Members of the Liverpool Astronomical Society, (founded in 1881), will display several telescopes for viewing the Moon and other objects in the night sky, if clear. There will also be an illustrated talk on astronomy.
This event is free, and is open to all members of the public.
For more information contact:-
Halewood Visitors Centre - 0151 488 6151
Liverpool Astronomical Society:
Geoff Regan, Observatory Director - 0151 292 7165
Dave Owen, LAS Sidewalk Astronomers 07778 454524 *** http://angelfire.com/pokemon2/pirsig/sidewalk.html *** dowenlas@yahoo.com
EVENT REPORT - Dave Owen - I arrived, with Geoff Regan and my 3 inch f4 reflector, at about 19:25. The weather prospects for this event seemed to be very cloudy but it was actually quite clear, especially after 20:00.
Fortunately, some of our members brought telescopes, despite the poor weather forecast. Brendan Martin did a 30 minute visual presentation inside the Visitors' Centre, following a 10 minute presentation by Brian Finney. Brendan then set up his 10 inch Dobsonian Reflector in the car park.
Jim Stacy, as well as taking the pictures shown on the link below, was also able to set up his Celestron C6 GoTo telescope.
The almost full Moon, along with light pollution from the street lights next to the car park, limited our views of deep sky objects but the Moon did not seem to dissapoint the large number of visitors, about 40, who were also able to use Lawrence Ashworth's 4 inch refractor, as well as two 3 inch reflectors.
I set up my 3 inch reflector on a folding table, but this proved too high for some of the children. So, following a suggestion made by Brian Finney, I set it up on a chair that was borrowed from the Visitors's Centre. This proved ideal, even for some of the smaller children, although it made it a more difficult stoop for some of the adults. The 3 inch gave good views of the Moon, at 15x and 30x, the Pleiades star cluster and the famous double star in the plough, Mizar & Alcor.
We finally left at about 21:50, still amazed that the weather, again, had not behaved as we thought it would!
EVENT PICTURES by Jim Stacey:
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HALEWOOD VISITORS CENTRE MAP 2
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