A friendly local society for everyone interested in astronomy and space exploration, in Cumbria and beyond.
Welcome

Friday, December 23
Season's greetings
Hopefully 2012 will be a good year for astronomy.
Clear skies.
Chris.
Wednesday, December 21
Telescope for sale
The 'scope is a Meade LX90 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and comes with a computerised 'GOTO' mount and accessories including eight eyepieces.
The owner describes the telescope as 'hardly used' and as this is a high end telescope is looking for £1250 for it. If anyone is interested please contact me and I will pass on the sellers details to you.
Chris.
Thursday, December 15
Stargazing in Cockermouth January 2012
Tuesday, December 13
CAS Christmas drinks
Thursday, December 1
November Meeting Report
The moon was the main topic for our November meeting. Denis Kelly provided us with some new insights on the moon and it origins based on a recent distant learning course he has completed on the subject. The talk not only provided details on the moon which were new to most people in the audience but demonstrated just how much knowledge is out there on the Internet for interested amateurs to learn more about the hobby.
Following a brief news update from Chris we discussed and agreed our plans to support the BBC Stargazing LIVE programmes to be shown in January. We agreed that we will hold a afternoon and evening event on Saturday 28th January in the United Reformed Church on Cockermouth Main Street. We will also have hands on observing in Memorial Gardens, weather permitting. The event this January was a success, although the weather was not kind to us, let's hope it is better this time.
Society members' help will be essential for success. We need volunteers to help with displays, bring along telescopes and other equipment and generally be around to point people in the right direction and answer questions if possible. You don't need lots of knowledge and experience to help out.
To help with planning it would be useful if you could book the date in your diary and let me know via email if you are available to help.
Chris.