Summer 2007 Meeting

@ Vectis AS

SAGAS - The Southern Area Group of Astronomical Societies

SAGAS Summer Meeting 14th July 2007

The SAGAS Summer 2007 meeting will be held on Saturday 14th July at Vectis Astronomical Societies Observatory at Watery Lane, Newchurch, Isle of Wight . (Latitude: 50° 39' 17" N   Longitude: 1° 13' 00" W for those with a GPS.

More details of the event timings & transport are now available on the Vectis AS events page.

A printable copy of the Vectis AS Events page is available here in PDF if you wish to print a copy to take.

Please note the talk by John Mason is likely to start at 12:00 before lunch as he has to leave the Island by 14:00 so arrive as soon after 11:00 as you can

Current Speakers:

Cost = £5 per person including Lunch

Help ensure there is sufficient food !

Vectis would be grateful if member society reps could let them know about numbers attending a week before the event, so that appropriate catering can be organised.  Please phone Richard Flux on his home number 01983 883063  01983 883062 (corrected number), or email the Vectis Secretary - John Smith on  Johnwsmith.iow  at   tiscali.co.uk (remove the spaces and replace the 'at' with the normal symbol

Travel:    

Train from London, Guildford or the South Coast route (Brighton, Worthing , Chichester etc) to Portsmouth Harbour. In front of the station is the 'Fast Cat' catamaran service to Ryde - it takes about ten minutes to cross - costs about £7 ! At the Pier at Ryde a train leaves for Shanklin.   It's waiting on the arrival of the ferry. Vectis are going to meet certain trains at Shanklin and take people to the site.

Please note that due to building work at Sandown Station the pickup and drop off point is now at Shanklin Station which is the end of the Island line.

If you intend to go by car you need to book well in advance as this is the first Saturday of the school holidays and they will be very busy.

If you are thinking of going to the SAGAS meeting at VECTIS on the 14th July 2007 the cheapest way if you live in the Southern Trains area appears to be to get a Southern Daysave ticket for £10 - this will take you to Portsmouth Harbour using any Southern Train Service. You can buy a day return from Portsmouth Harbour to Sandown for £16.80.

Daysave prices are those currently available but they may not be available in July.

Please note that if you are travelling by Southern Trains that due to the long running 'engineering works' at Portsmouth Harbour Station the timetable on the Southern Website is a work of fiction ! Only one Southern Train per hour goes all the way to Portsmouth Harbour, other trains terminate short and you have to change onto another operators service. The best timetable appears to be the one on the National Rail website. If you are travelling on a Southern Daysave Ticket it is not clear if the tickets will be available on these alternative services or not - I am waiting for a reply from Southern Railway.

John Murrell - SAGAS Webmaster

Updated 10th July 2007  

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