Next Meeting  :  Monday 23rd February

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The next meeting will be a practical demonstration, led by Nick, looking at “Developments in optical glasses for modern telescopes”.  It’s sure to be both informative and entertaining.
The usual place & time; The upper room at the Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny at 7:30 pm.
I look forward to meeting up, all are welcome.                                                          

A reasonable number of people made it to the January meeting, our first AGM for some 6 years, despite the miserable weather. The draft minutes have been put on the website “Download” page, HERE.

We also had time for a general chat about the effect that the vastly increasing number of low earth orbit satellites (LEOs), eg Starlink etc, may have on observational astronomy.  The overall feeling was that although there is an issue for professional astronomy the impact on amateur observation is likely to be minor.  I guess time will tell.

Next Meeting Monday 26th January

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The next meeting will be a General meeting of the AAS.  The last General Meeting we had was 9th March, 2020, just before COVID forced us to suspend meeting for 2.5 years. I’m sure that no one can remember the details of that 2020 session but I have put an abbreviated copy of the draft minutes on the “Download” page : HERE.

Following the General meeting the plan is to have an open discussion on a relevant topic.  As mentioned in the last post we need someone to introduce a subject.  Nothing complex, just a topic of interest to them, ie a subject – video – or whatever that we could have a round table chat on.

So – who is willing to introduce such a topic??  If assistance is required don’t worry, I am more than happy to provide equipment, backup or whatever.

Usual time and place : 7:30pm, upstairs in the Hen & Chicks, Abergavenny.

See you there.

Next Meeting : Monday 26th January

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As the 4th Monday is in Christmas week the next meeting will be in January.

There will be a “very short” AGM. Our last AGM was in March 2020 and some admin issues, ie our bank account, ask for minutes of our General Meeting to prove we are a proper society!
It is intended to be very short so don’t worry about there being a long boring (?) session. No doubt reports of what has happened since the last AGM will be circulated prior to the 26th.
By keeping it short we will have time to have a topic discussion as well.

As debated at the last couple of meetings it would be great if someone were to introduce a topic of interest to them, ie a subject – video – or whatever that we could have a round table chat on.

ANY VOLUNTEERS?

Drop a line to the webmaster, my astrogw8 or Nick’s email address with suggestions. Don’t be shy – I’m happy to help out if you want. it will be an especially short meeting otherwise!

Usual time and place, 7:30pm, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny.

Meeting on 1st December (ctd) – Future

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Also at the Monday meeting we discussed the ongoing involvement of “members”.  There was a good response to keeping the Society active

In terms of topics for our evenings anything that is related to astronomy is valid, from a discussion around what someone may have read about, YouTube or similar videos that an individual found interesting, a specific topic presentation and possible visiting presenters.  In other words – any astronomical item someone would like to chat about is open.  Length is flexible, 5 mins or an hour or anything in between.  Whatever the individual would like to share.
I was asked to post a list of items I had read about in November that I put up as examples of “what caught my eye”. Any of these could be used to introduce as a discussion topic, or some as a longer exploration of the topic.
What do you think? Reply to the webmaster or astrogw8 email address.

Meeting on 1st December

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Despite the weather on Monday, which reduced numbers slightly, we were treated to a very interesting talk from Tony about his experience with his ZWO S50 Seestar smart telescope.  Much discussion was generated. 
Part 2 of his easy astrophotography experiences, looking at using a star tracker & DSLR, is programmed (probably) for February.
If you would like to see some of the pictures that Tony has taken they are on the “Download” page at LINK