Nottingham Astronomical Society

[seven_legs]

hello everyone:)

i used to go to Nottingham Astronomical Society years ago as a kid and now i am back into astronomy and got a nice 10" dob, i wanted to join or go to the meetings. but now they have moved out of the city to Keyworth for some reason, which is ok if you drive but i don't and i don't fancy catching two buses, taking about an hour to get there. just wondered if there is any other astro grounps in notts that anyone knew of? or if anyone lives near new basford and fancy giving me a lift..( sorry thats really cheeky lol ).

anyway clear skies

[Gohan75]

I also live in New basford, also have a 10" dob and also dont have a car !

[seven_legs]

no kidding!? i live on central avenue. so do you go to the NAS ?

[Gohan75]

Oh right yeh not far from me, im just off Perry road near Sainsburys. Seeing is pretty bad round here! I did plan on going along sometime but so far i havn't made it. Like you said its a bit difficult if you dont have a car.

[seven_legs]

i bet you get a good view from up there. i only have a small view of the sky here. but my has mate got a car. we are trying to find a nice, safe dark sky site out of nottingham. any ideas?

[brantuk]

Hi both and a warm welcome to SGL.

We run a thriving astro club covering Notts, Derby, Leics, and Lincs and have regular observing sessions at our two dark sites in Belper and Wymeswold (both of which have warm rooms and facilities). You'd be very welcome to join us for a meeting and I'm sure we have members near both of you who would be happy to offer a lift.

We organise the meetings through our dedicated local website - just click the "EMS" link in my signature for details and leave an intro in the welcome section so the folks will say hi. Hope to see you at a dark site soon.

[seven_legs]

thank you Bright Giant!

i will take you up on that offer. its would be great to go to dark sites. i let my house mate who drives know. will look at ems. hope to see you soon

[Gohan75]

I usually go up to a place called surprise view in the peak district. Its about an hour away with pretty good skies, much better than around here.

[brantuk]

Yes I've heard Surprise View is good - we can't compete with that. Our two dark sites are at least better than in the city though and most of our members are within half an hour of one of them. You're welcome to come down to a session and suss it out

[kirkster501]

The light lights put the kibosh on things a little this time of year or else I would be there too Kim! And last winter was a total wash out astro wise. Looking forward to coming down to Wymeswold again.

Steve - Radcliffe On Trent

[brantuk]

Yeah - start to late and finish to early during these summer nights - and lucky if you see much in between. Hope we do see you again come the darker autumn nights Steve.