News - 27th July

Summer School week 2: 2 Tutors and 10 residents camde up to the Dome. Sadly the cloud prevented all but a few stars (Arcturus and the Summer Triangle) from being seen

26th July

Summer School week 2: 18 residents joinded CEB and JAG at the Dome on a sultry evening. The Thunder Moon rose Full and yellow among the clouds and showed a nice straw coloured Aureole. Otherwise clouds prevented viewing, though Arcturus and the 3 main stars of the Summer Triangle did find gaps

21st July

Summer School week 1: 20 residents joined CEB and JAG at the Dome on a perfect still summer evening. Some cloud affected observing but many objects were seen. Bright stars were identified as they appeared including red Antares in Scorpio (though rather lost in the Moon's glare) Arcturus and Spica, Vega and the Summer Triangle and later Capella in the North. The ETX viewed the waxing Gibbous Moon and the Binos the non-spherical Venus. Sadly Saturn and Mars had set before the twilight allowed them to appear. The 10 inch was used as it got dark to view a very close Double (HIP81319) in Hercules. A polar satellite and a lovely orange sporadic meteor, perhaps mag. -4 in Cassiopeia, made the evening

19th July

Summer School week 1: 18 residents of Summer School came up to the Dome for a talk and tour. Sadly the sky was overcast

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