Northern Sydney Astronomical Society

We start off September tonight with the NSAS Public Star Party for the Lane Cove Cameraygal Festival. If you’re not involved, and want to come along, the details are on the NSAS website. Tuesday the 13th the Theory Group will meet at the new time of 7:45. Tuesday the 20th is the General Meeting, where we will vote for the Geoff Welch Prize winner(s), and our speaker is Dr David Frew from Macquarie University. The topic is something related to planetary nebulae, his specialty (details later). The NAG finished up last month for this time around, so we will have to wait for a new group of budding observers next year to start up again. Observing at N. Turramurra this month is the 23rd and 30th.

After 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.

Once 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.