Welcome to your universe.
Auckland Astronomical Society was founded in 1923, and with over 600 members, is the largest amateur astronomy group in New Zealand. We are based at Stardome Observatory and Planetarium in the shadow of Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill, and we’re passionate about sharing our love for astronomy with the people of Auckland.
Meeting on the first four Mondays of every month, the AAS is an incredibly lively and active organisation, and there is something for everyone of all ages, all experience levels and all interests. If you have a love of the night sky, and a passion about the universe around us, you’ll find a warm welcome at the Society.
Introduction to Astronomy
Learn more about astronomy with our easy to follow monthly educational sessions
Monthly Meeting
The best live speakers and recorded lectures each month on a variety of interesting topics.
Practical Astronomy
Learn about how and what to observe as well as useful information about use and maintenance of your equipment
Film Night
Sit back and watch documentaries and other films with a chance to discuss and find out more
2023 RASNZ Conference
The Auckland Astronomical Society are hosting the 2023 RASNZ Conference over Queen’s Birthday Weekend. Conference Information can be found at the RASNZ website https://www.rasnz.org.nz/rasnz-info/rasnz-conference/rasnz-conference
Announcing that the 2022 New Zealand Astrophotography Competition is now open for entries.
Alyn Wallace will judge this year’s competition; Alyn is arguably one of the world’s top Astro, landscape, and timelapse photographers. He was featured on the BBC Two “Moonshot” documentary to […]
Kumeu Observatory
And the crowning achievement of Kumeu Observatory so far was the detection of OGLE-2019-BLG-0960 Lb the smallest mass-ratio microlensing planet found to date.The microlensing alert on OGLE-2019-BLG-0960 had been called […]
Upcoming Events
Meet the 2022-2023 AAS Council
BIll Thomas
President
Grant Christie
Vice President
Brenton Faithfull
Councillor
Steve Hennerley
Curator of Instruments
Niven Brown
Treasurer
Milina Ristic
Editor
Alastair Emerson
Secretary
David Marshall
Librarian
Chris Benton
Membership
David Britten
Councillor
Robert Patterson
Councillor
Carolle Varughese
Councillor