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Wiltshire AS speaker for 5th of October will be Colin Stuart giving a talk about 'Time in Einstein's Universe' The meeting hopefully will be done in person (like lasts month's talk) with a start time of 20:00 at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend. SN12 6NS, All welcome. Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for 7th of September will be Professor Mike Edmunds giving a talk about 'The Clockwork Universe' The meeting will be done by Zoom (but we are hoping to meet up in person, waiting for information from the Pavilion currently) with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching or viewing this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info or turn up on the day? Peter Chappell

Yes I used binoculars to scan the horizon once sun had gone. I travel about 15 minutes to get to this location, Hackpen Hill, great for the south west thru to north east for a clear horizon.? Peter

Members 66 629 posts Wiltshire AS speaker for 1st of June will be Robert Harvey giving a talk about 'Understanding the Universe' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching to this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell Location: Swindon

Managed to bag Venus this evening about eight minutes before it was due to set, probably the earliest I have seen this planet after superior conjunction (31 days ago)? Peter

Wiltshire AS speaker for May 4th will be Martin Griffiths giving a talk about 'The Big Bang, Evidence & Establishment' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching to this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for April 6th will be Paul Money giving a talk about 'Triumph's of Voyager (pt 2) - Where no probe has gone before' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching to this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Excellent video Mark, sounds very temping to go out there sometime? Peter

Wiltshire AS speaker for March 2nd will be Pete Williamson giving a talk about 'The Moon & Moons of the Solar System' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching to this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for February 2nd will be Professor David Southwood giving a talk about 'Moon & Mars: Next giant step' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching to this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for January 5th will be Paul Money giving a talk about 'Triumph's of Voyager (part 2): Where no probe has gone before' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for December 1st will be Dr Lilian Hobbs giving a talk about 'Eisa Eisinga: The Planetarium in the Bedroom' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching to this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for November 3rd will be Andrew Lound giving a presentation about 'A Jupiter Odyssey' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in watching to this presentation you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for October 6th will be Martin Griffiths talking about 'The Big Bang, Evidence & Establishment' The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in listening to this talk you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

Wiltshire AS speaker for September 1st will be Nick Howes talking about 'How do you solve a problem like Debris - Ahh? The meeting will be done by Zoom with a start time of 20:00, if you are interested in listening to this talk you will need to contact Andy Burns (club chairperson) at anglesburn@hotmail.com to get access info? Peter Chappell

We were due to have Pete Williamson talking about Moon's of the Solar System on 7th of April but unfortunately with Covid-19 on the loose, the meeting has been cancelled and now put back until early 2021? Peter

Our speaker for March 3rd will be Dr Lilian Hobbs talking about 'Armchair Messier Marathon' the meeting will be held at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend Nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00. At end of the meeting there will be tea/coffee and biscuits, all welcome. More details are at www.wasnet.co.uk Peter

Our speaker for February 4th will be Jon Gale (aka AstroNinja on SGL) talking about 'Observing the Herschel 400' the meeting will be held at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend Nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00. At end of the meeting there will be tea/coffee and biscuits, all welcome. More details are at www.wasnet.co.uk Peter PS It took me about five years to observe all 400 on the list, some were hard to locate?

Our speaker for December 3rd will be Dr Dirk Froebrich talking about 'Making Stars & Planets - The HOYS-CAPS Citizen Science Project' the meeting will be held at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend Nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00. At end of the meeting there will be tea/coffee and biscuits, all welcome. More details are at www.wasnet.co.uk Peter

Jeremy, Now I know why it is cloudy in 'Swindon, your 'Box of Clouds' escaped and went south! I also looked at Jupiter last night, shining bright in the southern sky even made out alpha Libya (a constellation I have never really looked at?). Happy viewing. Peter

The WX eye pieces are very good, I use them most of the time when I go out and do some viewing, if ever the clouds will go away!

I have 7x50's kept in my car, 10x50's in the wife's car, 15x70's & 20x80's which I use with tripods for astro viewing. Never tell her how many telescopes I have, she cannot count that far

Nice scope but when you opened the box to take out the scope for the first time, the 'Box of Clouds' escaped as well. Now I know why we have cloudy skies here:D Happy viewing once the clouds have been put away. Peter

We had clear akies during the day in Wiltshire, yet when the sun went down the clouds started to roll in, cannot win sometimes!

I have taken a newbie to astronomy out twice for viewing, unfortunately the clouds have beaten us twice, even though it looked good up until sunset!