Monday of the 4th week of the month is a busy day for me, from a University of the 3rd Age (U3A) point of view. I have two sessions one in the morning, Stargazing. The meeting is held in the Vine on Stoke Road, very nice. Run by Antony, he makes sure. that we don’t wander off topic too much, and provides for a very interesting hour and a half. I’ve now been to two meetings, and enjoyed each one.
One of the things I’ve liked about the session, apart from us all getting on well, is that I come away with a miini task. Last month it was to find the star Capella (technically, I guess the star system that is called Capella. I’m pretty sure that I did find it, but I did have a few problems. I’m working on them, and will let you know how I get on.
This month’s task is to use the star maps of one of the two reference books we use to identify an astronomical phenomenon on each of the nights between now and the next meeting on 23 March. If I can’t do it, to record the fact along with a reason. Sadly, one of the most common reasons for not observing is cloud cover, like tonight, which is 100% – no stars visible at 2300, where I live.
Later in the afternoon, I had my session with The History group. Todays activity was to talk about The British Empire. It seems that it is not viewed as a good thing by many people, particularly tutors. ]
Next month’s topic for discussion is Pilgrimage. That should be interesting. Can I do something that will enable me to look at the pilgrimages? I’d like to think that I could prepare something between now and then.
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