This year the Deep Sky Section annual meeting is hosted by Rugby and District Astronomical Society (RADAS) and will be held at their regular meeting venue – Church Lawford Village Hall, Church Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 9EE.
The event takes place on 27th February, and doors will open at 9:30 with the meeting kicking off at 10:00. The day is expected to close by 17:30.
Entrance will be £5 for BAA members and members of RADAS, and £10 for non-members – pay at the door. This includes refreshments through the day, and a buffet lunch.
Please register if you do plan to attend, by emailing the section director, Callum Potter, deepsky@britastro.org and also express any dietary requirements (and we will try to cater appropriately).
The keynote “professional” speaker is Dr. Amelie Saintonge from UCL, who will give a talk entitled “Feeding, fireworks and feedback: the formation and evolution of galaxies”
Provisional Programme
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Review of the year – Callum Potter |
| 10:20 – 11:10 | Andrew Robertson – Observing with a 24” Dobsonian telescope |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30 – 12:20 | Owen Brazell –Tools to find Planetary Nebulae |
| 12:20 – 13:00 | Andrew Luck – Automating a home observatory |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | The obligatory group photo |
| 14:10 – 14:50 | Cameron Watson – Starting out in astro-imaging |
| 14:50 – 15:40 | Jeremy Shears - Galaxies in the desert: Harold Knox-Shaw & the Reynolds telescope |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Tea |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Dr. Amelie Saintonge (UCL) – Feeding, fireworks and feedback: the formation and evolution of galaxies |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Final remarks |
Stands: Webb Deep Sky Society, BAA Sales
