Hi everyone! Thank you to all those who responded to the survey and it was an overwhelming positive response to attend our speakers online given the current covid-19 situation. Consequently I’m very pleased to be able to confirm that Fred Watson will be “with us” on the 16th June at our 7:30pm virtual General Meeting….
Continue ReadingHi everyone Great to talk to you from what appears to be the other side of our “first contact” with Covid-19. Hopefully we all manage this well and it becomes our only culture twisting experience. Certainly I must admit I like working from home and it feels normal now although getting out under the starry…
Continue ReadingHi everyone, Congratulations to Kym Haines whose wonderful image of M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy was voted the best of the March 2020 entries. It was a close contest with only one vote separating him from the other entrants. Congratulations also to David Wallace who had the best article “Light Detectors”. There are still a few…
Continue ReadingHi everyone, Congratulations to Greg McCall who had both the best image (as voted by members) and the best article (as voted by the committee) for February. The image was M83 Southern PInwheel Galaxy and the article was an Introduction to Astrophotography. All of ourmembers’ excellent contributions will be published in Reflections magazine. For March,…
Continue ReadingHi everyone, Please find link below to the latest edition of Reflections. Jean-Luc Reflections March 2020
Continue ReadingIf any of our members are interested, the International Centre for Radio Astronomy and Research (ICRAR) are conducting livestream lectures on YouTube every Wednesday at 9:30pm Sydney time. Last Wednesday lecture was on “Pluto, the Oddball” from Dr David Gozzard. You can catch this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZH4ZNde2O0 Here is the link to their Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/199692286227/posts/10158277555306228/?d=n…
Continue ReadingHi everyone, There are still a few days left to submit your entries for the March 2020 Monthly Showcase. There haven’t been any entries yet, so it’s your chance for an easy win! Please submit your entries to me at bpetschel@gmail.com Also, since meetings have been cancelled for the time being, we are now doing…
Continue ReadingHi everyone “We live in interesting times” seemed an apt 1936 quote by Sir Austen Chamberlain to start this update to you. We have some of the most interesting things going on above us at the moment but alas also around us and the distraction of both are hypnotic. Reading the pages of the various papers and…
Continue ReadingIMPORTANT UPDATE – In discussion with the St Ignatius school today we were advised that the school is closing down all use of its facilities other than for direct school activities. Consequently the NSAS meeting with Fred Watson as the speaker for tomorrow night will need to be postponed. The school has also advised that…
Continue ReadingEveryone, With the COVID-19 virus about the committee has discussed the advice from the Australian Dept of Health and based on this we will be proceeding with Fred Watson’s talk on Tuesday night. The Dept of Health advice is to limit organised, non-essential gatherings greater than 500 people and workplaces, schools, universities, shops, supermarkets, public transport…
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