[BAA-ebulletin 00585] Webb Deep-Sky Society Meeting. Saturday June 18 Cambridge

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Webb Deep-Sky Society Annual Meeting

The re-arranged Webb Deep-Sky Society meeting - cancelled last December due to bad weather - will take place on Saturday June 18 at the Institute of Astronomy (IoA), Cambridge.  All members of the BAA and their friends are welcome.

There have always been close links between the Webb Society and the BAA Deep Sky Section, with both the Director and Assistant Director being on the Webb committee.

Doors open at 9.30am with tea / coffee available from 10.00am.

Entrance fee is £10 which includes a buffet lunch and tea / coffee throughout the day. It is expected that the meeting will finish around 5.30pm.

Entrance to the IoA is a short distance from J13 (no exit from the north) of the M11 on the A1303 Madingly Road. Head east towards the city centre after leaving the motorway and the IoA will be found on the left hand side after about half-a-mile. There is plenty of free parking at the venue.

The following talks are planned

Wolfgang Steinicke - The M 51 mystery: Rosse, Robinson, South and the astonishing detection in 1845 of spiral structure.
 

Robert Kennicutt - The (very) improbable universe

 

Mark Hurn (short talk) - Star atlases (2010 was the 100th anniversary of Norton's star atlas)

 

Martin Griffiths - New developments in planetary nebula research         

 

Andrew Robertson - Telescopes and their capabilities 

 

Faith Jordan - Experiences at the Texas Star Party

 

David Ratledge - New developments in astrophotography 

 

The following hope to have stands at the meeting

Green Witch - Astronomical Equipment

Martin Lunn - Astronomy Books

CUP - Astronomy Books

British Astronomical Association

The Webb Deep Sky Society

Nik Szymanek - Astronomical Images





Stewart Moore

BAA Deep Sky Section Director

Webb Society Meeting Organiser



2011 June 10