On Saturday 4th April, 2009 I attended my third and final night of Spring Moonwatch, organised by the West of London Astronomical Society at the Ruislip Lido. Given last nights experience of setting up in …

Following on from my previous story about the annual Spring Moonwatch event which started in the UK on 28th March, 2009, this is a short update on the third night of observing during Spring Moonwatch …

We’re currently in the midst of an annual UK astronomy event known as the spring moonwatch. It was originally conceived by the Society for Popular Astronomy in the UK and the event usually falls between 28th March to 5th April annually, because the moon will be best placed for observation from the UK. What is more, because the moon stays high above the horizon for a long time, it results in what astronomer called better “seeing” which essentially is a nice steady atmospheric condition usually resulting in a steady and sharp image of the moon when observing it through a telescope.