February 2008

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4 Jupiter 3.9^o N of Moon Venus 4.2^o N of Moon	5	6 Mercury at inferior conjunction	7 New Moon Annular Solar Eclipse Not UK Mercury 4.5^o N of Moon Neptune 0.3^o N of Moon	8 AstroFest 2008, Kensington Town Hall, London	9 AstroFest 2008, Kensington Town Hall, London Uranus 2.5^o S of Moon	10
11 Neptune at conjunction	12	13	14 First Quarter Mars 4^o N of Moon	15	16 Mars 1.5^o S of Moon	17
18	19	20	21 Full Moon Special Event Total Lunar Eclipse (See below) Saturn 2.5^o N of Moon	22	23	24 Saturn at opposition
25	26 Mercury 1.2^o N of Venus	27 Monthly Meeting	28	29 Last Quarter

GE = Greatest elongation

Special event:

European AstroFest 2008
Some members will be present at AstroFest on February 8 & 9, at Kensington Town Hall.

Special Event : Thursday February 21

Total Eclipse of the Moon
We are inviting everyone to come and watch this eclipse with us at Standalone Farm.
Full details will be posted in due course

February's meeting
Bob Forrest
"Asteroids"

Meetings are held at Plinston Hall, off the Broadway in the centre of Letchworth and are open to everyone.

The Hall is open from 7:30 and meetings begin prompt at 7:45. Refreshments are provided.

Observing sesions are held at the society observatory for members and their guests.

Public star parties are open to all. See the main events page for dates.

Other Months : Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Events for 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004