HALEWOOD COUNTRY PARK - FRI 1 MAR 2001

HALEWOOD COUNTRY PARK - EVENT REPORT

The weather was reasonably ok for this event. Venus was visible, low down in the west but it soon sunk below the trees. Saturn was just over 2 degrees north of the first quarter moon. Jupiter less than 10 degrees west of Saturn. So, despite the light pollution, there was plenty to see in my 6 inch f4 reflector, which I set up near the front door. Jim Stacey arrived later and soon set up his 8 inch reflector with goto facility.

Graham Roberts helped look after my telescope so I could occasionally wander indoors to see Geoff Regan do a slide show. Tony Hearn, the Knowsley Ranger, confirmed that there would be access to a kettle, so hot coffee helped us ward off the cold.

The total number of visitors was 29, there was even an official photographer from Knowsley Council. With 4 LAS members and the Park Ranger this made a total of 34. All in all, a pleasing end to the 2000/2001 sidewalk season of events. The following three pictures have been selected from a group of 8 that were taken by Tony Hearn, the Halewood Ranger, who kindly emailed them to me a few days after the event.

Dave Owen