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A cloudy January resulted in a small number of meteors detected, 97 in total, most sporadic, but we did detect 20 Quadrantid's and identified meteors from 17 different showers.
If you want to join in and help with the observations please contact Janice.
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We were treated with some lovely clear skies in the mornings of January 2019 and members were able to capture a few images of the conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter.
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The Dick Chambers Observatory was open for observing the 'blood moon' on the evening/morning of the 20th-21st January and for a change the weather was good. Other members observered from their homes and below are a few images by members.
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January 21st 2019 Total Lunar Eclipse, this image was featured on BBC TV Breakfast news.
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Our automated meteor camera and meteor team, detected 239 meteors in December, despite the cloudy weather, 60 of these were identified as part of the Geminid meteor shower. The brightest meteor detected was a magnitude of -1.8. During December we identified meteors from 22 different showers, but the geminids was by far the strongest.
Below is a video of the meteors detected by the meteor camera operated by the society, in December 2018, the meteors are ordered by brightness based on analysis by UFO analyser.
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Comet 46P Wirtanen was billed to be brighter than ever this apparition and when at its brightest it would be passing within 1 degree of M45, however the UK weather conspired against us, some members got images from outside the UK and others from before it reached its brightest, but our visit to Ashdown forest was cancelled due to 100% cloud cover and rain.
On Thursday 13th December 2018 many members observed the comet at the Dick Chambers Observatory, through binoculars (a very faint fuzzy blob only visible with averted vision) and through the 16" Peter Hindle telescope.
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Comet Wirtanen, 46P taken 16 Dec. 2018 @ 0030 hrs., in Cottowood, Arizona, USA by Richard Bohner
Canon 6D, 200mm f2.8 lens, ISO 800
75 second exposure time.
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Image by Richard Bohner
Here is my latest image of Comet 46P. Taken Thursday night.
Canon 6D, 200mm lens f2.8, ISO 800 60 second exposure.
It was a little windy Thursday night with gusts of 25mph and moon
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Image by Richard Bohner, tahen on 8th December 2018 in Cottonwood, Arizona
Comet 46P Wirtanen on 8 Dec with Canon 6D with 200mm f2.8 lens, 60 second exposure.
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Image by Honor Wheeler
I've been getting some practice with deep sky stacker, not as scary as I thought here is my first attempt using it to stack some images of the comet.
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Image by Honor Wheeler
I've been lucky to have imaged the comet twice myself, once on Friday 7th & again on Sunday. The seeing has been pretty poor but it was just visible in 10x50 binoculars and looked pretty good in my 72mm refractor and 40mm eyepiece.
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Image by Kevin Langford
Taken on 11-12-2018 using a Canon 750D with a 75 to 300 zoom lens on a Sky Adventurer tracking mount.
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We welcomed the Children of Sutton-at-Hone Primary school to the Dick Chambers Observatory on the 12th December 2018. They had a chance to look through the Peter Hindle telescope and from the photos it looks like they had a great time, whilst learning a bit about the science of Astronomy.
Parental permission given for all images used.
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The society observed 210 Meteors linked to 32 different showers in November using the semi-automated meteor camera
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Chair: John Archer
Attendees: Mike Rushton (MR), Keith Rickard (KR), Martin Crow (MC), Rita Whiting (RW), John Archer (JA), John Howarth (JH), Andy Barber (AB)
Apologies: Simon Dawes (SD)
Minutes: 2017 minutes read by JA and Signed by JA
Matters Arising: None
JA's first year as Society Chairman.
Summary of report & highlights provided to members as a PPT
Report (in Word) not reproduced here, but will be circulated to Committee for review / amendment then provided via website to members and forwarded to the PC.
Thanks extended to Trustees, Committee Members, Project contributors and members for supporting the Society at events, meetings and project work throughout the year.
Membership was at 66 members in total
Results of member survey were presented in part, then deferred to a later date due to Internet connectivity issue mid-way through.
Keith presented the Treasurer’s Report covering the period to 31/8/2018
Accounts were awaiting examination– funds healthy, with contingency in place.
Gift Aid had allowed another £1k (approx.) to be recovered from membership dues.
Retiring Trustees this year, Mike Rushton and John Archer, put themselves up for re-election.
Vote by show of hands: Mike and John re-elected.
AGM closed at 20:33UT
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October saw us identifying 308 meteors from 32 different showers, the October Draconids and the Orionids being the most interesting.
The brightest meteor was -3.7 vMag
21 October Draconids were identified in the charts below you can see they are a very narrow peak, suggesting a narrow stream of dust the Earth is passing through. The average magnitude was 1.
Ground map of the Draconids showing the meteors that were triangulated with the Nemetode group, our observations are the ones detected by the 'Dartford' Observatory
We identified 53 Orionids, peaking on the 21st October and an average magnitude of 1
Below is a 15 minute video of all 308 meteors verified in October.
Ground map of the Orionids showing the meteors that were triangulated with the Nemetode group, our observations are the ones detected by the 'Dartford' Observatory.
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We hosted The 2018 British Astronomical Association Back to Basics workshop on 6th October.
These workshops are great for beginners just starting out in astronomy and wanting to learn how to use their telescopes or get started in Astronomy and over 50 people turned up - well done and thank you to all the Crayford Members who helped out.
The slideshow below is of photos taken of the day by member Jim Burchell - Thank you Jim.
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