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2009
Programme
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Thursday 22nd January 2009 – 7pm
Observing the Asteroids Euterpia, Harmonia, Metis, Vesta and Pallas, and the Saturn’s “thin” Ring plane.
(See the photo on the right.)
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Friday 6th February 2009 (10am – 5pm)
Running trip to AstroFest at Kensington Town Hall, Kensington, London W8 7NX.
(Report & photos)
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Thursday 26th February 2009 – 7pm
Observing the Deep Objects in the constellations of Cancer, Gemini, Auriga, Perseus and Lynx.
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Thursday 26th March 2009 – 7pm
Hunting the Planetary Nebula :- NGC3242 (Eye Nebula) and the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 & NGC 4039).
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Thursday 23rd April 2009 – 7pm
Observing the Virgo which is particular interest because it contains the nearest large cluster of galaxies as it’s called “The Virgo Cluster”.
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Friday 9th May 2009 – 7pm
Hunting the 20 bright Galaxies.
(between Mag 8 and Mag 11)
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June, July and August – Closed
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Wed 16th Sept till Wed 23rd Sept 2009
Running Trip to the Sky Camp at Norfolk for one week, organised by British Deaf Astronomical Association.
(Report & photos)
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Thursday 22nd October 2009 – 7pm
Hunting the planets – Neptune and Uranus,& Jupiter & the Galilean Moons. (Io reappears / Europa & Calisto disappears.)
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Thursday 19th November 2009 – 7pm
Observing the Deep Objects in the constellations of Triangulum, Aries, Andromeda, Pisces, Pegasus and Aquarius.
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Friday 18th December 2009 – 7pm
Christmas Season’s Festive Meals at Harvester, Milton Keynes, MK15 0YS. (Near M1 – Junction 14)
(See report & photos)
Saturn is the second largest in the Solar System, and the easiest one to recognise through a telescope because of the broad, that bright rings encircle its equator.
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The interacting galaxy pair of Antennae (NGC 4038 & NGC 4039 in the constellation of Corvus ~ in large telescopes the Ring-Tail Galaxy is particularly visually interesting.
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MKDAS Observatory
Public Open Evenings
Everyone is welcome!
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The MKDAS Observatory is
located at Emberton County
Park, Emberton, near Olney,
Milton Keynes, Bucks.
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Find us on the A509
and meet us at the
reception – 7pm.
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Please text us if you are
coming on 07845319228.
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2009 Running Trip to AstroFest in London
Friday 6th February 2009
2009 Christmas Festive Meals
Sunday 13th December 2009 – 6pm
We, Milton Keynes Deaf Astronomical Society (MKDAS) would like to thank you some of you coming to our Christmas Festive Meal, we all did enjoyed ourselves with a good experience by sharing with some deaf astronomers from Cotswold Deaf Astronomical Society (CDAS) and Midlands Deaf Astronomical Society (MDAS) gain together.
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