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SUMMARY:Introduction to Astronomy May 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Building Blocks of the Universe\n(and how they relate to astronomy)\nGuest speaker – Jonathan Park MSc (Astronomy) \nThis is a fun\, basic introduction to how the universe works at the smallest scales. In this talk\, we start by describing the structure and size of the atom for anyone new to the topic. You will then be equipped to join the journey down the rabbit hole to the smallest\, weirdest particles. After hearing about these intriguing objects\, we learn how the building blocks of the universe apply in astronomy. What are cosmic rays? How does the Sun really turn hydrogen into helium to provide sunlight? There are trillions of (harmless) particles from space travelling through you right now – what are they? Whether your knowledge of this topic is limited or if you know all about the tiny particles of the universe\, you will be fascinated by this talk.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/introduction-to-astronomy-may-2023/
LOCATION:Fickling Convention Centre\, 546 Mt Albert Rd\, Three Kings\, Auckland\, 1042
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Introduction To Astronomy
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting May - Join the Universe: We want YOU to become a Citizen Scientist 
DESCRIPTION:Join the Universe: We want YOU to become a Citizen Scientist \n \nI’ll share my journey from a very amateur astronomer to a Citizen Scientist active in the various Unistellar/eVscope network Citizen Science programmes\, and to my own asteroid occultation observations. Citizen Science is real science\, and my observations have ended up in scientific databases and been included in papers in Nature\, the Minor Planet Bulletin and others. Along the way I’ll share some observation highlights from the year\, including the DART mission\, and I will introduce some of the many facets of Citizen Science astronomy.  \nThere is a whole Universe waiting to be discovered from your sofa or back yard – anyone\, with or without equipment\, can be a Citizen Scientist.\n \nMichael Camilleri has had a long a varied career in Science and Technology and Data and Analytics. Originally studying Astrophysics (MSc) he switched to Atmospheric Physics (PhD) and built a research career in Climate Change and Energy Efficiency\, before leaving the scientific work for the business world of Data and Analytics. After a lifelong casual interest in Astronomy that went no further than binoculars (Astrophysics didn’t require a telescope)\, I started observing with a small visual telescope during Covid\, moved into Electronically Assisted Astronomy (EEA) and ended up with an eVscope which opened up the Citizen Science Universe to me.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-may/
LOCATION:Fickling Convention Centre\, 546 Mt Albert Rd\, Three Kings\, Auckland\, 1042
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Practical Astronomy May - Variable Stars
DESCRIPTION:Observation of variable stars has a long history with amateur astronomy. We will discuss the types of variable stars and how to observe them to obtain scientifically useful data. This is still a valuable activity even with the large survey telescopes\, as amateurs can obtain data for stars that are too bright for the large telescopes\, or for certain types of variable stars where changes are happening rapidly\, the survey scopes cannot be dedicated for short cadence observing of a single star.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/practical-astronomy-may/
LOCATION:Fickling Convention Centre\, 546 Mt Albert Rd\, Three Kings\, Auckland\, 1042
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Practical Astronomy
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SUMMARY:Film Night May
DESCRIPTION:We have two great films running tonight\, we look forwards to seeing you there. \n  \nInside Gods Observatory Special | BBC The Sky at Night\nThe team have been granted rare access to the Vatican and its observatory\, the Specola Vaticana\, where they explore its rich history and contemporary cutting-edge science. \nPresented by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott. \nProfessor Chris Lintott is also a guest speaker at this years RSANZ Conference. \nPlease visit https://www.astronomy.org.nz/2023-rasnz-conference for further information about the conference.  Note that as a Society member\, you are entitled to a discount off the full price of the event. \n  \nWhy Is Everything Made Of Atoms? | History of the Universe\nBuilding on recent topics covered at our meetings\, we are running this easy to follow\, and highly entertaining\, documentary on atoms. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/film-night-may/
LOCATION:Fickling Convention Centre\, 546 Mt Albert Rd\, Three Kings\, Auckland\, 1042
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Film Night
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