Speaker Night and Club Meetings

IMPORTANT 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…

Everyone, 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…

The NSAS General Meeting for March will be on Tuesday the 17th March at 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius College, Lane Cove. Our speaker this month is Fred Watson from the AAO who is going to be talking about “Fast and loose – the mystery of FRBs”. As usual, visitors are most welcome!…

The NSAS General Meeting for February will be on Tuesday the 18th February at 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius College, Lane Cove. Our speakers this month are Pero Manojlovic and Rami Alsaberi from Western Sydney University. They will give a presentation from their PHD theses. See abstract below. As usual, visitors…

The NSAS General Meeting for November will be on Tuesday the 19th November at 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius College, Lane Cove. Our speaker this month is Angel Lopez-Sanchez from the AAO who is going to be talking about “Dissecting dwarf galaxies with the Anglo-Australian Telescope”. As usual, visitors are most welcome! Cheers…

Dear Members, It was another interesting GM with guest speaker Marnie Ogg presenting on one of the big challenges for astronomy, namely, light pollution. It is startling that the discussions on this increasingly important issue have only really been going on in Australia this year. Members are encouraged to read a summary of this excellent…

The NSAS General Meeting for August will be on Tuesday the 20th August at 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius College, Lane Cove. Our speaker this month is Greg Priestly, Nightscape astrophotographer. He will be talking about Nightscape imaging. See abstract below. As usual, visitors are most welcome! Cheers David Wallace A summary of…

The NSAS General Meeting for July will be on Tuesday the 16th July at 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius College, Lane Cove. Our speaker this month is Dr Andy Casely. He will be talking about planetary imaging. See abstract below. As usual, visitors are most welcome! Cheers David Wallace Abstract: Exploring the Solar…

The NSAS General Meeting for June will be on Tuesday the 18th June at 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius College, Lane Cove. Our speaker this month is Wayne Short, President of NSSA (National Space Society of Australia). As this year marks the 50th Anniversary of the First Manned Lunar Landing, Wayne will talk…

The NSAS General Meeting for May will be on next Tuesday the 21st May at 7:30 PM at Regis Hall, Regis Campus, St Ignatius College, Lane Cove. Our speaker this month (May) is Helen Maynard-Casely, from ANSTO, who will be talking on “Exploring the solar system with the bright lights of Australia”. As usual, visitors are most…