Public Lecture: Observing Planetary Nebula

Owen Brazell presents a lecture on “Observing Planetary Nebula - the death coughs of aged stars not big enough to go bang” in the Whittle Theatre. The talk will look at planetary nebulae, briefly what they are and then the tools that can be applied when observing them

Owen Brazell has been doing astronomy for over 50 years. He did a degree in Astronomy at the University of S Andrews and then spent most of his working career in the oil exploration business. He spends his time looking through telescopes ant fuzzy objects, whether static or moving. He is president of the Webb Deep Sky Society and has worked for many years with the BAA deep sky section. He writes a monthly deep sky column for Astronomy Now.

His searches for dark skies have taken him from the mountains of Canada through Texas to the Florida Keys as well as to Wales - the only good dark sky site he has found so far in the UK.

This lecture is open to Members, and to non-Members for a small fee. Please click here to reserve your place.