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2011
Programme
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Thursday 6th January 2011 – 7pm
Understanding the Sky Atlas Map and
how to target the celestial objects.
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Thursday 3th February 2011 – 7pm
Hunting the deep objects in the constellation of Orion and the Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264).
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Friday 4th February 2011
Running trip to AstroFest at Kensington Town Hall, Kensington, London W8 7NX.
(Opening hours: 10am – 5pm)
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Thursday 3rd March 2011 – 7pm
Observing the Deep Objects in the constellations of Canis Minor, Canis Major, and Monoceros.
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Thursday 7th April 2011 – 7pm
Observing the waxing crescent 4 days old, also the constellations of Taurus and Auriga.
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Saturday 23rd April 2011 – 10am
Running trip to The Astronomy Show at Birmingham.
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Friday 12th May 2011 – 7pm
Welcome to Midlands Deaf Astronomical Society visit us for exchanging and experiences.
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June, July and August – Closed
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Thursday 8th September 2011 – 7pm
To prepare logging the lists for observing the faint Deep Objects at BDAA Sky Camp at Norfolk.
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Wed 21st Sept till Wed 28th Sept 2011
Running Trip to the Sky Camp
at Norfolk for one week, organised by
British Deaf Astronomical Association.
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Thursday 27th October 2011 – 7pm
Observing the Deep Objects in the constellation of Cephus, Cassiopeia, Perseus – Also the Blue Snowball Nebula (NGC 7762).
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Thursday 4th November 2011 – 7pm
To find the challenge for Open Clusters and Globular Clusters.
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Sunday 5th December 2011 – 7pm
Christmas Festive Meals at Meals at Harvester Eastlake, Foxmile, Milton Keynes, Mk15 0YS.
NGC 2264
Known as the Christmas Tree cluster, this colourful collection of stars lies 2,600 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn.
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The swirling gas clouds (below) appear red because of ultraviolet light emanating from the young, hot stars that look like blue ornaments on a Christmas tree.
The triangular feature near the bottom of the photo is an area of gas called the Cone Nebula.
The Cone Nebula is a famous nebula in the Orion Arm surrounding the NGC 2264 star cluster. The ‘cone’ is a triangular dark nebula near the bottom of the nebula.
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The Cone Nebula is a cousin of the M16 pillars, which the Hubble imaged in 1995. Monstrous pillars of cold gas like the Cone and M16 are common in large regions of star birth.
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The professional Astronomers believe the pillars are incubators for developing stars.
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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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