The Observer Group meets every Friday at 19:30 (winter months) and 20:30 (summer months).
We do not meet in August but the NLO is still open for members to attend if they wish on a Friday evening.
Our sessions are structured to give members an opportunity to learn more about how to navigate the sky, about stars and planets, and everything to do with being an Observer.
Weekly activities are weather-dependent. They include naked eye observing together with using binoculars and a wide range of on-site telescopes. Please, feel free to bring your own telescope if you have one, and/or binoculars if you have them.
Take a look at our latest observations records:
- Observers report 17.1.20
- Short-report-AJS-2020-01-10 – re. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- Short-report-AJS-2020-01-03
- Astro Report 11Nov19 – Transit of Mercury
- Astro Report 25Aug19
- Astro-Report-AJA-2019-02-25
- Lunar Eclipse Short Report-AJA-2019-01-21
- Lunar Eclipse Short Report- AJS-2019-01-21
- Astro-Report 26 Oct 2018
- Astro-Report 28Sept18
- Astro-Report-AJA-2018-06-25
- Astro-Report-AJA-2018-06-23
- Astro-Report 20Apr18
- Astro-Report 9 Feb 2018
- Messier Challenge 2017
- NLO Observers Log Nov 17
- Astro-Report KP 27Oct17
- Messier Challenge 2017
Also, you can still find details of our Observer Group Challenges from the menu above.
In autumn/winter, if the night skies are clear we will normally be outside observing from 19:30. If cloudy then talks will take place from 19:30 to 20:25.
The Observers’ Group Winter Programme starts on the first Friday in September at the meeting time of 19:30, unless otherwise stated.
| Date | Main subject |
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October 1st |
October Skies – Sky at Night Virtual Planetarium & other astronomical items of interest |
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September 8th |
Epochs |
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September 15th |
Globular Clusters |
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October 22nd |
Constellation of Andromeda |
| October 29th | Navigation Stars |