The 4th Monday of every month is a busy day for me at the moment. In the morning, I go to the Stargazing session. Now, we use a couple of books to look at what has been happening in the sky that can be seen with the naked eye. I had to confess that apartContinue reading “2108 – 4th Monday at u3a”
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2104 The Survey
I had given up on this telescope. It was for a few reasons, that included taking it down and putting it up every time, and aligning the mount. The mount is…rubbish. It wobbles, not very stable. It wobbles in at least two places, and that is just not good at all. After all that, myContinue reading “2104 The Survey”
2062 – u3a IGO – Astronomy From Deep Space to Binoculars
Today, it was the turn of the u3a Interest Groups Online – Astronomy to grab my attention. There were a good 12 or 15 people on the Zoom call. Whilst I didn’t know much about the backgrounds of any of the people, I’m sure there was at least one member of the Royal Astronomical SocietyContinue reading “2062 – u3a IGO – Astronomy From Deep Space to Binoculars”
1981 – Asterisms
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”
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”
