Mid-Cheshire Astronomical Group

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

- Doors open at 7:00 for a 7:30pm start. Member talk "Pulsars" 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.

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

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