Kernow Astronomers are coming to Trerice this March. Head to the hayloft to learn all about our solar system, asteroids, exoplanets and more with displays and a slideshow. A number of KA club members will be bringing along with a variety of telescopes from 17:00 – 21:30 on Saturday 21 March. If it is clear, telescopes will be set up on the parade ground, where you will be able to observe the setting Sun…
Our Next Meeting: 19, March – Summercourt
Image Credit: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/ The main talk for the evening will be delivered by Lorna Crystal. Astro Archaeology: How do we prove that ancient monuments and landscapes were intentionally aligned to celestial events? After the break Glynn Bennallick’s 10 minute talk entitled American Astronomers: A look at people from the North American continent fascinated by the night sky. We meet at 19:00 for a 19:30 kick-off. Event location details HERE The main talk of the evening will…
Our Next Meeting: 19, February – Summercourt
The main talk of the evening will be given by Dan and a continuation of a talk he gave us last year. Life in the Solar System? -Part Two. After the break Mark Godwin’s 10 minute talk is : The history of Constellations. We meet at 19:00 for a 19:30 kick-off. Event location details HERE
Sun and Stars – 21st February: Carnewas
The weather forecast is looking horrible again, so we have had to cancel our Sun & Stars event this weekend. Event location details HERE
The Hunter and his Mysterious Belt
We know that the shorter days of autumn and winter are here when in the darker evenings over the south east horizon come creeping up a set of four bright stars in a rectangle with a tight line of three stars in the middle. This is the constellation of Orion named after “Orion the Hunter” of Greek mythology. Imagine the top two stars are the Hunter’s shoulders with the bottom ones his knees. The…
Our Next Meeting: 15, January – Summercourt
Image Credit: Plato: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5 Neutron: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Harp We have two talks for you this evening. Frank Johns starts the evening with a talk on Plato. The philosopher, was looking for a physical law which would account for the orbits of errant stars (planets) to satisfy his need for uniformity and regularity. PLATO, the ESO project, is designed to get the data that perhaps, Plato the philosopher, needed…