Several society members attended Shears Green Junior School on Friday 15th September 2023 with their own or a society telescope to take part in the school’s ‘Cosmic Camp’. The Society would like to say a big thank you to all the members who helped make this event a success.
Member Diane Clarke who attended the event wrote ”Earlier in the year the CMHASD was again invited to the Shears Green Junior School Cosmic Camp. So we took our telescopes along to offer views of various stella sights.
In the evening Jupiter & 3 of its Galilean moons appeared above the horizon and was again greeted with awe & wonder by all who viewed them. There was also views of Cygnus & the planet Saturn with its largest moon Triton.
The double star Mizar (Alcor) in Ursa Major also proved a great hit when the children discovered that 1 star was actually 2 stars.
As well as showing the children the night sky we also had some classroom presentations and a display of members images along with an image from the JWST on show.
The members who went along had an extremely enjoyable and rewarding time due to the enthusiasm of all the children & teachers at the camp. Lots of questions were asked by a very inquisitive & enthusiastic young audience and as they looked through the telescopes we heard were phrases such as “wow”, “is that real?” & “is it a hologram?”
One of the teachers from the school wrote in a thank you email to us “We all had such a fantastic time last Friday and the children didn’t stop talking about it for days.”
We look forward to next year 🙂”
The Society did not take any photos of the event as there were too many safeguarding issues.