Visit to David's newly re-furbished Observatory

 

Eight members attended this last formal meeting before the summer break. The weather was kind although the seeing was not all that good. We all had a look at Saturn and had the observatory and computer controlled telescope demonstrated to us. We came away very impressed and wishing that we all had a similar facility in our back garden.

Arriving at David's Observatory
Sliding the roof off
Bob having a look at Saturn
Arthur discussing the telescope drive with David
David's chart recorder that displays small changes in the earth's magnetic field to give Aurora warnings
The magnetometer sensor in the garden that produces the data for the chart recorder