This Friday sees Dove Stone first astronomy night. We originally chose this week in which to do this as the Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight. It's not a good year for them this year as the peak coincides with the moon being quite full, which obviously impacts upon visibility.
Back to Friday night - despite this hopefully we might still some of the Geminids shower. There's quite a lot of other things going on too throughout the afternoon and evening from 4pm. We have a viewing area next to Dove Stone's sailing club from where we can watch the night sky through scopes. Inside the sailing club we have a talk at 6pm followed by an evening of guided walks, an astro-photography workshop, a model to explore the size of the universe, a scope / kit demo and various other bits and pieces such as a number of laptops with Stellarium which is like a virtual version of the night sky. It's obviously coming up to the festive season so a good excuse for mince pies and mulled wine too !
And the forecast is looking promising - clear and bright.
Full details on the events listing of the Dove Stone pages...