MILL FARM YOUTH CENTRE EVENT 25th FEBRUARY 1999

Image above is Dave Owen at the Mill house event showing some young Astronomers how to use a 6inch reflector.

Thursday 25 February 1999 (7:00pm - 9:00pm) Mill farm youth centre, Mill lane, Kirby - With Knowsley Ranger Service. Contact: Court Hey Park Visitor Centre - 0151 443 3682 or Dave Owen (0378 454524)or Geoff Regan (0151 292 7165)

The Mill Farm event was blessed with almost perfect weather. Venus and Jupiter were a spectacular pair of bright objects, low in the west. Saturn and the waxing gibbous Moon were the main objects viewed later on.

My six inch f4 reflector, Geoff's 8 inch f6 reflector, and a 4.5 inch f7.5 reflector allowed the 20+ visitors to get good views of these objects. Geoff stayed indoors to do a slide show while the four other LAS members were on telescope duty outside.