Draft Minutes

Meeting October 26th 2006-11-01 
Venue: Cliddesden Primary School

Open:  Informal meet and greet
Matters Arising: The members were reminded to book places for the forthcoming planetarium visit and for the Christmas Dinner.

What’s Up?:  Sky notes presented by Dave Worley.

Change to advertised programme:  As the sky was clear the meeting reconvened on the field.  Six telescopes were in use and members and visitors were able to observe a number of objects including Comet Swan, M13, M57, M31, planets Uranus and Neptune, double stars Albireo and Epsilon Lyrae and the Double Cluster.
Members then returned indoors for coffee and cake (supplied by Brendan Shaw).

Correspondence:  The Chairman read Guy Hurst’s Editorial from the current issue of The Astronomer magazine and recommended the magazine to observers.

Apologies:  Nick Hudson, Brian Jenkins, Andria Harbinson, Paul Moulton

News:  The Chairman, Dave Shave-Wall presented news items including a photograph of Mars showing the Opportunity rover, SIM planet quest, Messenger flyby of Venus, ISS resupply problem and Comet Swan.

Item:  Bob Trevan gave an update on the building progress of his home observatory.

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