Orsola De Marco, Associate Professor of Physics at Macquarie U. will be guest speaker for August. She will present a talk on the subject “Planetary Nebulae: death shrouds of lonely stars or aftermath of binary interactions?” “Might planetary nebulae be the result of binary interactions instead of the death throws produced by withering middle weight stars? Their shapes do suggest so. Come and learn more about this alternative evolutionary scenario for some of the most popular objects in the sky!” Orsola is a great speaker, as some of you who have been to Macquarie Open Nights are aware, so don’t miss this one on Tuesday the 17th, at St Ignatius, at 7:30PM.
Observing for August
31 07 2010Observing at North Turramurra Golf Club will be on the Fridays 6 & 13 August, with Saturday the 14th as a weather backup. Watch this website for advice whether Observing is proceeding on the afternoon of the day in question.
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NSAS Events for August
31 07 2010In August, the first NSAS event is the Theory Group on Tuesday the 10th, where this dedicated group will see further lectures in the series “Understanding the Universe”. The August General Meeting is on Tuesday the 17th, and the guest speaker is Orsola De Marco, Associate Professor of Physics at Macquarie U. She will present a talk on the subject “Planetary Nebulae: death shrouds of lonely stars or aftermath of binary interactions?”. See the separate post for an abstract. The New Astronomers Group meets Tuesday the 24th, and after the big turnout in July, we suggest anyone with a scope who has questions on how to set it up, use it, or observe, come along. All meetings are at St. Ignatius at 7:30PM.
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NAG – 27th July : PowerPoint Presentation
27 07 2010The PowerPoint presentation that was going to be shown tonight at the New Astronomers Group has now been uploaded to the website. Unfortunately technical issues resulted in the short presentation not been shown at the NAG tonight, however you can now download the file and view it on your own computer.
If you do not have PowerPoint on your computer , you can download a free PowerPoint Viewer off the Internet which will allow you to view the file.
The PowerPoint presentation contains screenshots showing a number of objects that you can see from Sydney for the month of August. The screenshots were taken of the night sky as it should appear around 9pm for the next few week or so.
The presentation also includes a sky chart for August 2010 whixh is available from the Sydney Observatory website. Each month you can download the chart for the current month from the observatory and print it out for use in the field.
To download the PowerPoint Presentation file, click on the following link.
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NAG meeting this Tuesday the 27th
25 07 2010The New Astron0mers Group will meet this Tuesday the 27th at 7:30 at St. Ignatius. The weather is a bit iffy, so the planned outdoor demonstration of DSLR astrophotography may have to be done inside! Roy Jordan will have his usual presentation on whats to see this August.
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July General Meeting Tuesday the 20th
18 07 2010The NSAS July GM will be Tuesday the 20th at 7:30, St. Ignatius. The speaker is our own Bob Roeth, who will speak about the growth of the Copernican view of the universe.
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Observing/Sausage Sizzle this Sat
15 07 2010After a poll of members, and a final weather check, we’ve decided to have a combined Observing Night/Sausage Sizzle this Saturday the 17th, at North Turramurra GC. Someone will be there from about 4:30 onwards, and if you are a member and haven’t advised Bob, please do so he can get the sausage count right! There is some possibility of Observing (with sausages) Friday night, but there could be a problem with support, so watch this space. This Saturday should be a great one, just a partial Moon, and lots of interesting things to see around Scorpio, and Mars, Saturn, and Venus all visible early. Rug up, it’s supposed to be cold! As usual, visitors are welcome, but bring your own sausages……
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Video taken by Peter of June’s Partial Lunar Eclipse
9 07 2010In case people have missed it, one of our members Peter Nosworthy has uploaded a very professional looking video he took on the night of the partial lunar eclipse in June.
It is very well done and I recommend it highly to everyone to have a look at it. The video shows Peter preparing for the eclipse as well as capturing the eclipse with his telescope setup.
You can view the video on our site by looking at the bottom of the following link.
http://nsas.org.au/2010/06/23/partial-lunar-eclipse-june-26/
Thanks to Peter for the great video he has uploaded for us to see. It really captured the event nicely.
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Observing for July
3 07 2010The nominated observing nights are the Fridays 9 and 16th, with the following Saturdays as backup for bad weather. If you are on the Observers list, you will get an email and/or SMS on the afternoon of the day to confirm whether Observing is on or off. If you are not on the list, check this website around 4 PM to confirm whether Observing is on or off.
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NSAS Events for July
1 07 2010We start out July at NSAS with the Theory Group on Tuesday the 13th, 7:30. The lectures from Alex Filippenko’s “Understanding the Universe” are: “On the Shoulders of Giants”, and “Surveying Space and Time”. On Tuesday the 20th, 7:30, the July General Meeting will take place. Our speaker this month is Bob Roeth, NSAS Vice-president, who will speak on “Kepler: from Aristotle to Copernicus”. Bob, as some of you will know, is an excellent speaker. The New Astronomers Group has re-formed after a break, and this m0nth will meet on Tuesday the 27th, 7:30, with a program related to astrophotography, but anyone with a scope needing help, please bring it along. As usual, all meetings are open to visitors. Contact NSAS via email or mobile phone for more details.
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