantastic work getting the detail out of M42 in this excellent shot.
The National Trust invited Sheffield Astronomical Society to visit the historical Eyam Hall on the evening of Saturday 28th February. Over 50 visitors attended to see presentations about the Cosmic Zoo, Constellations, and the Planet Quiz. Unfortunately, the weather was against us with cloud from horizon to horizon and some rain so no observations could
After last week’s cancellation, the weather was looking good for the evening of Saturday 21st February with the BBC and CNtimer agreeing on the conditions. We took the society’s well known ‘Howitzer’ 7″ achromatic refractor because Jupiter was always going to be the star (planet) of the show. The evening kicked off with an early
