Northern Sydney Astronomical Society

The PowerPoint presentation that was going to be shown tonight at the New Astronomers Group has now been uploaded to the website. Unfortunately technical issues resulted in the short presentation not been shown at the NAG tonight, however you can now download the file and view it on your own computer.

If you do not have PowerPoint on your computer , you can download a free PowerPoint Viewer off the Internet which will allow you to view the file.

The PowerPoint presentation contains screenshots showing a number of objects that you can see from Sydney for the month of August. The screenshots were taken of the night sky as it should appear around 9pm for the next few week or so.

The presentation also includes a sky chart for August 2010 whixh is available from the Sydney Observatory website. Each month you can download the chart for the current month from the observatory and print it out for use in the field.

To download the PowerPoint Presentation  file, click on the following link.

NAG Presentation 27th July 2010

We are hoping to have an observing session on the night…… however the weather forecast for tomorrow is not looking good. But there are some signs the weather may improve but this will not be known until Tuesday morning’s forecasts. We will update the website if observing will be held on Tuesday night.

If the NAG observing session is cancelled, we will have an alternate program in place.

Program is as the following.

1. Bring in your telescopes if you need help with resolving any issues or want to learn how to use them better. Bring them in even if the observing session is on .

2. A  trick you can use with barlow lenses to improve your view of the night sky. See the rings of Saturn with a 32mm lens and experience good eye relief.

3. Demonstration of connecting digital cameras to telescopes.

4. How to observe the Sun safely and see images like this without spending a fortune

Viewing the Sun without spending a fortune (Click to Enlarge)

5. We look at some of the interesting objects to see over Sydney in the next 4 weeks

6. We look at the current changes in  Jupiter

7. Our Observing sessions for the next 4 weeks.

8. Question and Answer Section. This is where members and visitors can ask questions or make suggestions on anything astronomy or club related.