About Us
We are a friendly, relaxed group of people sharing a common interest in all things astronomical. Our membership ranges from complete beginners to those experienced in observing and the more technical aspects such as astrophotography.
We meet at Summercourt New Memorial Hall, Cornwall on the third Thursdays of the month throughout the year. From October to March we also hold practical meetings on the first Thursday of each month at Trevarrian Holiday Park. All meetings start at 7:30pm.
Further information on the club, how to find us, what we do and Contact Us details can be found under the ‘Home’ menu dropdown at the very top of this page.
Our Next Meeting
16th, January- Summercourt
For our main talk for this evening, Nick will be demonstrating Skytools 4 – Planning software that few astronomers have heard of. Rather than end up looking at the same tired old Messiers you’ve seen multiple times, Skytools will access nearly every astronomical database out there and based on your location, your chosen observing time – now or in the future, what will look good through the equipment you own and the sky conditions at the time you want to observe, will plan a list of targets and in a sequence to observe them at their best. This is the only software that does this.
After the break, Dan’s 10 minute talk will be on the harsh realities of long term space travel
Latest Solar System Images
Lunar craters Schickard, Schiller, Nasmyth, Wargentin and Longomontanus.
Mare Humorum and crater Gassendi
Both images taken on the weekend of the 16, November using a Celestron SE6 by Mark Godwin
Previous Posts
Latest Member Image
M45 – The Pleiades . This image was taken by one of our members Dr Nigel Price using a ASKAR 600mm refractor with a 0.7x reducer providing an effective focal length of 420mm mounted on the new ZWO AM5n Mount. 120x 60s exposures processed in SIRIL.
To put this image into context. Nigel has only been seriously imaging since November of this year. Quite remarkable progress.
Two Galaxies From Far, Far Away….
G’day! I write this from far, far away in the hot centre of Australia at the sacred Aboriginal site of Uluru. Low humidity and lack of light, make Uluru one of the best stargazing spots in the world. The night sky south of the equator is a different view of the universe than we have in Cornwall…..more