The next meeting will be on Wednesday 26-Apr-2017.
Our guest speaker will be Mr. Kevin Kilburn, of The University of Manchester and Manchester Astronomical Society, who will talk about The Forgotten Star Atlas.
The meeting will be at 7:30 P.M. at the usual venue: the Burley Memorial Hall, Waverton, CH3 7QN
Imagine, you want to do some observing but the sky is cloudy so instead you peruse the books in your library and find original copper printing plates for one of the oldest astronomy catalogues in the world! If that is not enough, it turns out that the catalogue was never published so it is not only ultra rare but also extremely valuable. That is what happened at the Godlee observatory where Manchester Astronomical Society meet regularly. Some people have all the luck!
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