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NSAS Website Now Updated Daily

sydneystargazers — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:31:06 +0000

The website is now being updated on a daily basis to provide fresh new articles to our members and visitors. You will find information about upcoming events for the society as well as tips and alerts that may assist you in your observing.

For example the website will let you know when you can view shadow transits over Jupiter as well as other events that you may see on any given day.

Please check the site often and use the Contact option on the menu above to ask us any questions….either as a Member or a Visitor.

NAG – 27th July : PowerPoint Presentation

sydneystargazers — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:14:52 +0000

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

Video taken by Peter of June’s Partial Lunar Eclipse

sydneystargazers — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:28:00 +0000

In case people have missed it, one of our members Peter Nosworthy has uploaded a very professional looking video he took on the night of the partial lunar eclipse in June.

It is very well done and I recommend it highly to everyone to have a look at it. The video shows Peter preparing for the eclipse as well as capturing the eclipse with his telescope setup.

You can view the video on our site by looking at the bottom of the following link.

http://nsas.org.au/2010/06/23/partial-lunar-eclipse-june-26/

Thanks to Peter for the great video he has uploaded for us to see. It really captured the event nicely.

Partial Lunar Eclipse : June 26

sydneystargazers — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:57:55 +0000

A partial eclipse, during which the Moon will take on a reddish glow, will be visible from Australia on 26th June 2010.

The eclipse will begin at 8:16pm on the east coast of Australia and will cover half the Moon at 9:39pm before the shadow begins to withdraw. The eclipse will finish about 11pm Sydney time.

New Astronomers Group – 22nd June

sydneystargazers — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:38:35 +0000

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.

New Website

Chris Anderson — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:11:12 +0000

Welcome to the new website for the Northern Sydney Astronomical Society (NSAS). This will grow over the coming months as we bring content online, and welcome content from other members too (such as your own astronomy photos, news, articles, etc). Feedback and ideas are welcome – please use the Contact page to send any you have.