Hi everyone, the committee has decided to cancel the star party originally planned for this weekend at Arcadia due to the poor weather. Hopefully, free space in our calendar, as well as improved weather, will align and we will try to revisit the event towards the end of the year. Greg McCall.
Continue ReadingHi everyone We have had a busy month with the new NSAS Observation field getting it’s first light on the 15th May. It was a good night with about 20 telescopes breaking the soil so to speak. I managed to grab a nice shot of the sunset and Greg McCall took this shot of NGC6727…
Continue ReadingHi everyone. A reminder that there is a Total Lunar eclipse this Wednesday and we will be opening up Terrey Hills (JJ Melbourne Memorial Park) at 7PM (gates open at 6:30pm). Please feel free to bring family and friends and your own scopes to come and have a look. This will be a prime viewing…
Continue ReadingWOW – a bumper month again this month with much going on. Firstly – We return to Regis Hall for our first face-to-face meeting in a while 7:30pm Tuesday 18th May. For those who’ve become addicted to Zoom we will also be “zooming” the meeting which might prove technically challenging but we will see how…
Continue ReadingHello, This is the webpage for the Heart of Darkness Talk and Podcast. Regards, Tony https://www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2020/black-holes-and-nobel-prize-in-physics.html
Continue ReadingHi everyone I hope you are all keeping well. Things are certainly not standing still here at NSAS and we are pleased to announce a new support class for people who have recently purchased a telescope. We have determined a way that we can have an open air class for up to 20 telescopes and…
Continue ReadingSanta’s delivering Telescopes! Yes – I was talking to somebody who is in the know and they let me know that Santa is delivering a new telescope to one of our members for this Christmas!! So hopefully it is you! Whoever it is they must have been a good boy or girl because it sounds…
Continue ReadingYou know – every so often you see a photo and just scratch your head and say “Wow – how did they do that?” On top of our own clubs imagers where they have produced some stunning images of NGC1365 and M42 (refer Feb 2019 Reflections) there was one other image which I have seen…
Continue ReadingGuys, Registration for the New Astronomers Group (Saturday 13th April) and the Hunter Valley Star Party (Weekend 26th to 29th Sept) are now open. I have included links to the registration forms below. I have also added these links to the NSAS Web-Site ( http://nsas.org.au/ ). Cheers David Wallace New Astronomer’s Group (NAG) 2019 Registration…
Continue ReadingHi everyone One of our popular events is on next week and I know that as you have all been up and about celebrating the holidays with Santa I thought I should remind you that you can bring your new (or old) toys 🔭 to the “Bring your Telescope” night that is on next Tuesday….
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