The first meeting of the Club for 2017 will take place at 7 pm at the Eden Country Inn on the R102 road, Little Brak River. This will coincide with the Club’s third Birthday. The attached flyer gives you the details of Jan Svensson’s talk and it is hoped that you will be able to attend.
THE 2017 SKY GUIDE is now available at Wordsworth Books in the George Mall. Cost per copy is R 129.00. An extremely useful publication.
THE PLANETARIUM SKY CHART. This is attached. Read the Notes at the bottom of the page. In summary, Venus will disappear by the month end & will become a bright pre-dawn “Star” in March.
“HAPPENINGS” IN FEBRUARY : 1st : Venus & Mars near the Moon at noon, 11th is Full Moon, 15th : Jupiter near the Moon, 17th : Venus at greatest brilliance, 26th : New Moon AND partial solar eclipse. NOTES : First contact at 14.58, maximum coverage at 17.59 and ends at 18.54. (Times given for Cape Town). Sunset is at about 19.00. No worthwhile Meteors showers this month.
WARNING !! Do not attempt to look at the Sun during this event. Instead, use the projection method – one half of a pair of binoculars projecting the image onto a white card.
Andrew Gray (044-696-5913) magray@xsinet.co.za