{"id":1909,"date":"2018-11-19T12:31:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T12:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2018-11-19T13:41:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T13:41:24","slug":"northessexas-nov18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/northessexas-nov18\/","title":{"rendered":"North Essex Astronomical Society &#8211; 21st November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday the 21st of November the Flat Tim fun and games for all ages roadshow will be out once again for my very last evening presentation of the year.<\/p>\n<p>This time it&#8217;s another visit to my very good friends at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northessexastro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Essex Astronomical Society.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I shall be inflicting on them my ever popular audience-participation presentation:<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 and catching up with some very good friends.<\/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 this lot during the\u00a0audience participation bits.\u00a0I am sure that, like the other groups I have taken this presentation to, they will really enjoy the fun evening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Flightsuit_Tim\">@Flat_Tim<\/a> and I have planned.<\/p>\n<p>All are very welcome, especially kids, as this presentation is aimed at all kids with any level of knowledge, at all ages from 10 &#8211; 110.<br \/>\nSo bring along your children, grandchildren, parents and grandparents to find out what Tim got up to during his 6-month stay in The International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>Just come along enjoy the presentation and say &#8220;Hello&#8221;.<br \/>\nIf not to me, then to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Flightsuit_Tim\">@Flat_Tim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how keen these folks will be compared to some of the other groups about having their selfies taken with him at the end of the evening for me to stick on social media. I can&#8217;t wait to find out.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t make any of my Tim Peake talks, or don&#8217;t want to, just make sure that you visit Cardiff to see the Soyuz capsule (TMA-19M) and Sokol KV-2 space suit.<br \/>\nThese are currently on display at The National Museum in Cardiff until the 10th of February. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click this link for more details.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is also a virtual reality space descent simulator which I can tell you is absolutely brilliant.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/group.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/our-work\/tim-peakes-spacecraft-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Click here to see details of Tim&#8217;s Soyuz capsule tour.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Capsule and suit will eventually land back at The London Science Museum next year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>The meeting starts at 8:00pm.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHenry Dixon Hall<br \/>\nHenry Dixon Rd<br \/>\nRivenhall<br \/>\nWitham<br \/>\nCM8 3HR<\/p>\n<p>Anyone is welcome \u2013 beginner or expert \u2013 and there is no need to pre-book.<br \/>\nA small charge applies to help us cover costs (typically \u00a33 for non-members; \u00a32 for members; U16s free).<br \/>\nDoors open at 7.30pm with the talk starting at 8.00pm.<\/p>\n<p>Note that if you are using satnav system, this postcode may not take you directly to the hall \u2013 please check this Google Maps link if you aren\u2019t sure:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/kt88j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/kt88j\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday the 21st of November the Flat Tim fun and games for all ages roadshow will be out once again for my very last evening presentation of the year. This time it&#8217;s another visit to my very good friends at North Essex Astronomical Society. I shall be inflicting on them my ever popular audience-participation [&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":"North Essex Astronomical Society - 21st November 2018 - Star-Gazing","description":"On Wednesday the 21st of November the Flat Tim fun and games for all ages roadshow will be out once again for my very last evening presentation of the year. 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