Guys, Our virtual (Zoom) guest speaker for this month is Anita Petzler (PhD candidate at Macquarie University’s Dept of Physics and Astronomy) who will give a talk on “Interstellar Medium” (details below). This will be held on Tuesday 21st July at 7:30pm. To register your interest, please click here. As before, we will conduct some…
Continue ReadingHi everyone I hope you are all well and are enjoying the little more freedom that we have. This, on top of some great observing nights we had last week, have been great for my astrophotography sessions as I’ve managed to finally break the cobwebs and get out there. The two objects above are both…
Continue ReadingHi everyone At last !! I’m very pleased to let you know that the society will re-open our observing site at Terrey Hills from the 13th June for members only. This restriction is due because no sharing of eyepieces can be allowed, and hence only members with their own telescopes will be admitted onto the…
Continue ReadingHi 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 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…
Continue ReadingThe 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!…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingDear 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…
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