Bromsgrove Astronomical Society - Astronomy Night [16/02/15]

[astrosphinx]

In support of this years BBC Stargazing Live, Bromsgrove Astronomical Society (BASOC) is hosting an Astronomy Night Open Evening on Monday 16th Feb 2015

Doors open 7pm

Venue : Bromsgrove Rugby Club, Finstall Park, Bromsgrove, B60 3DH

• Astronomy Exhibition including Deep Sky & Planetary imaging demonstrations with visual astronomy observing tips.
• 'Bromsgrove Astronomical Society' introduction by Rob Januszewski
• 'Getting Started in Astronomy' talk by Sue Dipple

BASOC members will be on hand to answer any questions and provide a wide range of equipment to observe the night sky, weather permitting.

Refreshments available, free admission, all welcome.

More information about BASOC and this Astronomy Night at our website ; http://www.broms-astro.co.uk

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

[hgjevans]

I've been meaning to check out BASOC for a while - this might well be the ideal opportunity.

[astrosphinx]

Certainly come along you are most welcome.  The membership is quite diverse catering for most (if not all!) aspects of the hobby.

[astrosphinx]

A casual bump for the BASOC Open Evening tomorrow night (Mon 16 Feb), all welcome.

More info at our website ; http://www.broms-astro.co.uk

[Northern Soul man]

Hi To All at Bromsgrove, Just a Big, Big Thank You to all that helped plan and run the Event at the Rugby Club last night - I arrived quite early, the sky was lovely and clear, but then the clouds rolled in, just got a glimpse of the ISS, but cleared again later - a really good turn out.

Traveled from home to see if the skies are any better than I have, much darker sky with many more stars visible naked eye, there were quite a few scopes set up outside- had a look through the big club dob - very nice - spotted the shadow transit on Jupiter around eight - ish, had a chat with Chris and Doug and looked through Chris's six inch and Doug's four inch - really nice, asked if I could have a look at M1 through the dob - way brighter than from home and at F5 to!

Really great night - Pass my Thanks on to all - as soon as I walked through the door there was a massive Frac staring me right in the face - would have loved to have had a look through that monster!!

Thanks again for a great night and clear DARK skies to All.

Paul.

[astrosphinx]

Hi Paul - glad you had an enjoyable evening, it was great that we had some clear skies to use the member and society scopes.

I'll ensure your thanks are passed on and you're more than welcome to pop into a meeting anytime.