{"id":1459,"date":"2018-08-01T05:22:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2018-08-01T05:37:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:37:50","slug":"peterborough-astronomical-society-2nd-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/peterborough-astronomical-society-2nd-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterborough Astronomical Society &#8211; 2nd August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go again. \ud83d\ude42 More Tim Peake fun and games for all ages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Flightsuit_Tim\">@Flat_Tim,\u00a0<\/a>Buzz and I will be out once again on Thursday the 2nd of August.<\/p>\n<p>This time it&#8217;s a visit to my old friends at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterborough-as.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peterborough Astronomical Society.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The title of the audience-participation presentation evening is my ever popular:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>&#8220;Celebrate Tim Peake&#8217;s Principia Mission&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5435 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eagleseye.me.uk\/Sky\/Wordpress\/Blog_Images\/2009\/08\/CelebrateTim.jpg\" alt=\"CelebrateTim\" width=\"562\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to meeting up with this group again at Sacrewell Farm.<\/p>\n<p>Like all my other visits out with this presentation, I&#8217;m really looking forward to having a lot of fun with them all during the\u00a0audience participation bits. As I know them well, I have a few &#8220;victims&#8221; I can call on if no willing volunteers come forward.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure that, like the other groups I have taken this presentation to, that they will really enjoy the fun evening planned for them. That&#8217;s if they&#8217;re not bored with me yet, as it was only a couple of months ago that I stood in for another speaker for them.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how keen they will be compared to some of the other groups about having their selfies taken with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Flightsuit_Tim\">@Flat_Tim\u00a0<\/a>at the end of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>All are very welcome, especially kids, as this presentation is aimed at any age group, from 10 &#8211; 110. So bring along your children, grandchildren and grandparents along.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are in the area, come along and say &#8220;Hello&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is very timely as Tim&#8217;s Soyuz Capsule goes on display at Peterborough Cathedral on the 11th of August, until the 5th of November. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk\/soyuz.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click this link for more details.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>So if you can&#8217;t make my talk, make sure that you visit the Cathedral to see the Soyuz capsule (TMA-19M) and Sokol KV-2 space suit. There is also a virtual reality space descent simulator to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting starts at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue: Sacrewell Farm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thornhaugh, <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Peterborough <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PE8 6HJ<br \/>\n<\/strong>(Just off the A1).<\/p>\n<p>For more details about\u00a0Peterborough Astronomical Society, click this link:<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterborough-as.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peterborough Astronomical Society.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go again. \ud83d\ude42 More Tim Peake fun and games for all ages. @Flat_Tim,\u00a0Buzz and I will be out once again on Thursday the 2nd of August. This time it&#8217;s a visit to my old friends at Peterborough Astronomical Society. The title of the audience-participation presentation evening is my ever popular: &#8220;Celebrate Tim Peake&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Peterborough Astronomical Society - 2nd August 2018 - Star-Gazing","description":"Here we go again. :-) More Tim Peake fun and games for all ages. @Flat_Tim,\u00a0 Buzz and I will be out once again on Thursday the 2nd of August. 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