Romney Observing Evening: 18 February 2018
Date and time
Location
Romney
Description
THE 16TH FEBRUARY DATE HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO POOR WEATHER. WE WILL RESCHEDULE FOR THE BACK-UP DATE OF SUNDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2018.
Martin and Jane have very kindly offered to run a viewing session from their observatory on Friday 16th February (with a weather back-up date of Sunday 18th February).
For the benefit of newer members, Martin’s observatory (a shed, but not as most of us know sheds) is very well equipped including a permanently mounted 14-inch SCT and a smaller refractor with CCD camera. Martin himself is a very knowledgeable observer, who can not only show people round the lollipops of the sky with his own kit, but also help anyone struggling to master their own. The skies in darkest Kent really are a treat on a clear night and make the journey well worthwhile. It is also quicker to get there than you might think from the map – allow 50 minutes from the start of the M20. It is not practical to get there by public transport so we arrange car sharing where possible.
We put a limit of six attendees, to allow everyone a reasonable time at the eyepiece, so you do need to reserve a place in advance.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE FLAMSTEED ASTRONOMY SOCIETY ONLY.
Please do not book a place on this event if you are not a member of the society. Your booking will be cancelled if your name does not appear on our membership database.
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The Flamsteed is an amateur astronomy society at the Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London SE10. It has around 400 members who represent the full range of interests and experience in astronomy. Many are beginners. It is named after the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed. The Society was founded in 1999, and is part of the membership organisation of Royal Museums Greenwich. Our lecture meetings are held on the first Monday of each month between September and May in the lecture theatre of the National Maritime Museum, or in the Peter Harrison Planetarium at the Royal Observatory Greenwich (ROG). The Society regularly holds observing evenings using members’ own telescopes. In addition the Society stages viewing sessions with the ROG’s Great Equatorial refractor, the largest of its kind in the UK, and seventh largest in the world. We are members of The Federation of Astronomical Societies.