The weather forecast for next Tuesday night is saying possible showers, so please check this website Tuesday afternoon to see whether we are doing observing/bringing telescopes for help, or having lecture 4 on Solar System/Deep Space objects.
May General Meeting
16 05 2013The NSAS May General Meeting will be next Tuesday the 21st at 7:30PM at Regis Hall (lower), St Ignatius College, Riverview. The speaker is Dr Ivy Wong from CSIRO, who will speak on “The Space Shuttle Era”. Her abstract follows:
The space shuttle era concluded 2 years ago. This talk will describe the purpose and impact of its 31 years of operation. Although the impact of the shuttle era reaches well beyond the realms of space exploration and astronomy, I will only have time to present a glimpse of the technological impacts on our every-day life as well as provide an astronomer’s perspective on the significance of this era. Much of our understanding of the Universe would not have been possible without such a program.
Should be an interesting subject. As usual, visitors are welcome.
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What’s on at NSAS in May
11 05 2013Just to remind you of what’s on in May, the General Meeting is Tuesday the 21st, and the speaker is Dr Ivy Wong from CSIRO, who will speak about “The Space Shuttle Era”. The third session of the New Astronomers Group will be on Tuesday the 28th, and if the sky cooperates, will be a practical session on observing. All programs will be at Regis Hall, St Ignatius, commencing 7:30 PM.
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Observing report 10 May 2013
11 05 2013The clear skies gave us some great views of favourites such as the Jewel box, Eta Carine nebula and M42 Orion nebula but it was the views to Saturn and its moons and Omega Centauri cluster (soon to be reclassified as a dwarf galaxy?) that provided the most interest for visitors. I spent some time observing globular clusters from the Messier catalouge and some lesser known NGC globulars.
Binoculars were put to good use by visitors with some pointers and star hopping advice from members.
Dew appeared on our scopes very early in the evening and created problems particularly for those scopes without any optic heaters. We packed up early just before 10:00pm.
Tim
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Observing Friday 10 May 2013 is ON
10 05 2013Observing is ON this evening Friday 10 May at the North Turramurra Golf Course, gates will be open around 5:30pm. Visitors are welcome.
Thanks Tim
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Observing Report 3 May
5 05 2013Observation officer’s report for 3 May 2013
There was a good crowd at the Golf Club on Friday night, with both members and visitors bringing telescopes.
The cloud had threatened, but only caused minor inconvenience.
Early on, the sky tours were popular, with the usual suspects being observed by new and old astronomers: Omega Centauri, Jewel Box, Carbon star near Beta Crucis, Eta Carina, Saturn and its moons, a few planetary nebulae including the Ghost of Jupiter and the Blue Planetary Nebula and even some a few dim galaxies – Centaurus A and the Sombrero
As the night gathered momentum and the seeing improved there were some great sights, including the Homunculus in Eta Carina, the Leo Galaxies M95, M96 and M65 and M66. These were followed by an “Easter egg hunt” for galaxies through the Virgo and Coma Berenieces. Targets included M61, M49, M58, M59, M60, M89, M90, Virgo A – M87, Markarian’s Chain – M84, M100, M88, M91, M85 and the globular M53.
A good night was had by all.
Geoff
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Observing is ON at NTGC
3 05 2013Observing is on today 3-5-13 at North Turramurra Golf Course. Gates will be open just before sunset. See you there.
Geoff.
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