The Observatory
If the weather permits there are observing sessions open to the public on a Friday evening.
Opening times and location details can be found on the Observatory page.
The observatory also opens on the first Sunday morning of the month from 10am until 1pm in support of Abbey Leys Farmers’ Market – again, weather permitting
Images of the month
We were able to open for our first public session for a long while on Friday 30th August. Here are a couple of the images taken with the upgraded equipment.
North American Nebula
(NGC 7000)
Perseus double cluster
(NGC 869 and NGC 884)
Meetings
HLCO holds meetings on the second Thursday of each month in St John’s church room (location details here). Talks in astronomy and space research are given by invited experts or members of the HLCO team themselves. A small charge is made for these events. See below for details of future meetings.
Upcoming HLCO Meetings
- December 12th 2024
It’s all Quantum: How the Aurora get their colours.
There will be a short talk about what many of us saw earlier in the year… and some managed to photograph.
… and it will be followed by the legendary HLCO Christmas Quiz provided by Colin.
There will be a prize!
