Frank Dutton will share his experience observing the night skies from the Southern hemisphere, revealing features we never see from the Northern hemisphere

Franks talk is based on two recent trips he made to New Zealand and the images of some of the beautiful deep sky objects in the Southern skies taken using a 52mm short focal length refractor with a wide angle CCD camera and the SeeStar 50 an extremely portable smart telescope. The weather was not always cooperative on either trip as the South Island has similar weather conditions to the  UK.

Along with the images Frank will also introduce how the Southern Hemisphere night skies were charted by both Western and Asian & Polynesian travellers and observers from before and after the telescope was first used as this is key to an understanding those skies. 

Frank has lived in Japan, China and Australia and travelled extensively in Australasia, during that time he became fascinated with the Asian, Polynesian and Aboriginal perception of their skies.

The observatory will be open for visitors and if the skies are clear there will be telescopes to look through.

NOTE: Members will be expected to prove thier membership at check-in.

All tickets are non-refundable