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OASI News the Newsletter of the Orwell Astronomical Society No. 564 Registered Charity 271313 April 2020 OASI News The newsletter of the Orwell Astronomical Society NGC 2237, The Rosette Nebula Photo by Andy Gibbs Trustees: Mr Roy Adams Mr Neil Morley Mr David Payne Honorary President: Dr Allan Chapman D.Phil MA FRAS 2004OASINews Page 1 of 23 oasi.org.uk Contents ! Cover picture: NGC 2237, The Rosette Nebula Society Notices!................................................................................................................3 Advice regarding Coronavirus COVID-19! 3 Society Contact details! 3 Committee Meeting! 4 Welcome new & returning members! 4 OASI and BAA Events!.....................................................................................................5 Meeting via Skype!...........................................................................................................6 OASI @ Newbourne!........................................................................................................7 Stargazer's Guide! 7 Astronomy Workshops/Informal talks! 7 Lecture Meetings!.............................................................................................................8 OASI Outreach!................................................................................................................8 Kirton Star Party! 8 Other local astronomy society meetings!.........................................................................8 Athaneum Astro Society! 8 LYRA Lowestoft & Yarmouth Regional Astronomers! 9 DASH Astro! 9 BAA news!........................................................................................................................9 Starting out in Astronomy! 9 Historical Section! 10 BAA meetings in April–June! 10 For Sale!.........................................................................................................................10 From the Interweb!.........................................................................................................10 Starlink! 10 Black hole spotted! 10 The Night Sky in April 2020!...........................................................................................11 Moon! 11 Sun, Moon and planets! 11 Occultations during April 2020! 12 Meteor showers! 12 Astronomy on the radio! 12 Visible ISS passes "15º max altitude! 13 Starlink passes! 13 Comets with magnitude brighter than magnitude 10! 13 Comets – 2019 Y4 ATLAS!.............................................................................................14 What’s Up? – March 23 to April 27!................................................................................15 NGC 2237, The Rosette Nebula!....................................................................................17 Yet more Starlink satellites!!...........................................................................................18 A Basic Wander into America's Space Launch System!.................................................19 Some things to do while self-isolating!...........................................................................21 101 Home photography projects! 21 Fettle your telescope! 21 Top 20 astronomy tips! 21 Watch Astronomy lectures! 21 Stay connected – Join the OASImembers Skype group ! 21 and, of course, Observing!! 21 Messier 81 (Bodes Galaxy), Messier 82 (Cigar Galaxy) and NGC3077!.......................22 Page 2 of 23 2004OASINews oasi.org.uk Society Notices Advice regarding Coronavirus COVID-19 Dear Members, Following the 16 March Press Conference from the Prime Minister and leading Scientists from Public Health England, it is clear that the number of Coronavirus cases in the UK is accelerating rapidly. One of the key points was to “Avoid any non-essential social contact”. The time has come to protect the health of our members and their families, therefore, I regret that we will be suspending all OASI activities until further notice. This includes our meetings at Orwell Park and Newbourne, plus all outreach events. I will send an email to all members when the Committee decides it is safe to resume our activities, hopefully, in the not-to-distant future. Let’s all keep in touch during the OASI “lockdown”, one bonus of being forced to stay at home means more time for star gazing and astrophotography! Thank you, Andy Gibbs, Chairman Society Contact details Observatory (meeting nights only) 07960 083714 Please send material for the OASI Email queries: [email protected] web site and newsletter Facebook: Orwell Astronomical e.g. observations, notices of events, general interest articles, to Twitter: @OASIpswich https://groups.io/g/OASI [email protected] Members-only message board Other contact details will be issued to members on a separate printed list. Access into the School Grounds and Observatory Tower The Observatory is closed. 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 Authors, please note that your articles will now be publicly available worldwide! 2004OASINews Page 3 of 23 oasi.org.uk 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 2020 Chairman! Andy Gibbs! Set overall agenda for OASI, Chair committee meetings, Press and publicity, Secretary ! Roy Gooding! Outreach meetings (jointly with Chairman), observatory decoration. Treasurer! Paul Whiting FRAS! Finance, Supervision of applications for grants. !! Visits by outside groups, Observatory tours, Public appreciation of astronomy, Outreach activities. Committee! James Appleton! Committee meeting minutes, Web site ! Martin Cook! Membership, Tomline refractor maintenance & user testing ! Matt Leeks! Safety & security ! Peter Richards! Lecture meetings, Email distribution lists ! John Wainwright! Equipment curator ! Mike Whybray ! Astronomy Workshops, Child protection officer, Orwell Park School Astronomy Club. ! Andy Wilshere! Librarian ! Avtar Nagra! OASI @ Newbourne Assistants ! Martin Richmond-Hardy ! Newsletter, OASI @ Newbourne 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. Committee Meeting This may be held on Friday 22 May, 8pm by Skype. Join the OASImembers Skype group to attend. Welcome new & returning members ! Alan Theobald Page 4 of 23 2004OASINews oasi.org.uk OASI and BAA Events For the latest event details, please see www.oasi.org.uk/Events/Events.php There’s a Google Calendar on the OASI web site with the latest dates (and corrections!). If you want to easily add OASI Events to your own computer/ phone/tablet calendar application click this button on the website Events page (bottom right of the calendar) or use this address to access this calendar from other calendar applications. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/1jhs9db71ncki4sojo7092vfvc %40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics For other astronomy news and astro pictures try our Twitter feed! https://twitter.com/OASIpswich Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Orwell-Astronomical/158256464287623 Subscribe to the OASI Yahoo group by emailing [email protected] Key: OASI public events! BAA & SPA events! Other events Date, Time & Contact Event Location Weekly, every Wednesday, Martin Cook, OBSERVATORY CLOSED 20:15–22:00 Roy Gooding Possibly meet via Skype. Orwell Park Observatory Mon 13 Apr from Martin Richmond-Hardy OASI @ Newbourne meet via Skype. 19:30 [email protected] Note change of time Tue 14 Apr 20:15 Paul Whiting, FRAS Observatory tour CANCELLED. [email protected] 25th & 26th April Kelling Heath Spring Star Party CANCELLED Mon 27 Apr from Martin Richmond-Hardy OASI @ Newbourne meet via Skype. 19:30 [email protected] Note change of time. Mon 4 May from Martin Richmond-Hardy OASI @ Newbourne meet via Skype. 19:30 [email protected] Fri 22 May 2020, Andy Gibbs Depends on COVID-19 situation. 20:00 [email protected] Possibly meet via Skype. Mon 25 May from Martin Richmond-Hardy OASI@Newbourne. 19:00 [email protected] Depends on COVID-19 situation Newbourne Village Talk by Bill Barton on the night sky. Hall Mon 8 June from Martin Richmond-Hardy OASI@Newbourne. 19:00 [email protected] Depends on COVID-19 situation Newbourne Village Hall 2004OASINews Page 5 of 23 oasi.org.uk Date, Time & Contact Event Location Sunday 14 June Martin Richmond-Hardy East Suffolk Wireless Revival 09:30 – 16:00 [email protected] Depends on COVID-19 situation Kirton Recreation Public access event (small admission Ground, Back Rd, charge). Solar observing. Kirton IP10 0PW Mon 22 June from Martin Richmond-Hardy OASI@Newbourne. 19:00 [email protected] Depends on COVID-19 situation Newbourne Village Talk by Bill Barton on the night sky. Hall Saturday 27 June Pete
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