Mid-Cheshire Astronomical Group

- Doors open at 7:00 for a 7:30pm start. Speaker Mr Bob Morris (Northern Space Consortium) "Planetary Defence" We meet at The Norley Parish Centre by St John the Evangelist, Norley - Postcode WA6 8NE. 🔭 If you're not on our mailing list, drop us a line on midcheshireastro@outlook.com   and we'll let you know what's going on.

"This Month's Sky" from the last meeting - as an animated Gif.

At our November meeting, our speaker Mr William Steward introduced us to the idea of observing the occultations of stars by asteroids. This is a process that can be used to provide data about asteroids for two significant purposes. Firstly , if the time the occultation takes place can be accurately measured - often by using a video camera with timing data provided by GPS, it allows the elements of the orbit to be precisely determined. Secondly , the duration of the occultatio