Sark SAstroS
is holding a Star Festival to celebrate the second anniversary of the award of
First Dark Sky Island status, featuring Dr Marek Kukula, Dr Chris Lintott and
Steve Owens. Click here for details (pdf file).
The Guernsey Observatory will
be open to the public on Thursday evening, 18 April, each Thursday evening
during the summer States school holidays (ie 25 July to 29 August), and Friday
evening, 08 November. For details of times, etc, click here for a poster (pdf
file).
The first Open Evening of the
year was held on Thursday, 10 January, and was associated with the BBC’s Stargazing
Live television series. Unfortunately, cloud prevented observing, but
there were slide presentations.
The Section’s Annual
Business Meeting was held on 05 February.
The annual barbecue and Perseid meteor count will again be held in August at the
Observatory. Date to be announced.
GROUP VISITS
The Astronomy Section also welcomes a limited number
of group visits, by prior arrangement. See our introduction
page for details.