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
19, September- Summercourt
There are three talks tonight. Mike will be discussing ‘Features on the Moon’ , where he will touch on a few of the surface features, as well as aiming to present other aspects that are less well known; eg, why the Moon has a ‘lumpy’ gravitational field and what the implications are. This will be followed by two shorter talks on ‘NASA Unmanned Missions’ and ‘Space Stations’ by Heather and Charles respectively.
Autumn Sun and Stars Events
We have finalised our Autumn calendar of observing events being held at the National Trust car park at Carnewas. All three are open to everyone who wants to come along. Click the link below for full location information.
Previous Posts
Latest Member Image
The Cygnus Wall in SHO experiment continues. Two great nights to add more data. This image is a total of 68 x 600s exposures comprised of 35 x 600s of Ha and OIII (taken at the same time with an Optolong L-eXtreme Filter with 7nm bandpass on each of Ha and OIII) and 33x600s of SII (6.5nm bandpass filter). Conclusion: SHO narrowband imaging is possible with a modern OSC camera.
Back to the cosmological drawing board?
Generally, we are all a nosy bunch. Since 1950 many people have loved being flies on the walls in Ambridge to hear the drama and gossip of several families in The Archers that don’t actually exist……