The only conceivable linkk that this picture has with Astronomy, is that the fungi remind me of the first time Captain Scarlet saw the Mysteron’s Martian base. Yes, I agree, tenuous in the extreme, but there you go.
Tonight’s two and a bit hours, were as usual very interesting and informative. Steve, the course insztructor was desperately trying to get us some actual observing time, unfortunately, the sky wasn’t playing and stayed cloudy for the duration. Not a lot we can do about that although, he did say there was the possibility of tacking an extrta week on at the end, if it looked like the skies were going to be clear.
I am coming to a bit of a conclusion; I having been talking in terms of spending a fair hbit of money on getting a set up to use at home, with no guarantee as to how good it will be, and setting up before, and breaking down after an observing session both being a potential nightmare, So…
I raised the topic of membership, saying that I had tried about 10 years ago, but had received a very polite “Don’t call us, we’ll call you” Apparently, membership at that time had been locked, because there was estimated to be a four year waiting list.
It seems that things are a bit more flexible now, and for a little over £50 a year, I get access to some really quite amazing kit, with no set up fears or pproblems. I think I might give this a go.
