LDAS Events 2005

Event

Day

Date

Time

Moon

Subject

Meteor shower

Mon

Jan 3

Quadrantids

Observing session

Sat

Jan 8

20:00

Saturn

Mon

Jan 10

New

Thu

Jan 13

Saturn at opposition

Space encounter

Fri

Jan 14

Huygens probe descends to the surface of Titan

Observing session

Fri

Jan 14

20:00

Saturn

Observing session

Sat

Jan 21

20:00

Saturn

Tue

Jan 25

Full

Guest Meeting

Wed

Jan 26

19:30

Bob Forrest, the Society's Honorary President -
The Aurora

Observing session

Fri

Feb 4

20:00

Saturn

Exhibition

Fri/Sat

Feb 4/5

AstroFest 2005, Kensington Town Hall, London

Tue

Feb 8

New

Observing session

Sat

Feb 12

20:00

Saturn

Observing session

Fri

Feb 18

20:00

Saturn

Guest Meeting

Wed

Feb 23

19:30

Guy Hurst - Comets Ancient and Modern

Thu

Feb 24

Full

Observing session

Fri

Mar 4

20:00

Mercury, Saturn

Thu

Mar 10

New

National event

Mar 11-20

National Science Week Join us from 2pm Sat 20th
Solar observing on the Broadway, Letchworth town centre

Observing session

Sat

Mar 12

20:00

Mercury, Saturn Mercury at greatest elongation 18^o E

Observing session

Fri

Mar 18

20:00

Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn

Fri

Mar 25

Full

Members Meeting

Wed

Mar 30

19:30

Members' Talks (in the Gallery), including
Dale Holt - Building Observatories
Mike Atkins - Imaging Saturn

Observing session

Fri

Apr 1

20:00

Jupiter, Saturn

Fri

Apr 8

New

Lyrids 18th

Observing session

Sat

Apr 9

20:00

Jupiter, Saturn

Observing session

Fri

Apr 15

20:00

Jupiter, Saturn

Sun

Apr 24

Full

Tue

Apr 26

Mercury at greatest elongation 27^oW

Guest Meeting

Wed

Apr 27

19:30

Jon Shanklin - Observing from the Antarctic

Observing session

Sat

Apr 30

20:00

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn

Observing session

Fri

May 6

20:00

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn

Sun

May 8

New

Observing session

Sat

May 14

20:00

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn

Mon

May 23

Full

Guest Meeting

Wed

May 25

19:30

Chris Baddiley - Special and General Relativity

Special Event

Sat

May 28

19:30

Public Star Party - Admission Free - Details here

Mon

Jun 6

New

Wed

Jun 22

Full

Guest Meeting

Wed

Jun 29

19:30

Robin Catchpole - From the Solar System to the Edge of the Observable Universe

Wed

Jul 6

New

Fri

Jul 8

Mercury 5^o S of Moon, Venus 3^o of Moon

Sat

Jul 9

Mercury greatest elongation 26^o E

Thu

Jul 21

Full

Guest Meeting

Wed

Jul 27

19:30

Paul Hewitt - Gravitational Lensing

Fri

Aug 5

New

Perseids 12th

Fri

Aug 19

Full

Tue

Aug 23

Mercury at greatest elongation 18^o W

Members Meeting

Wed

Aug 31

19:30

Members' Talks:
Dale Holt: Mars 2005 - Time to start looking
Jerry Stone:The Day They Launched A Woodpecker

Sat

Sep 3

New

Wed

Sep 7

Jupiter 1.8^o N of Moon, Venus 0.6^o N of Moon

Sun

Sep 18

Full

Special Event

Sun

Sep 25

15:00

Last Qtr

Anniversary Star-B-Q : Click here for details

Guest Meeting

Wed

Sep 28

19:30

Paul Money

Special Event

Mon

Oct 3

09:00

New

Partial eclipse of the sun

Mon

Oct 17

Full

Orionids 20th

Guest Meeting

Wed

Oct 26

19:30

Niel Bone - Observing Mars

Sun

Oct 30

Mars closest approach

Wed

Nov 2

New

Taurids 3rd

Thu

Nov 3

Mercury 24^o E, Venus 47^o E. Mercury 1.3^o N of Moon

Sat

Nov 5

Venus 1.4^o N of the Moon

Mon

Nov 7

Mars at opposition

Wed

Nov 16

Full

Leonids 17th

Members Meeting

Wed

Nov 30

19:30

TBA

Thu

Dec 1

New

Geminids 13th

Mon

Dec 12

Mercury greatest elongation 21^o W. Mars 1.3^o S of Moon

Wed

Dec 14

19:45

Annual General Meeting and Quiz

Thu

Dec 15

Full

Ursids 22nd

Sat

Dec 31

New

2nd new moon in the month