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Basil Brown – Archaeologist & Astronomer No. 550 Registered Charity 271313 Dec/Jan 2018/19 OASI News The newsletter of the Orwell Astronomical Society Dramatic fade of McNeil's nebula. Remote telescope images by Mike Harlow Trustees: Mr Roy Adams [TBA] Mr David Payne Honorary President: Dr Allan Chapman D.Phil MA FRAS 1812-1901 OASINews Page 1 of 32 oasi.org.uk Contents ! Cover picture: Dramatic fade of McNeil's nebula Society Notices!......................................................................................................................3 Society Contact details! 3 Next Committee Meeting! 4 New members! 4 Calling missing members!! 4 2019 Annual General Meeting!...............................................................................................4 David Brown: 07.05.1942 – 05.10.2018!.................................................................................5 OASI and BAA Events!...........................................................................................................6 Planned Observatory visits! 8 Lecture Meetings!...................................................................................................................8 OASI @ Newbourne!...............................................................................................................8 Stargazer's guide! 9 Astronomy Workshops! 9 Astronomy Book Swap ! 9 Other local astronomy society meetings!..............................................................................10 Athaneum Astro Soc! 10 DASH Astro! 10 LYRA Lowestoft & Yarmouth Regional Astronomers! 10 Stour Astro! 11 Transit of Mercury, 11 November 2019!.................................................................................11 The Night Sky in December!..................................................................................................12 Moon! 12 Sun, Moon and planets! 12 Paul’s Astronomy Podcast for December! 12 Visible ISS passes "15º max altitude! 13 The Final Iridium flares! 13 OASI Clothing!......................................................................................................................14 The Night Sky in January 2019!............................................................................................15 Moon! 15 Sun, Moon and planets! 15 Paul’s Astronomy Podcast for January! 15 Occultations during December 2018 and January 2019! 16 Meteor showers! 17 Astronomy on the radio! 17 BAA news!.............................................................................................................................17 What telescope should I give a child?! 17 McNeil’s Nebula disappears! 17 Back to Basics 2019 – Hosted by OASIpswich! 18 The Practical Astronomy Show! 18 Astronomy Photographer of the Year! 18 Variable Nebula Update!.......................................................................................................19 Gyulbudaghyan's Nebula. RA 20h 45m Dec. +67d 58m! 19 McNeil's Nebula. RA 05h 46m Dec +00d 05m! 20 References! 22 Information from the Library !.................................................................................................23 To Boldly Go with BepiColumbo! 23 Observation of Mira!..............................................................................................................26 Lunar Occultations during 2019!............................................................................................27 Page 2 of 32 1812-1901 OASINews oasi.org.uk Solar prominence!.................................................................................................................30 Basil Brown – Archaeologist & Astronomer!..........................................................................31 InSight Is Catching Rays on Mars!........................................................................................31 2019 Annual General Meeting!..............................................................................................32 Orwell Astronomical Society – Nomination form! 32 Society Notices Society Contact details Observatory (meeting nights only) NB new number! 07960 083714 Please send material for the OASI Email queries: [email protected] web site and newsletter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ e.g. observations, notices of events, groups/445056098989371/ general interest articles, to Twitter: @OASIpswich [email protected] The OASI Facebook pages are proving very popular. Several non-members are active contributors. Other contact details will be issued to members on a separate printed list. Access into the School Grounds and Observatory Tower Please use the third gate into the school grounds by the gym. Areas out of Bounds Access to the Observatory is only via the black door at the foot of the Observatory tower, which leads to the staircase and thence to the spiral staircase up to the Observatory. If the black door is locked, please phone the observatory mobile, 07960 083714 during meeting hours. Kindly check/amend the number shown on your 2018 membership card. Please do NOT explore other routes. When in doubt, ask or call the Observatory mobile. Remember this is a school and straying into the main part of the school where the pupils reside would cause the society big problems and could see us losing the use of the observatory. Any member found to be anywhere other than the approved access route or the observatory area will face serious sanctions up to and including expulsion from OASI. Please note that access time for all observatory member nights is after 20:15 Articles for OASI News News, pictures and articles for this newsletter are always welcome. Please send them to [email protected] The CLOSING date is the 15th day of the month Please submit your articles in any of the following formats:– Text: txt, rtf, rtfd, doc, docx, odt, Pages, pdf Spreadsheets: xls, xlsx, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, Numbers Images: tiff, png, jpg Please send tables as separate files in one of the above formats. If you don’t feel up to writing a major article, perhaps you might write a short note for OASI News along the lines of “This month I have mostly been observing/constructing/mending/reading/etc.”? Newsletter archive www.oasi.org.uk/NL/NL_form.shtml 1812-1901 OASINews Page 3 of 32 oasi.org.uk Authors, please note that your articles will now be publicly available worldwide! Reproducing articles from OASI News If you plan to reproduce an article exactly as per OASI News then please contact the Editor – otherwise, as a matter of courtesy, please seek permission from and credit the original source/ author. You may not reproduce articles for profit or other commercial purpose. Committee 2018 Chairman! Paul Whiting FRAS! Set overall agenda for OASI, Chair committee meetings, Press and publicity, Visits by outside groups, Observatory tours, Public appreciation of astronomy, Outreach activities. Secretary ! Roy Gooding! Outreach meetings (jointly with Chairman), observatory decoration. Treasurer! Paul Whiting FRAS! Finance, Supervision of applications for grants. Committee! James Appleton! Committee meeting minutes, Web site ! Martin Cook! Membership, Tomline refractor maintenance & user testing ! Peter Richards! Lecture meetings, Email distribution lists ! Martin Richmond-Hardy ! Newsletter, OASI @ Newbourne ! John Wainwright! Equipment curator ! Mike Whybray ! Astronomy Workshops, Child protection officer, Orwell Park School Astronomy Club. ! Matt Leeks! Safety & security ! Andy Gibbs! ! Andy Wilshere! Librarian Signing in and out Please ensure you sign in and out when visiting the Observatory and/or Newbourne. This is for fire safety precautions and also provides an historic record. Next Committee Meeting 01 February 2019, 8.00pm, at Museum St Methodist Church rooms, Black Horse Lane New members Glyn Collins Nicola Hardy Philip Brett Calling missing members! At the Observatory Open Evening in October two people paid for membership. We have their names but no contact details so if you are wondering why you have not heard from us, please contact the membership secretary Martin Cook. [email protected] 2019 Annual General Meeting Saturday 26 Jan 2018, starting at 7.30pm. Venue: Methodist Church Hall Black Horse Lane All members are invited to attend the AGM See page 30 for the nomination form. Page 4 of 32 1812-1901 OASINews oasi.org.uk David Brown: 07.05.1942 – 05.10.2018 Royston Cheesman It was with regret and sadness that I heard from Roy Adams of the passing of David who had been a life long friend since the early 1960's. I first met David when I worked in the SMBP office in Landseer Road. David had just joined us after he had finished his apprenticeship on heavy goods vehicle maintenance with Eastern Counties Bus Co. Buses were to become one of his passions in life. I was introduced to astronomy by David at that time and he became a life long active member of the Society. When I became chairman, together with other members who still play active parts in the Society, we arranged an open day at Orwell Park to raise money for restoring the observatoryand telescope. A film was made by Anglia Television showing the condition of the observatory. The Society and many members have copies of this broadcast. The crematorium at Horsham St Faiths has a capacity of over two hundred, the chapel was full with many standing. A few years ago David and some friends were involved in purchasing a British Leyland Routemaster Bus which they restored. Many family and friends travelled in this bus to the service. There were many friends of David that had travelled from Doncaster, Harrogate, Surrey, South London and Ipswich.
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