HantsAstro - Look Up! e-Zine Sept 08 - News & Reviews... Out Now!

[Woodsey65]

Read All About It!!!

Our eZine PDF 'Look Up!' is now available for free public download.

A packed 20 Pages, it ain't no ordinary newsletter!

Report on the South-West Astronomy Fair.

Details on the Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival 5-7th Sept. See you there!

Report on our 1st Meeting at Butser Ancient Farm.

Review of the LXD75 Range of Telescopes.

Competition for a replacement strap-line for 'Hampshire is our Playground'.

1st Prize a copy of Redshift 6.1 Planetarium software worth £100. Drives telescopes don'tcha know...

This comp is open to all.

Listing of astronomy meetings in Hampshire a guide to the night sky

in September, as we do every month.

Group news and with further details of our 2 new observing sites in Hampshire,

which we start observing from this month... It's going to be a busy month.

This is our 5th edition from the HantsAstro stable;

http://www.hantsastro.org/ezinefront.html

Previous editions are also available for free download:

http://www.hantsastro.org/ezinearchive08.html

I hope you like it even more than the last one.

October edition sees the start of a Buyer Guide series,

as well as details on the INTECH Telescope Amnesty...

Oh, and please subscribe (did I mention it was free...?).

Then's there's the exclusive HantsAstro Observer Newsletter if you decide to

observe with us. Membership forms are available for download too!

We now have over 60 members. So join in!

I hope you enjoy this latest read.

David.

http://www.hantsastro.org

[wingman]

Hi Woodsey, I very much enjoy your eZines, I've read them all so far. Just wish I was nearer to Hampshire! Off to download your latest now!

[Sam]

Nice e-zine! Very interesting and packed full of information. I went to the new shop in Dorking a couple of weeks ago, they're very helpful and have quite a range of 'scopes so it was nice reading your write up on them.

Sam

[Woodsey65]

Thanks Guys,

It's great to get some feedback. Our members now extend from Poole to South London and down to Newhaven. 80 now...

We are thinking of running a 'roadshow' next year of observing sessions across the region,

and possibly a major star party in central england so it's accessible to everyone.

Anyone up for that? SGL where are you..........?

We are also planning something called 'Project Ten' - 10 towns and cities across Hampshire doing some 'Sidewalk Astronomy', as we are geared up for it, starting next year for IYA2009. I've been interviewed by BBC Sky@Night Mag about it and the Telescope Amnesty in October.

It's in our next issue along with our planned buyers guide. It's taken months to collates and will be rolling it out across three issues, with an imaging one in January.

All linked to relevant sites... didn't know there was so much gear on offer.

We now have 8 telescopes btw, and I'm looking to buy a minibus to move the gear around.

Not bad for a 6 month old group I guess.

Feedback welcome as always.

Dave