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email: This page has been added to the
website in the hope that members who have an interest in
astronomy will submit some of their own
observations. To start things off their follows a
short report of the 'typical preparations' carried out by
members using the 6" Cooke refractor at Airdrie
Public Observatory. Normally the Cooke is only used when
their are at least three members present, although in can be
used by two people. We do not feel that it is practical for
the Cooke to be used by a single person. Indeed, it is not
possible anyway as the library insists that there should
always be a minimum of two people present for safety
reasons! George
McCue overseeing another
ASTRA members, Diane
Gough, setting up the 6"
Cooke ready for an observation session. Below are a few photo's of moon,
which had been 'snapped' during a couple of sessions with
the Cooke refractor. We are very much in the early days of
photography with the Cooke and will hopefully get some
better results with more experience and hopefully some
better equipment. Can you spot the intentional
mistakes? Any member hwo feels they would like
to contribute their own reports of observations please get
in contact.
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