May General Meeting and Speaker Tuesday the 15th

12 05 2012

Next Tuesday is the May General Meeting, and will be held at Regis Hall at 7:30 PM, but in the classroom under the hall we normally use. Our speaker is Dr Michael Ireland from Macquarie University, and the abstract for his talk follows:

Planetary Detection and Precision Astrophysics with (arrays of) Small Telescopes

Most of the big discoveries in astronomy are made with big telescopes. However, there is much to learn about naked-eye stars and their environments. I will describe current research with the SUSI and CHARA optical interferometers, where arrays of 0.1 to 1m telescopes are used to resolve individual stars, and hopefully one day detect the signature of planets using precision astrometry. I will also describe efforts we have begun this year with a spectrograph for the Macquarie University observatory 16″ telescope to detect planets around dying stars.

As usual, visitors are welcome.


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NSAS Events for May

3 05 2012

In May we start out with the Theory Group next Tuesday the 8th, at 7:45 PM, and the General Meeting will be Tuesday the 15th at 7:30 PM. Our speaker for the month is Michael Ireland from Macquarie Uni Physics Dept, who will be speaking to us about SUSI, the optical inferometer at Narribri. Observing this month (and the weather looks better) is a bumper crop, with the Fridays 11th, 18th, and 25th, so surely we can manage one night! All meetings are at Regis Hall, St. Ignatius, and visitors are welcome, as usual.


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NSAS GM Tuesday the 17th April

16 04 2012

Although our speaker has had to cancel due to family reasons, and we have not yet found a replacement, we have a plan……After the GM, we will run an interactive forum on subjects of interest to the membership, and if we have time, there will be a Powerpoint presentation on Indigenous Astronomy. Come along and join in. Visitors welcome, of course, and the meeting will be, as usual, at Regis Hall, St. Ignatius, at 7:30 PM.


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April Events for NSAS

3 04 2012

NSAS will continue the Understanding the Universe lecture series at the Theory Group on Tuesday the 10th, 7:45 PM at Regis Hall. The General Meeting will be Tuesday the 17th, 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, and the guest speaker for April will be Shea Brown from CSIRO, ATNF, who will speaker on “Clusters of Galaxies: A Survey of the Most Massive Objects in the Universe”. As usual guests are welcome to our meetings.


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NSAS March General Meeting Tuesday 20th

17 03 2012

The NSAS March GM will be at Regis Hall, St. Ignatius, on Tuesday the 20th at 7:30 PM. Our speaker is Nickolas Seymour from CSIRO, and an abstract of his presentation follows:

“Imagine being able to look back to the beginnings of the Universe, find black holes, and test General Relativity whilst sitting at a computer. The massive and exciting changes in radio astronomy allow myself and other radio astronomers to do just that. Australia is at the forefront of these changes with its bid for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and the currently under construction SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP). My talk will focus on my work with the SKA and ASKAP and how these cutting edge projects are changing the nature of how we understand the evolution of the Universe.”

As usual, visitors are welcome.


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NSAS Events for March

1 03 2012

For March, we start out with the Theory Group on Tuesday the 13th, 7:45PM. The General Meeting is on Tuesday the 20th, 7:30PM, and our speaker is Nickolas Seymour from CSIRO, who will be speaking on “Radio Astronomy in the WA Bush”. This should be very topical, as the decision on the Square Kilometer Array is imminent. There are also a number of things to discuss in the GM, including the Transit of Venus in June, and a possible Field Trip to Narrabri later in the year. Our meeting venue is Regis Hall, and as usual, visitors are welcome. See you there.


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NSAS February General Meeting

16 02 2012

The NSAS February General Meeting will be next Tuesday, location for this meeting only to be the Fr. Mac Pavillion (old sports pavillion we previously used). The time is 7:30PM, as usual. Our speaker this month is Franceso di Mille from the AAO and Las Campanas Observatory. His abstract follows:

Highly collimated gas ejections are among the most dramatic structures in the universe, observed to emerge from very different astrophysical systems—from active galactic nuclei down to young brown dwarf stars. I will present the discovery of a giant, highly collimated jet from Sanduleak’s star in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). With a physical extent of 14 parsec at the distance of the LMC, it represents the largest stellar jet ever discovered, and the first resolved stellar jet beyond the Milky Way.
I will also talk about the Las Campanas Observatory and the Magellan telescopes.


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Theory Group on the 14th, and change of venue for GM on the 21st

13 02 2012

Just a reminder that NSAS activities restart tomorrow night with the Theory Group at 7:45 at Regis Hall, and that the venue for the GM for next Tuesday the 21st is changed back to the Fr. Mac (sports) Pavillion due to a scheduling conflict. Hope to see you at either/both. If you haven’t paid your membership renewal, I’d suggest doing it tomorrow, as otherwise the Committee will generate a letter asking whether you wish to remain a member.


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NSAS Events for February

25 01 2012

On Tuesday the 14th the Theory Group will pick up where it left off with “Understanding the Universe”, at the revised time of 7:45 PM. The General Meeting will be at 7:30 PM on Tuesday the 21st. Our speaker for February is Francisco Di Mille from the AAO, who is recently returned from Chile. He and a colleague have been recently in the news regarding their discovery of stellar jets from Sanduleak’s Star, which he will discuss, along with the Magellan Telescope, where he did his work in Chile. All meetings are at Regis Hall, St Ignatius.


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Christmas Party Tomorrow Night the 20th

19 12 2011

For anyone not checking their emails, the Christmas Party is tomorrow night, the 20th, at Regis Hall, at 7:30PM. The format is to bring a dish, and the Society will supply drinks. See you there.


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