Well...its been an exciting 24 hours.
The south coast has been battered by severe weather, wind gusts hitting 100mph in certain areas, which meant cause for concern for our recently built run off roof observatory but despite our concerns the 100mph winds and the week previous tornado strike could not budge our sturdy observatory, scope and home are doing well :-)
Imagine our surprise then when after all this bad weather we looked out and were greeted with clear skies....observing started straight away.
Members tonight have completed a series of observations of variable stars including assisting on projects as requested to do so by the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) monitoring some important changes that have been noted in recent days. Variable star observation count has nearly hit the 500 mark already!!
M76, M100, NGC7226 & M45 were also observed and recorded with members sketching their observations, these notes will be on their way to both the British Astronomical Association and Society for Popular Astronomy as soon as possible
Thanks to all members who attended the observing session tonight....a great time was had by all inlcuding the groups two youngest members Sharon (8 years) and Martin (10 years)
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