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25th February 2012 ~ Stargazing Live at the Horns Lodge Pub
ESAS member Richie Jarrvis is arranging a night of stargazing at the Horns Lodge Pub, South Chailey, BN8 4BD. All are welcome and helps needed to assist Richie. If you would like to assist on the night please contact Richie on 07702 705427
We are still looking for other venues. Please contact me if you know of others in particular in Hastings or Battle. The event needs to provide a dark area close to a building that can provide warmth and facilities for a talk with a projector and screen.
2nd February 2012 ~ ESAS Meeting
Back Yard RadioAstronomy
At our February meetingwe welcome Graham Darlington who will talk on getting started in radioastronomy. Some of the largestprofessional telescopes being built today are radio telescopes. Why? Graham will take a look at what radioastronomy is about, how amateurs can get started and what you can achievewithout a 10 acre field and within a budget we can all afford.
Amateur radio astronomy is afascinating hobby; think about it, no cold nights outside, just sit indoors atyour computer controlling your equipment. Today, we can all have access to sophisticated technology, often at veryreasonable cost. There has never been abetter time to begin radio astronomy experiments, because often you can usereadily available equipment off the shelf without the need for complexconstruction at home. There are thereare three obvious areas to get started in radio astronomy, the Sun, Jupiter andmeteors and then for more of a challenge mapping the Milky Way in Hydrogenemission line.
Whether amateur radio astronomyis for fun or science is up to you.
Graham Darlington is a member ofthe BAA Radio Astronomy Group and a long standing member of the WorthingAstronomical Society. Graham has been aRadio Amateur for over 30 years and built his first and ONLY radio telescope in1975 which was within one mile of the Crystal Place television transmitter. Hehas an optical observatory in West Sussex where his main interest is the studyof supernova and variable stars.
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