Seb Jay of Dark Sky Telescope Hire and author of Exmoor Dark Skies gave a stargazing skytour for guests staying in the self-catering, holiday cottages at West Withy Farm on Exmoor last night. Guests began at 10pm. by viewing the moon though Seb’s telescope. This was followed by a tour of Saturn in the southwest sky using the telescope’s 25mm lens for the rings and a 10mm lens for Saturn’s moons – particularly Titan. Then the tour went ever outwards including the constellation of Cassiopeia and the Owl Cluster. A tranquil Exmoor evening was interrupted with gasps as stars were viewed through a telescope accompanied by information like ‘the light you are seeing began its journey to your eyes on earth, 7,900 years ago’.
Seb Jay gives stargazing ‘skytour’ for Exmoor, self catering cottage guests.
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