Cloud forecasts are a little mixed tonight. Early evening should be best, with heavier cloud possible later.
The location is North Turramurra Golf Club. There is a map here:
http://nsas.org.au/contact/north-turramurra-golf-club/
I will be there around 6:30pm to open the gates.
Visitors welcome.
Don’t forget your winter woolies.
Gary
Observing tonight 13 July 2012 is OFF due to cloud cover. We still have another chance next Friday.
Our July GM is next Tuesday night at 7:30 PM, at Regis Hall, St Ignatius College, Riverview. Our speaker is Dr Francesca Primas, from ESO, who will talk to us about The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy and Beyond. An abstract follows:
Galactic chemical evolution results from nucleosynthesis occurring in many
generations of stars. Abundances in very metal-poor stars provide one of the
main diagnostic tools to probe the earliest phases of element production.
Indeed, most of the recent observational efforts are devoted to this type of
studies. However, the coming on-line of new multiplex facilities on the largest
ground-based telescopes in the world have allowed us for the first time to peek
over our Galaxy ‘shoulders’ and gained important insights into the chemical history
of MW satellites and Local Group galaxies.
Here, I will review on-going observational efforts and their achievements: are we
making progress or are we getting more confused?
As usual, visitors are welcome.
We’re halfway through the year, so here’s the plan for NSAS for July. The Theory Group meets on Tuesday the 10th at 7:45 PM. The GM will be Tuesday the 17th at 7:30 PM. Our speaker this month is Dr Francesca Primas from the ESO, who will speak to us about Chemical Abundances and Planet Formation. All meetings will be at Regis Hall, St Ignatius. Observing for July is planned for the Fridays 13th and 20th. Watch the website for location. As usual, all meetings are open to visitors.
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