Browsing Archive: September, 2018

New Telescope Acquired

Posted by ANDREW GLENDINNING on Sunday, September 23, 2018,
The Society has acquired another telescope , kindly donated by Lucasz Domanski .

It is a Skywatcher 5inch reflector with a motor drive and camera attachment to fit Canon DSLR cameras.

Please let me know if you wish to borrow it.
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New Scientist Live Show 20th September 2018

Posted by ANDREW GLENDINNING on Sunday, September 23, 2018,
Earlier in the year , Janice MacLean from the British Astronomical Asssociation invited HGSAS to participate in the New Scientist Live Show as guests on their stand  - 441 in the COSMOS Section.

Christina, Dianne and I prepared 6 quizzes that we ran throughout the day with prizes of the Books "Cataclysms and Renewals" and "Star Core Zeus" by Rupert Holms, which were kindly donated by the author.

The day was very successful. Well over 100 people visited our stand and 76  entered the quizzes.Chri...
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New Scientist Live show - HGSAS Quiz winners

Posted by ANDREW GLENDINNING on Sunday, September 23, 2018,


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