At the u3a Stargazing session on Monday, we started talking about Asterisms. Beyond knowing they were something to do with stellar arrangements, and didn’t fully understand what an Asterism was. I didn’t know that I had been looking at them most of my life. There are constellations that I have known for a very longContinue reading “1981 – Asterisms”
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1973 The Lyrids
The Gosport u3a. group on stargazing meets once a month in The Vine, a local pub that has been converted into a cafe. There’s usually 5 or 6 of us. It’s a casual get together, and a good opportunity for like minded people to have a good chat. Whilst it won’t always work, I tryContinue reading “1973 The Lyrids”
1972 – u3a IGO Astronomy – Controversy?
Let me explain something; u3a’s bread and butter are the interest groups. There is not specific size, but I think u3a like there to be at least four members for a viable group. I’m member of five groups; Local History, Exploring. Art, Stargazing and History. I recently found out that there is a whole otherContinue reading “1972 – u3a IGO Astronomy – Controversy?”
1946 – Greenwich Maritime Museum
I wonder if this is the world’s largest ship in a bottle? It’s the one boutside the Maritime Museum, the subject of this month’s Gosport Shed Outing, and another excellent visit it was as well. Well…the journey up didn’t go too well. The drive from Gosport towards the M27, took us an hour, and IContinue reading “1946 – Greenwich Maritime Museum”
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