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What's Up - Week of 23rd January
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Past Events - La Palma College Trip - April 2005
News: 26th JanuaryHouse visit: 11 pupils from C1 Shell came up to the Dome. Arriving in rain the sky then cleared to reveal the setting crescent Moon and Venus. Jupiter and 4 moons was viewed in the ETX and M45 Pleiades in Binos. The 10 inch showed a good view of the Trapezium in M42Next House visit: Thursday 2nd February (SU) GCSE Observing: A couple of Remove pupils and a handful of Hundred came up to the Dome as the skies cleared to complete coursework. Binos were used for M45 drawing and Algol observations. The ETX viewed M31 though the moisture levels were a problem. The 10 inch allowed good drawing of M42, though as it had crossded the Meridian time was limited. M44 the Beehive cluster was then drawn. Binos were also used for star counts parallel to and perpendicular to the MW plane. Several meteors were seen including a lovely -3 fireball passing straight through the Square of Pegasus 23rd JanuaryHouse visit: Unusually for a Monday, 10 pupils from C2 Shell came up to the Dome. The night was clear though the cloud to the North prevented any possible sightings of the Aurora seen elsewhere in England. The ETX looked at Jupiter and the Binos at M45. The 10 which tracked M42 Orion nebulaNext House visit: Thursday 26th January (C1) 19th JanuaryHouse visit: 8 pupils from PR Shell came up to the Dome. Arriving in rain, the sky cleared enough during the hour to see Pleiades through Binos, Jupiter and 3 moons in the ETX. Cloud and rain then descended again before the 10 inch could be usedNext House visit: Monday 23rd January (C2) 17th JanuaryHouse visit: 12 Shell from MM came up to the Dome. Some stars were visible though the humidity was high and skyglow rendered limiting magnitude only around 1.5 and seeing was IV+, nevertheless, M45 Pleiades were viewed in Binos. The 10 inch briefly viewed Castor and split it into 2 onlyNext House visit: Thursday 19th January (PR) More news... |
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