The NSAS New Astronomers Group will meet Tuesday the 28th at 7:30 at Regis Hall, St. Ignatius College. The subject this month is “Finding your way in the sky”. As usual, visitors are welcome.
New Astronomers Group Tuesday the 28th
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NSAS June GM Tuesday 21st
18 06 2011NSAS will have the June GM this Tuesday night, at 7:30 PM, and in our new venue, Regis Hall (see the website for directions if you didn’t get them previously by email). If it’s a cold night, dress warmly, as there is no heating. The speaker this month is Dr Jonathon Horner, a post-Doc at Uni of NSW. His presentation is “Jupiter: Friend or Foe”, and his abstract follows:
“It has long been believed that the planet Jupiter has played an important role in the development of life on Earth. Without the particular size and placement of Jupiter, it is argued, the Earth would have experienced a greatly enhanced flux of impacts from asteroids and comets, hindering or entirely preventing the development of life. Despite the vigour with which this belief is held, very little work has been performed to examine the effect of Jupiter on the terrestrial planet impact flux. We have now completed the first detailed study of the effect of Jupiter’s mass on the impact rate of the three types of potentially hazardous objects – the Near Earth Asteroids, the Short Period Comets, and the Long Period Comets, and have found that the situation is, at the very least, significantly more complicated than was previously thought…”
All members and visitors are welcome.
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Alex Fillippenko Talk – Speaker Change (!)
16 06 2011Alex Fillippenko has had to pull out at the last moment, and the Sunday talk at the Powerhouse will now be by Prof. Robert Kirshner (Harvard Uni), who also works on Dark Energy. The time is the same, and Fred Watson will introduce the speaker.
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Alex Filippenko Talk – Time Change
12 06 2011Just a note that the talk Alex Filippenko is doing on June 19 at the Powerhouse Museum has been moved an hour earlier to 2pm.
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Seaforth Public School Outreach
10 06 2011
NSAS supported the opening of the Space Gallery at Seaforth Public School Thursday night the 9th with a table and our pop-ups. The teachers and children (Primary) had done a wonderful job of putting together some very professional resources into a Space-themed hallway display, including some collections from serious collectors in this area. The evening was attended by (it seemed) thousands (see pics), who crowded into the auditorium for various stands selling books, Oz Geographic, cakes, and, us. David Malin opened the Space Gallery, and then drew the raffle tickets! He seems as ubiquitous as NSAS at the moment. Anyway, we got some “hits” from interested families, so it was all worthwhile, and we’ve offered to support any future Star Parties.
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Parramatta Park Stargazing – Cloud and Rain
5 06 2011The Parramatta Park Stargazing event on June 4th went ahead despite cloudy skies. Members from other clubs set up their scopes on the field. Four NSAS members attended, however we decided it was not worthwhile to set up our scopes. We only got to see one star (probably Sirius) through a gap in the clouds.
The talk by David Malin was held in a large tent and was well attended. The talk made it worth the trip.
Bob also set up a stand to promote NSAS and we handed out pamphlets.
And here’s a video…
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Observing for Sat. June 4th is OFF
4 06 2011
The forecast for tonight is for cloud and possible rain in both Sydney and Linden. Unlike yesterday (which turned out clear!) the forecasts from various web sites all agree.
Therefore observing for Saturday June 4th is OFF.
Peter Nosworthy
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Observing for Fri. June 3rd is OFF
3 06 2011The forecast for tonight was looking good until mid afternoon when it became very doubtful. There is also a lot of high thin cloud which was not in the forecast.
Therefore observing for Friday 3rd June is OFF.
Peter Nosworthy
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NSAS Activities for June
1 06 2011Once again, another busy month for NSAS in June, with the high point being the field trip to Parkes and the Dish. Our month begins as usual with the Theory Group on Tuesday the 14th, followed by the General Meeting on the 21st. Our speaker will be Jonathon Horner from UNSW, and his talk will be “Jupiter – Friend or Foe”. The GM is followed by the trip to Parkes on the weekend of 25/26 June. This has been well-advertised, and we have about 25 people going, but if you’ve missed it, please contact us ASAP. Finally, we finish up the month with the New Astronomer’s Group on Tuesday the 28th. Observing will be on Friday the 3rd, and while we have it scheduled for Friday the 24th, everyone will be in transit to Parkes, so this will be cancelled.
As many of you know, from June NSAS moves to Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St. Ignatius for all future meetings. It’s very easy to find, and there will be directions on the NSAS website, and as well. It’s just as well, as we were outgrowing the Sports Pavilion with all the new members this year.
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