Achievements and Performance - Part 1

New Horizons

The Society reported in its Annual Report to March 31^st 2008 that sufficient funds had been raised to purchase the Paramount ME robotic telescope drive system. Delivery was taken and the drive system installed at the J.A.Jones Hoober Observatory in June 2008.

Time-lapse video - installation of Paramount ME

In September 2008 the Society had raised a further £3,710 and was able to purchase a further component of the New Horizons hardware, specifically the Takahashi TOA-130 wide field telescope.

Installation Takahashi TOA-130

Whilst good and steady progress has been made towards the New Horizons goals the global economic downturn and its affect on exchange rates has increased the cost of the main telescope, the RC Optical Systems 16" which we intend to obtain as part of the New Horizons programme.

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