Observing for Saturday 25th July is OFF
Hi All, The weather is turning very bad so observing for tonight is OFF. Phil Angilley Observing Officer NSAS
Continue ReadingMembers-only Observing for Monday 20th July
Hi,I’ve organised an extra observation night for Monday 20th July. The weather for Monday night is looking good so we will have another members-only night. If the weather predictions change, I’ll let you know by 3pm. I’m aiming to open the gates at 4:30 pm Greg McCall. 0418209970
Continue ReadingObserving for Saturday 18 July is OFF, Sunday 19 July is ON
Hi All, Members ONLY Viewing nights. The weather for Saturday is looking very bad, with high Cloud cover, therefore the night is OFF. Sunday is however looking good after 5 PM, so we will move our observing night to Sunday 19 July. Phil Angilley Observing Officer NSAS. 0448 120 178
Continue ReadingNSAS – Fred Watson, New Observing site, New Monthly Showcase format and Help requested
Hi 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 ReadingStandby Observing Night Sunday 21 June is ON
Hi All, We will hold a Standby Observing Night tonight Sunday 21 June. I will open the gate at 4:30 PM. Phil Angilley Observing Officer NSAS 0448 120 178
Continue ReadingObserving for Saturday 20 June is OFF
Hi All, The Weather is looking bad for tonight therefore the night is OFF. Phil Angilley Observing Officer NSAS 0448 120 178
Continue ReadingStandby Observing night Sunday 14 June
Hi All, Sunday night is looking really good, so we will hold a Standby Observing night. With sunset just before 5 PM, I will open the gate at 4:30 PM. This will be a STRICTLY Members ONLY night. All members MUST come and sign in with me and provide an email or phone number. There…
Continue ReadingObserving Saturday 13 June 2020 is OFF
Hi All, We were hopping for some observing to night but again the weather is looking bad so the night is OFF. We will try again next Saturday. Phil Angilley Observing Officer NSAS.
Continue ReadingWe’re Back !! and Registration details for our Online Speaker program – Fred Watson presents “Fast and loose – the mystery of FRBs”
Hi 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 ReadingMonthly Showcase – April winners and call for May entries
Hi everyone, Congratulations to the joint winners of the April 2020 Monthly Showcase, Kym Haines and Ramon Goldfried with their amazing images of the Leo Triplet and Carina Nebula respectively. The images can be viewed at https://nsas.org.au/2020/05/04/monthly-showcase-april-voting/. Also, there are still a few days left to submit your entries for May. We have 3 already…
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