| Timetable of Open Nights | ||||||
| Dates | Open Time | On View | ||||
| July | N/A | No Opening Due Length of Twilight | ||||
| Friday 4th & Saturday 5th August 2017 | 9:30 pm | Saturn | ||||
| Saturday 12th August 2017 | 9:30 pm |
The Perseids |
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| Friday 8th & Saturday 9th September 2017 | 8:30 pm |
TBA |
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| Friday 27th & Saturday 28th October 2017 | 7:30 pm |
TBA |
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| Friday 24th & Saturday 25th November 2017 | 7:30 pm | TBA | ||||
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Please note that from September monthly openings will take place on a weekend that avoids a gibbous or full moon, not necessarily the 1st weekend.
The club's observatory at Toothill is located in a relatively dark site just outside Southampton, see map below.
It is open to the public on the dates to the left. Each session is open ended, we stay until we've had enough or the weather closes in.
Members admitted free. Non-members: adults £2, children 50p.
Toilets and free parking are available.
The observatory contains:
- 14" Meade telescope
- 8" Meade LX90
- 6" Celestron Nexstar SE
- Various smaller telescopes
- 20 x 80 binoculars
- Computer with desktop planetarium