1. Comet Encounter
Comet 177P / Barnard 2 will rendezvous with NGC 6543 (Cat's eye nebula) on Sept. 19th
The objects will be just over 1 degree apart
Both are about 9th magnitude
Great photo opportunity!

2. Close Encounter 12th September
Moon passes through Pleiades, occulting two stars
27 Tauri reappears at 22.33
28 Tauri reappears at 22.35
Another great photo opportunity!

3. September – TV & Radio The Sky at Night “The Sun and The Moon”
Patrick Moore: SMART-1
Chris Lintott: Solar B & Stereo
Saturday 9th BBC1, – 12.20
The Cosmic Hunters
“Cosmic Dawn”
Chris Riley: Astronomers hunting the 1st stars
Wednesday 13th Radio 4,
Star City
Cosmonaut Training Centre, Moscow
Friday 8th, Radio 4, – 11.30

4. Campaign for Dark Skies 6th European Symposium www. britastro
Campaign for Dark Skies 6th European Symposium
Friday 15th – Saturday 16th September (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Royal Sailors’ Home Club, Portsmouth
£3.00 per single day, £5.00 both – Pre Booking Essential
Speakers
Lembit Opik MP, Robert Key MP, Bob Mizon, Alexandra Pollard
Dr. Paul Marchant, Philip Perkins, Dr. Chris Baddiley, Martin Morgan Taylor, Dr John Mason
Stands Venturescope, Green Witch, Springer
Society for Popular Astronomy
Cape Instrument, Astrocruise

5. The Astronomer - Annual Meeting
Saturday 23rd September (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) St.Mary’s Church Hall, Basingstoke
£ £7.00 for optional 3 course meal
Programme
Amateur astronomers and the Accelerating Universe:
- Bob Evans
The Universe Unveiled:
- Dr.Robin Catchpole
OJ287: a slight case of schizophrenia:
- Mark Kidger and Gary Poyner
The sun in a different light: - Maurice Gavin
Goodbye to UBVRI: - Dr. Mark Kidger
Early attempts at Spectroscopy: - Brendan Shaw

6. Autumn Equinox Star Party Kelling Heath : 18th to 28th September
Speakers
Saturday 23rd
Reflectors vs Refractors
Ian Morison
Observing Saturn
Ian Phelps
Sunday 24th
Deep Sky
Owen Brazel
CCD Imaging/Registax
Tommi Worton & Martin Stirland
Trade / Society Stands
Altair Astro Astronomica Astroparts Campaign for Dark Skies Cape Instruments Ltd David Hinds Earth & Sky Green Witch House of Optics Ian King Imaging Pulsar Optical Rother Valley Optics Telescope House Widescreen Centre 

7. Observatory Science Centre Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival
Friday 29th September (6.30pm - 11pm) Viewing tours of the telescopes
visits to the Space Geodesy Facility.
Saturday 30th September (10am - 11pm )
5 lectures throughout the day (£2 per lecture) Telescope tours Tours around the Space Geodesy Facility Viewing, tours of the telescopes,
visits to the Space Geodesy Facility
Sunday 1st October (10am - 6pm) Family activity workshops, Telescope tours Tours around the Space Geodesy Facility
Volunteers needed!
GAS Stand

8. FAS Annual Convention 30th September, Birmingham
Speakers
Prof. John Brown
(Royal Astronomer for Scotland)
Dr Allan Chapman
(Uni of Oxford)
Dr Somak Raychaudhury (Uni. of Birmingham)
Dr David Whitehouse
(science journalist / BBC)
John Dobson
(The Sidewalk Astronomer)
Trade / Society Stands
Aurora Books
Campaign for Dark Skies
COSMOS Media
David Bryant - Space Rocks
I R Poyser - Telescope Maker
Spaceguard Thinktank
Society for the History of Astronomy
Society for Popular Astronomy
Opticstar Ltd

9. Observing From The City
Next Meeting:
Thursday 5th October
Observing From The City
Robin Scagell