Observing 11.30-19.45 Monday 9th at Abbot Hall Park: Mercury Transit
Meeting 19.00 Monday 16th at Kendal Museum:”Members Short Talks”
June
Meeting 19.00 Monday 6th at Kendal Museum: Keith Robinson (LMAS) “Building and Using the Bier Himmel Observatory”
July
Meeting 19.00 Monday 4th at Kendal Museum: “Telescope Night”
August
Meeting 19.00 Monday 1st at Kendal Museum: “Astro-photography”
Observing 21.00 Thursday 18th at Helsington Church:SaturnWatch / Astrophotography Workshop (EAS members only) NOTE: Members have already been emailed about this – the original date for this event was Friday 19th, but as the weather forecast for that evening is appalling it has been moved to the night before. Please bring your camera and tripod if you want to know how to get started in basic astrophotography. Note: limited parking at the church, might be a bit of a squeeze.
September
Meeting 19.00 Monday 5th at Kendal Museum: Note: our scheduled speaker Gemma Lavender, the Editor of “All About Space” magazine has had to cancel her visit. Jeremy Hunt from Cockermouth has kindly agreed to give us a talk about astrophotography.
Special Meeting: 19.00 Wednesday September 14th at Kendal Museum: special guest speaker night, “Thomas Ormston” from the European Space Agency. As this is an out-of-programme meeting there will probably be a £2 charge – to be confirmed.
October
Meeting 19.00 Monday 3rd at Kendal Museum: EAS Speaker