The BAA Winchester Weekend comes to Crayford (hopefully)

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Correction: It’s not a weekend (just Saturday Afternoon) and it’s not at Crayford (it’s at the Pavilion Sutton-at-Hone).

The BAA are running a virtual ‘Winchester Weekend’ – and COVID Restrictions permitting (i.e. restrictions and social distancing in London and Kent have been lifted) – we intend to add a little of that Winchester magic (OK it’s food, drink and conversation) to the proceeding by streaming it at the Pavilion Sutton-at-Hone.

Price: (to cover costs only) £10 per person – on the door – cash only (the chip shop only takes cash)

(Fish & Chips is £7.80 at my local chippy, the rest is for cake, biscuits, milk, tea and coffee.)

Date: 10th April 2021 13:00

13:00 Registration: (Tea and cake)

14:00 BAA Winchester Agenda

15:00 Tea and biscuits & discussion about the lecture

15:15 BAA Winchester Agenda

16:30 Tea and Biscuits and discussion about the lecture, socialise.

18:00 Dinner (Fish and chips)

19:30 BAA Winchester Agenda

21:00 Tea and biscuits and discussion about the lecture

Observing (weather permitting)

At the moment I’m canvasing who might be interested, no commitment at this stage, just to see if it is worth taking further, closer to the event I’ll ask for confirmation and provide a menu.

 

This is a ticketed event, please contact the webmaster@crayfordmanorastro.com if you are interested in attending (no commitment at this stage)

 

 

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A brief introduction to Astronomy

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Recently Mr Martin Crow, gave a talk entitled "A brief introduction to Astronomy" (The edges of the Jigsaw) for some of the societies new members, to help them better understand the "Jigsaw that is astronomy".

Martin spoke amongst other things about.

·        Measuring astronomical distance by using astronomical units (au) & light years,

·        The spectrum of stars to determine their chemical components,

·        Looking at objects with different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum i.e. infrared, white & Ultra- violet light.

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="772"]Looking-at-the-Spectrum looking at the spectrum[/caption]

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]Radio-to-X-ray Objects viewed in different wavelengths[/caption]

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]Finding-the-edges Martin introducing the course[/caption]

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EQ6 Locking Power Mod

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The EQ6 is known for its power connector coming out or momentarily disconnecting, which is not something you want happening in the middle of an imaging session. I'd previously replaced all my power connectors to a type with a locking collar and decided to mod my EQ6 so that all my gear uses the same connector. This is not a particularly hard mod if you are confident around electronics and a soldering iron, but it will obviously void your warranty. You have to choose where to fit the connector carefully to avoid any components on the motherboard. Tapping onto the 12v on the board is pretty easy but worth checking with a multi-meter.

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Solar Eclipse 2008 August 1st, China

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This eclipse was special for its colours around the horizon. There were wonderful oranges and reds all around, the clouds lit up, some dark in silhouette, some golden, glowing yellowy-orange in the distance. You could see the shadow approaching against the clouds and then rushing away as it left. A great and wonderful experience that we will all never forget.

During the eclipse it was possible to see a prominence at about 2 o’clock and the planets Venus and Mercury were easily visible.

The desert venue for this eclipse was a little windy, buffeting equipment and making imaging and video at high magnifications a little difficult.

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Totality video by Member Andy Barber. Also featuring Maddy and Martin Crow and family. Venus and Mercury are also visible.

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The video above shows the site used to observe the Solar Eclipse. Video by Andy Barber.

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Images by Mike Rushton

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Eclipse China 2008 Mike Rushton

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Images by Martin Crow

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Eclipse2008 Martin Crow

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Images by Andy Barber

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Solar Eclipse 2008 China  ANdy Barber01/08/2008 10:25

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 Total Solar Eclipse Image by Andy Barber 01/08/2008 11:18

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Eclipse China Image by Andy Barber 01/08/2008 11:07

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 Total Solar Eclipse Image by Andy Barber 01/08/2008 11:33

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 Total Solar Eclipse Image by Andy Barber 01/08/2008 11:07

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 Total Solar Eclipse Image by Andy Barber 01/08/2008 11:07

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