Hello observers,
Tonight’s forecast for the Blue Mountains is for cloud.
Therefore observing at Linden tonight (Saturday July 30th) is OFF.
Peter N
Observing Fri. July 29 is ON
29 07 2011Hello observers,
The forecast for tonight (Fri. July 29th) is good, so observing is ON at North Turramurra Golf Club.
There is a map of the location here.
The sun sets at 5.13pm.
There will be no moon.
The gates should be open by 6pm.
Feel free to arrive with headlights on until 7.30pm.
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Observing Tonight Friday the 29th
29 07 2011The forecast looks good for observing tonight at N. Turramurra. Look out for a final decision later this afternoon by SMS and this website.
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New Astronomers Group Tuesday the 26th
25 07 2011The NAG meeting this month will focus on go-to telescopes and collimating telescopes, and if the forecast holds, we will go out and do some star-hopping with binoculars. We have a go-to Dobsonian and go-to equitorial scope coming, but what we don’t have is a Celestron or Meade go-to alt/az scope (either single or double fork-mounted), so if you have one, and would like some guidance, please bring it along. Anyone else with questions, bring the relevant equipment. And, for everyone interested in learning to star-hop, bring along a pair of binoculars (any type).
See you there. Guests welcome, as always. The meeting will be at 7:30PM, at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius (off Riverview St).
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Observing for Saturday July 23rd is OFF
23 07 2011The forecast for the Blue Mountains tonight is uncertain. It could go either way, but I don’t think it’s worth driving up there with this degree of doubt. The forecast for Sydney is worse, with rain likely.
Therefore observing tonight is OFF.
The next scheduled observing night is next Friday, July 29th.
Peter Nosworthy
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NSAS July General Meeting
18 07 2011Tomorrow night, 19th July, is the July GM. As is now the case, the meeting will be at Regis Hall, St Ignatius, starting at 7:30PM. Our speaker for July is Dr Baerbel Koribalski, from CSIRO, who will talk on “The WALLABY Project – Exploring Nearby Galaxies”. Her abstract follows:
I will talk about nearby galaxies and galaxy groups, comparing their stellar and gaseous disks, while exploring their dark matter content. To get you involved I will start with “Astronomy QI” incl. questions related to past, current and future 21-cm sky surveys: HIPASS, LVHIS & WALLABY. So, tune your eyes to a wavelength of 21-cm to explore the sky as only radio telescopescan see it.
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NSAS Activities for July
7 07 2011After the great success of the Parkes trip, I’m afraid July may be a let-down, but we’ve got a great speaker, and our other programs will continue. Next Tuesday the 12th the Theory Group continues it’s series of lectures on Understanding the Universe. On Tuesday the 19th, we have our GM, and our speaker is Dr. Baerbel Koribalski, who will speak about the WALLABY project she heads up. The NAG will continue its course of enlightenment on observing on Tuesday the 26th, this month looking at collimation and go-to scopes. Observing is scheduled for the Fridays of the 22nd and 29th. For those of you who haven’t been to a meeting last month, don’t forget that we have moved to Regis Hall for all our meetings, which start at 7:30 PM. Directions are on the website.
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Observing at Linden Sat Night
2 07 2011Observing at Linden Observatory should be on tonight, Sat 2nd July. Check with WSAAG on 0405194724 before driving up to confirm. Don’t forget to donate $5 as a guest of WSAAG to support Linden.
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Observing for Friday July 1st is OFF
1 07 2011The forecast for tonight is for cloud and possible rain.
Therefore observing for Friday July 1st is OFF.
Peter Nosworthy
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