A practical guide to observing meteors

Society Meeting

Thursday, 29th December 2016 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: swmcmeet

The society gets ready to observe the Quadrantids Meteor Shower. The talk will cover the origins of meteors and showers, how to go about observing and recording your results and includes a practice before heading out into the cold January night.  Bring your red torch and a 2B pencil to the talk.

Speaker: Paul D’Silva

 

Paul was raised in Rotherham and on obtaining a degree in Electronic Communications returned to his home town for a career teaching Mathematics and Computing.  After joining Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society in the mid-2000s Paul has developed his interests in the Solar System, especially the planets and comets as well as manned space flight. He is a regular user of the J A Jones Observatory, patiently waiting for good weather and another bright comet preferably together! 

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