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Community Moon Watch

 Community Moon Watch

Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Lab 7

6pm until 8pm

Lots of people braved the snow and ice to attend the January Stewards Space Watch evening focusing on the Moon. Andy Gannon talked about the history of the probes and space craft that have visited the Moon over the years. He also talked about the pros and cons of setting up a colony on the Moon. Leading the way in the 1950’s were the Russians, followed by the Americans. Now a days, China and India are the main countries interested in resources the Moon may have and whether they are worth harvesting for use on Earth.

 

 

Community Moon Watch

Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Lab 7

6pm until 8pm

Lots of people braved the snow and ice to attend the January Stewards Space Watch evening focusing on the Moon. Andy Gannon talked about the history of the probes and space craft that have visited the Moon over the years. He also talked about the pros and cons of setting up a colony on the Moon. Leading the way in the 1950’s were the Russians, followed by the Americans. Now a days, China and India are the main countries interested in resources the Moon may have and whether they are worth harvesting for use on Earth.

Allan Bell from Loughton Astronomical Society is very interested in Radio Telescopes so he talked about the problems with using a radio telescope here on Earth and future plans to build a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon.

Again it was too cloudy to view the Moon so Andrew Young, Stewards Chief Technician, demonstrated how to set up a simple telescope, the type of scope that people tend to receive for Christmas. Advice was given about the size of telescope one should start off with and other useful tips.

Our next meeting is Tuesday 12th February 2013, Lab 7 from 6pm until 8pm. Andy will talk about the weather on Jupiter and Allan will talk about the moons that Galileo discovered orbiting Jupiter in 1609.