Long Eaton Astronomical Society Next Meeting

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Due to unforeseen circumstances the scheduled meeting on 24th Sept has had to be moved to the 1st of October. Our guest speaker on the 1^st will be Phil Sutton of Loughborough University who will be talking to us about the Cassini mission.

 

Phil says: “For over a decade the Cassini spacecraft has been in orbital around Saturn. Initially only intended to survive a 4 year mission it is now in its 10th year. Saturn and its rings are the ideal astrophysical laboratory for studying an early solar system and planet formation. In this talk I will discuss some of the most important discoveries made to date, which incidentally covers only a fraction of what we have learnt from Cassini.â€

 

Afterwards if the weather is favourable we shall have a hunt for a planetary nebula all being well. As always the meeting start time is 6:30pm with refreshments from 6:15pm.