Butser Ancient Farm - Excellent for Dark Sky Observing...
HantsAstro Update - August '08
Perseid Meteor Watch 11th August 08 - How did it go? Very well first time out, in spite of the weather, several object were seen through some decent pockets of cloud, that confirm this site as something a bit special. We even saw an Iridium satellite!
Thanks to all that attended and helped out. It was a great night and everyone had a good time.
The 'core team' members are reviewing what we have learned to make the observing sessions even better.
-DW
Perseid Meteor Watch In Pictures.... soon.
It gives us great pleasure to announce that we will be observing from Butser Ancient Farm, nr Chalton, Hampshire and also from grounds of the INTECH Science Centre & Planetarium, near Winchester, Hampshire. Please visit the relevant web pages for further details and read the introductions on both sites in the latest issue of 'Look Up!'.
Our full observing programme will commence at Butser in September 2008. Details upon application.
For Butser Ancient Farm there will be a entry fee and refreshments and facilities will be available.
Butser Ancient Farm observing passes will be just £4 per session.
We now have our own collection of six telescopes, a 3" Refractor, 4" Maksutov, 5", two 6" Reflectors and a 10" Dobsonian will be used for general and deep sky observing, so you can experience the different advantages of different sizes and types of telescope that could help you develop your interest further.
Or you can use your own, either way practice makes perfect and this site is great for astro imaging.
All observing sessions are covered by our comprehensive insurance, and are only open exclusively to fully registered HantsAstro members who will be issued with passes.
Registration is easy for observing with HantsAstro, just download and fill in our simple PDF membership application form, and e-mail it back!
Our focus is hands-on observing, and from September 2008 we are starting a flexible observing programme. It's a mixture of free and entry-fee based observing sessions, for newbies and enthusiasts. For those hardcore people, there are even more challenging deep sky objects and astrophotography, so you can do more clever stuff with your own telescopes at our dark sky sites like here at Butser Ancient Farm.
Tests are being carried out during the summer at several other sites in Hampshire to accomodate the observing party numbers we are generating, given the types of astronomy the group wants to do such as astrophotography, planetary and deep-sky.
HantsAstro is also working on a number of other exciting and unique and innovative collaborations so watch this space!
More information can be found in the latest edition of Look Up! our free eZine, where there are more details on our plans and progress so far.
More information can be found in Look Up!, where there are more details on our plans and progress. Registration is free (and easy...) for observing with HantsAstro, just download our simple PDF membership application form, save it to your PC, fill in the form on-screen, save and e-mail it back to subscribe@hantsastro.org. Or print it off, write and pop it in the post. The choice is yours.
Numbers will be restricted depending on site and we are now taking registrations during July/August '08 to arrange the timetable and logisitics for our first observing sessions starting 10th September. Join today, It's really costs nothing to join in!
The form requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or above, download for free.
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