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Activities Should you wish to contact
the society or require general information please
contact ASTRA using the following Email
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email: Activities
undertaken by the members of the Airdrie Branch
include: Amateur
Astronomy:
the Airdrie branch regularly hold astronomy sessions using
the Airdrie
Public Observatory, which
houses a 6 inch Cooke refracting telescope. ASTRA operates
this one of only four public observatories in the Uk on
behalf of the district council. The Airdrie branch has a
keen group of local members interested in operating the
observatory. Amateur
Rocketry:
ASTRA has had a long standing interest in amateur rocketry.
Currently the Airdrie branch members maintain the society's
interest in this area, with rocket building workshops being
held locally and a presence of an Airdrie branch team at the
International Rocket Weekend, which is held every August in
Largs, (Scotland). The Airdrie Branch attempts to hold
regular talks on a wide range of interests. Guest speakers
have been known to the 'volunteered' into a number of
activities. Above Derryck Case, one of our guest
speakers, becomes involved with a cake! Lining up above for a 'members photo
call'. Left
Mikhail Lisun, intended Mission
Commander Solyut 5, now Assist Director, Museum of
Cosmonautics in Moscow. Centre
Left Duncan Lunan. Centre
Right Igor Popov, Commercial Manager,
Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. Right
Oscar Schwiglhofer.
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