Tonight we will have the double act with Jacquie and Dean Ashton.

The main talk of the evening will be by Jacquie Ashton – Detecting Exoplanets. The search for exoplanets has escalated since the first one was confirmed in 1995 – 51 Pegasus b. Jacquie will describe the techniques that were developed in the discovery of exoplanets and their characteristics, and how these are being used to find Earth-like planets orbiting stars.

After the break Dean Ashton OBE and his 10 minute talk – Colour in astrophotography – how we visualise the universe.   A brief explanation of how and why colour is used in different ways in astrophotography.

We meet at 19:00 with kick-off at 19:30 at the Summercourt Memorial Hall

Find us: https://kernowastronomers.com/find-us/

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